Professional Development Advisor, UMKC, H.W. Bloch School of Management, 64979

Hiring Department

The Bloch Career Center is part of the Bloch School of Management and serves alumni, undergraduate and graduate students in business and public administration programs. The Bloch Career Center is focused on preparing students to be career-ready leaders and promotes equity in, and access to, high-quality career related support and resources. The Bloch Career Center assists in defining and advancing career paths, preparing students for the job search and career success, facilitating connections between students and employers, and engaging alumni as mentors and advocates.

The Bloch Career Center partners closely with departments within the Bloch School including, admissions, Launchpad, academic advising, and academic departments, and collaborates with departments and programs across the university and UM system.

Job Description

The Bloch Career Center at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management is seeking a Professional Development Advisor . The Professional Development Advisor will support student success initiatives by working closely with Bloch School undergraduates in the early stages of their academic career. The Advisor will work with students to help them identify potential career paths and to develop a professional development portfolio that supports their choice of major and emphasis area. The incumbent will be asked to support efforts to improve retention, graduation rates, and career outcomes by helping students identify a professional development and career path linked to their academic program.

Responsibilities

Early Career Engagement Programming. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Engage with students early in their academic career through for-credit courses such as the first-semester experience course.
• Engage with student groups and organizations to develop and facilitate career readiness programming for targeted groups.
• Coordinate and lead individual and group career engagement sessions and workshops.
• Support skill development in critical professional development areas.
• Coordinate employer engagement programming, both on- and off-campus.
• Assist Bloch Career Center staff in organizing major career development and employer engagement events.
• Research and develop materials to be utilized in workshops, social media, and web site.

Supervision. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Train and manage part-time student employees.
• Collaborate with Bloch School of Management departments to coordinate hiring, scheduling, and training of student employees for shared services.

Additional Responsibilities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Utilize and update career center platforms: uConnect, Handshake, 12Twenty, PeopleGrove, BigInterview, etc.
• Conduct career and employment research to stay current on trends, markets, and career sectors.
• Represent department on committees and projects.
• Promoting events and programs through email campaigns, on-campus media outlets, and social media.
• Other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and 2 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary

Preferred Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in any field or an equivalent combination of education and experience and three years’ professional experience in human resources, career coaching, program development, campus recruiting or a related field. Strong workshop development, presentation, coaching, and networking skills. Written and verbal communications skills.

Full Time/Part Time

Full-Time, Benefit Eligible position

Salary

Up to $23.00/hr - commensurate with experience/qualifications

Application Deadline

Application review begins 1/23/2023

Position will remain open until filled

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties and functions of this job. If you believe you may have difficulty performing any of the duties or functions of this job, please contact the Office of Affirmative Action at (816) 235-1323.

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Diversity, equity and inclusion are central to the UMKC mission as an urban-serving institution. Kansas City is a particularly diverse city, including African, African American, Asian, German, Irish, Italian, Latino, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Native American and Slavic communities. Such ethnic diversity, in addition to our thriving neighborhoods of the Westside, Northeast Kansas City and the Eastside, fosters creativity, connection and innovation, which is showcased across the region. Major attractions such as the Annual Ethnic Enrichment Festival, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Filipino Cultural Center, the American Jazz Museum, Guadalupe Centers and Mattie Rhodes and Kansas City Irish Fest are a small sample of the many ways our diverse city enriches us.

For the reasons enumerated above, UMKC’s strategic plan prioritizes our commitment to multiculturalism, globalism, diversity and inclusion. The university’s values call upon its faculty, staff, students and community to position themselves as global citizens who seek out, embrace and celebrate the many benefits of diversity. UMKC received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award in 2019 in recognition of our continued commitment to equity and inclusion. Such commitment is demonstrated across teaching, service and research. We welcome applicants to share in our commitment to these core values and know that you will quickly understand the beauty of calling Kansas City your home.

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