Career Coach

Posting Details

Position Information

Fiscal Year
2024-2025

Position Title
Career Coach

Classification Title
Senior Career Planning and Development Associate

Department
Educational Opportunity Center

Posting Number
P240387

Posting Link https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/53874

Employer
State

Position Type

Professional Appointment Term
Term

Salary Grade
SL3

Posting Detail Information

Position Summary

The Career Coach will work within the Student Support Services Unit of the Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center ( BEOC ) to help build community while enhancing student advisement, career development and preparation through individual advising, workshops, and other activities to students and alumni.

In this position, you will:
• Provide one-on-one career advisement to students and alumni.
• Maintain a database of available job opportunities for students.
• Develop strong relationships with potential employers to build job placement opportunities for students.
• Build and maintain faculty relationships, providing classroom and center-wide professional development workshops.
• Monitor, analyze, and evaluate current scope of services offered through career services and plans, implements, and directs new programs.
• Conduct research to analyze employment trends both locally and nationally.
• Keep the Center informed of labor market trends as they pertain to the vocational and academic programs offered at the institution.
• Monitor and track job order status until they are closed.
• Generate reports to school management on student employment progress when requested.

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 Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center
The Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center ( BEOC ) is an adult education enterprise, of the State University of New York, University Center for Academic and Workforce Development ( UCAWD ), with an annual enrollment of 1,940 students. The mission of BEOC is to produce lifelong learners who are self-directed, empowered, and committed to excellence. Residents of the surrounding Buffalo community are provided a range of services designed to develop the academic and workforce development skills necessary to become self-sufficient. Programs and services are structured to adapt to the needs of our students — as well as to the demands of our community — and serve as first steps toward the attainment of long-term educational and employment skills.

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 2 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a coaching and/or counseling environment or the transferable skills equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within department and with external partners.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills and be able to work well with students, faculty, staff, and employers.
• Experience working with a diverse workforce population.
• Must be available to work weekends and evenings and have a strong working knowledge of best practices in the field.
• Ability to function in a team environment and work across organizational boundaries.
• Strong, analytical problem solving, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient with technology. Computer literate in Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, and student information systems.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university or professional certification.
• Bilingual

Physical Demands

Salary Range
$55,151 - $58,000

Additional Salary Information
The salary range reflects our good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible compensation at the time of posting, the role and associated responsibilities, and the experience, education, and training of the selected candidate

Type
Full-Time

Campus
Downtown Campus

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Special Instructions Summary

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
Lynette Towns

Contact's Pronouns

Contact's Title
Supervisor of Career Services

Contact's Email
lmj9@buffalo.edu

Contact's Phone
716-645-1869

Posting Dates

Posted
11/04/2024

Deadline for Internal Applicants
11/18/2024

Deadline for External Applicants
12/03/2024

Date to be filled
01/16/2025

References

Number of References Required
3

Reference Cutoff Date

Instructions to Applicant

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