Career Design Consultant

Posting Details

Position Information

Fiscal Year
2024-2025

Position Title
Career Design Consultant

Classification Title
Senior Career Planning and Development Associate

Department
Career Design Center

Posting Number
P240286

Posting Link https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/52213

Employer
State

Position Type

Professional Appointment Term
Term

Salary Grade
SL3

Posting Detail Information

Position Summary

The Career Design Center invites applicants that have a commitment and interest in providing guidance and tools to students engaged in designing their career and life after graduation. As a Career Design Consultant you are joining a team that is committed to working collaboratively with students to guide their exploration of options and their identification of pathways. The Career Design Center seeks innovative team members who believe that careers are not linear and that resilience, adaptability and openness are critical to life and career success.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide strategic leadership and facilitation of the Non-profit, Education + Social Impact Career Community to help students explore possibilities and build professional connections.
• Coach students 1:1 and in group settings on full range of career development topics with a particular emphasis in the sectors of the assigned Career Community.
• Design programming and experiences for students to support exploration and skill building in support of life design, including teaching student exploration courses as requested.
• Develop relevant educational content to support Career Community goals and scale career education for students and alumni.
• Collaborate with faculty/staff influencers and campus partners across all majors, schools and departments to co-create and deliver career design content and programming.
• Build collaborative relationships with alumni and employers across the world who are involved in all capacities of the workforce as a resource for student exploration.

Outstanding Benefits Package
Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. Visit our benefits website to learn about our benefit packages .

About The Career Design Center
Career Design Center supports all undergraduate and graduate students in imagining and designing meaningful lives and careers through early discovery, ongoing exploration and future-focused skill development. With the mission of challenging students to see possibilities and seek opportunities in preparation for life after college, students gain access to Career Communities that include faculty/staff, employer and alumni collaborators providing connections, resources and guidance leading to expanded opportunities.

About The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo .

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience in a coaching and/or counseling environment or the transferrable skills equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within department and with external partners
• Public speaking interest, skillset and experience

Preferred Qualifications

• A master’s degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated skills in developing educational content for diverse audiences.

Physical Demands

Salary Range
$55,151 - $57,000

Additional Salary Information

Type
Full-Time

Campus
North Campus

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Additional Information

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Is a background check required for this posting?
No

Background Check Notification

Contact Information

Contact's Name
Wayne Porterfield

Contact's Pronouns

Contact's Title
Career Design Consultant

Contact's Email
wp9@buffalo.edu

Contact's Phone
716-645-4625

Posting Dates

Posted
08/19/2024

Deadline for Internal Applicants
09/02/2024

Deadline for External Applicants
09/17/2024

Date to be filled
11/07/2024

References

Number of References Required
3

Reference Cutoff Date

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