Assistant Director of Life Design, Physical & Materials Engineering (Life Design Lab)

About the role

We are seeking an Assistant Director of Life Design, Physical & Materials Engineering who will report to the Senior Director for Undergraduate Education and will execute on the Life Design Lab’s vision, strategy, and objectives to enhance and deliver the professional development, career advancement, and life design offerings for students pursuing careers in engineering.

Responsibilities

• Scale efforts for a positive life design and professional development experience for all students and alumni, with special attention to students within the physical and materials engineering portfolio.
• Design and implement workshops to support our students’ career readiness and life design needs at scale, grounded in current best practices and emerging trends.
• Develop scalable asynchronous and on-demand content to deliver career readiness best practices at scale to students pursuing undergraduate education.
• Strategically manage targeted outreach to enhance participation and support, ensuring they are informed about relevant opportunities, individual coaching, and events while proactively monitoring engagement and job attainment.
• Engage in social media, digital outlets, and academic and professional journals and associations to establish an exciting brand, tell the story, and serve as a thought leader at Johns Hopkins University and in higher education.
• Provide strategic individual and group coaching to support students' life design exploration, career readiness, and professional development.
• Track and drive key student outcomes, including full-time and bridge year attainment, offer conversion, and participation in high-impact experiences.
• Curriculum Development & Facilitation: Using the mindsets and methodologies of life design and best practices from the Life Design Lab, deliver workshops, programs, content, and digital resources to help students and alumni achieve their life ambitions.
• Customize existing Life Design curriculum, offerings, and approaches given the unique needs of students and alumni based on identity and values, academic pursuits and professional interests.
• Instruct the Life Design Summer Experience Practicum Course and additional credit-bearing classes when available.
• Integrate asynchronous learning material into tailored student outreach, cohort development, and programmatic efforts.
• Project Management: Adheres to project timelines, supporting the execution of life design programs and initiatives.
• Collaborate with Hire Hopkins & alumni relations colleagues to build and maintain a network of employers and mentors across varied careers who can attend courses, programs, and networking events.
• Departmental Contribution: Actively participates as a member of a Life Design Lab committee, contributing to strategic initiatives and collaborative decision-making.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree required.
• Three (3) years of experience within a higher education, government, non-profit, or corporate setting.

Skills, Knowledge, And Abilities

• Experience in developing and implementing effective assessment methods and articulating strategic priorities.
• Knowledge of highly selective college or university settings, and familiarity with operations of the world of work and university networks.
• Experience in presenting or facilitating in both in-person and online formats.
• Experience creating content (video, digital, written) and utilizing social media for the purposes of engaging and educating diverse audiences, and influencing public opinion.
• Ability to translate student experiences to employment as evidenced by prior experience in either a government, non-profit, education, or private sector setting.