Assistant Director, Graduate Career Readiness

About the role

The Assistant Director of Graduate Career Readiness provides broad-based career and professional development support for graduate business students, including specialized MS students and MBA students. This role focuses on foundational and applied career services, including resume and LinkedIn development, interviewing, job search skills, negotiation preparation, professional communication, and career-readiness programming. This role ensures that all graduate students have access to strong, consistent, practical career support. The Assistant Director serves as a key provider of scalable career-readiness services across graduate business programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Three (3) or more years of experience in human resources, career services, recruiting/talent acquisition, job placement, or a related field
• Experience in student advising, professional development, graduate student support, or related area
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in business administration, higher education, counseling, human resources, organizational development, or related field (preferred)
• Experience working with graduate business students, international students, specialized master's students, or working professionals (preferred)
• Experience designing workshops, career resources, or professional development programming (preferred)

Skills

• Strong knowledge of resumes, LinkedIn, interviewing, networking, job search strategy, and professional communication
• Excellent presentation, writing, coaching, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with students from diverse academic, professional, and cultural backgrounds
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple programs, workshops, and student appointments
• Familiarity with business career paths in areas such as analytics, finance, marketing, management, supply chain, HR, accounting, consulting, entrepreneurship, or technology (preferred)
• Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skill, customer service orientation and project management abilities (preferred)
• Knowledge of career management platforms, student databases, CRM systems, or appointment-tracking tools (preferred)
• Proficiency in data analysis, with proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (preferred)
• Ability to work occasional weekend/evening hours (preferred)

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule
• Full medical, dental, vision coverage
• Paid time off
• 9 Federally Observed Paid Holidays
• 3 Personal Days
• Tuition remission - eligible employees and their dependents can obtain a degree TUITION-FREE
• A generous retirement plan

Pay

Salary Range: $50,000 - $55,000

Schedule

This position is assigned a hybrid work arrangement (on-campus and remote) - the duration of this hybrid work arrangement is at the discretion of Temple University and the Department.