Career Success Coach (Part Time)

Career Success Coach (Part Time)

Department: Career Development

Location: Wellesley Hills
MassBay fosters educational excellence and academic success to prepare students for local and global citizenship, to meet critical workforce demands of communities, and to contribute to the region’s economic development.
Massachusetts Bay Community College values diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented communities to apply to join our community.
Located in Greater Boston, MassBay is a comprehensive, open-access community college offering associate degrees and certificate programs on three campuses in Wellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland, Massachusetts.
Position Summary:
The ideal candidate will join a vibrant and inclusive educational community and have a desire and ability to work with a diverse population.
Part-time position 18 hours per week. The Career Success Coach will collaborate on grant initiatives and work with faculty and staff to provide workshops, coaching, and other assistance to students in relation to career exploration and development, internship and job matching and industry outreach and engagement. The Career Success Coach will also track participant activity and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Collaborates with Success Project Manager, Coaches, Career Services, and other administrative and academic offices on Success grant initiatives.
• Provides students with one-on-one counseling in the areas of job search goal setting, career and pathway exploration, interview preparation, resume/cover letter creation, building professional portfolios, completing transfer applications, creating and building connections through social media and other networks;
• Identifies and connects students with appropriate internship, employment and research opportunities, works with students to develop job opportunities, arranges and prepares students for interviews;
• Creates career and talent pipelines with area businesses and industries. Markets and represents MassBay students and programs to existing industry partners and establishes new partnerships.
• Coordinates and promotes informational forums, interviewing events, industry tours, and other career-related activities;
• Makes recommendations for coaching and other academic support services to promote retention and completion;
• Provides career-related data and information as needed when requested by faculty and administrative offices.
• Tracks student progress, including follow-up and contributes to compliance reporting.
  

Commitment to Equity:

• Support MassBay’s commitment to the Equity Agenda; collaborating with faculty, staff, and students on the College’s strategic initiatives dedicated to closing the equity gap related to student outcomes;
• Support MassBay’s commitment to being anti-racist; embracing a community free of bias and inequality;
• Engage in departmental systems and policy review with a critical lens toward equity, accessibility, inclusion, and universal design;
• Refine and deliver an advising and coaching practice that is culturally responsive and reflective of inclusive perspectives; Engage in conversations with colleagues and students and offer best practices within the Academic Advising and Coaching profession as it relates to equity and inclusion.

This list is not to be considered all-inclusive. A supervisor may assign other duties as required to meet the needs and foster the mission of the College.
All employees of MassBay are expected to work collegially and collaboratively within a community that values and celebrates diversity.
Required Qualifications: (per the union specifications)
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Counseling, Higher Education or closely- related field; with three (3) years’ experience and/or training that includes career counseling, job development and placement experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sensitivity and commitment to the goals of Affirmative Action and workforce diversity;
• Experience working in a diverse environment;
• Demonstrated commitment to working with under-served students;
• Strong marketing, recruitment, critical thinking and customer service skills;
• Experience working with a diverse population;
• Proficiency in oral/written communication expression.

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $30.03 - 30.03 Hourly Wage

Position Type: MCCC Part Time Employee

Application Deadline: November 19, 2021 or thereafter until filled.

To Apply: Please include a letter of interest and resume with your online application.
Staff
Candidates for employment should be aware that all MassBay Community College students, faculty, and staff are required to be fully vaccinated by January 2022. Accordingly, initial employment is dependent upon receipt and verification of full vaccination status records; details of how to fulfill vaccine record verification requirements will be provided during the hire and onboarding process.
This is a grant funded position, and position is contingent on funding.
Final candidates are required to provide sealed transcripts and/or certifications.
Hiring is contingent upon a successful CORI clearance.
Massachusetts Bay Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College’s for Affirmative Action and/or Title IX Coordinator, Lisa MacDonald, Director of Equity Compliance, lmacdonald@massbay.edu, (781) 239-3147, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.