Assistant Director of Career Development

About the role

Reporting to the Director of the Center for Career Development, the Assistant Director leads all career coaching and education initiatives for undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni. Serving as the Center’s primary operational leader in the Director’s absence, the Assistant Director provides continuity of leadership, decision-making, and service delivery across career coaching, education, and student engagement functions. The Assistant Director is responsible for promoting a holistic approach to career development that integrates vocational discernment, reflection, purpose, service, and professional development consistent with the University’s Jesuit educational tradition. As part of this approach, the Assistant Director is responsible for strategic development, implementation, and assessment of career coaching (individual and group) and career education programming that supports students’ vocational discernment, professional development, and post-graduate success. The Assistant Director supervises the Center’s Career Coaches, a team of professional staff and student interns, to ensure a consistent, equitable, and high-quality coaching experience that equips students with the competencies necessary for success in internships, employment, and/or graduate/professional school. In partnership with the Director, the Assistant Director identifies evolving student and institutional needs, implements innovative and scalable career coaching strategies and education initiatives, and applies current research, industry trends and professional standards to advance the mission and strategic priorities of the University.

Responsibilities

• Leads the Center’s career coaching and career education functions, providing vision, strategic direction, assessment oversight, and operational leadership for all coaching services, career readiness initiatives, and professional development programming.
• Hires, trains, supervises and mentors, graduate-level career coaches and undergraduate career coaching interns fostering a collaborative culture focused on student success, continuous improvement, and high-quality service delivery to ensure consistency, effectiveness, equitable student access, and alignment with departmental learning outcomes and performance metrics.
• Assist the Director in implementing an innovative, compelling vision for the Center for Career Development that aligns with the University’s Jesuit and Catholic mission and relevant strategic priorities
• Develop, implement, and assess a comprehensive career education and career readiness framework that support students’ development from entry through post-graduation, including vocational discernment, professional preparation, National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) career readiness competency development, networking, experiential learning, and transition to life post-graduation.
• Provide individual and group career coaching to students and alumni using evidence based and developmentally appropriate approaches; Administer and interpret career-related inventories, and support students in exploring meaningful work aligned with personal values and goals
• Utilize the career management system, including but not limited to document reviews, scheduling, data tracking, communication, and event management
• Represent the Center for Career Development by proactively engaging with faculty, staff, employers, alumni, and community partners through presentations and