Associate Director, Career Management

About the role

The Associate Director, Career Management is part of a global Career Services team providing career management support to Chicago Booth MBA students. The Associate Director primarily functions as a coach and educator for Chicago Booth’s 1,300 full-time MBA students, based at Harper Center on the main University of Chicago Campus.

Responsibilities

• Coaches domestic and international full-time MBA students on pertinent career management and job search skills appropriate for the full range of MBA-level business careers in one-on-one, small and large group settings, in-person and virtually.
• Acquires, maintains, and applies knowledge of career research databases and shares that knowledge with relevant constituencies.
• The Associate Director is a generalist, coaching first-year and second-year MBA students across industries.
• Career Education Programs - conceptualizes, innovates, develops, and delivers career management programming, such as large lectures, workshops, seminars, panel discussions, special events, etto groups of 5-650 students.
• Leverages learning technologies in designing and delivering career content to support students.
• Solicits and analyzes student feedback and evaluations, and helps strategize with the broader Career Management team, student organizations, and/or other Booth staff to determine program offerings and innovations.
• Student Organization Partnership - consults and partners with several functional, industry, regional, and affinity student groups to guide in planning and delivering career management-related programming to support recruiting needs.
• Accompanies students on treks to employers.
• Special Projects and Initiatives - manages or leads various special projects/programs that provide career related support or strategic initiatives to address the needs of special constituencies.
• Partners across team and colleagues in developing and implementing innovative initiatives.
• Continually develops and maintains knowledge of MBA functions and industries that target MBA students for recruiting.
• Analyzes markets and trends as they relate to the MBA job search and incorporates tips/advice into coaching students, and in developing career programming.
• Collaborates and partners with industry-specific Employer Relations colleagues to build industry knowledge for use in coaching and career management program development.
• Accompanies relationship managers on firm visits as needed, to build knowledge and share student feedback with employers.
• Analyzes markets and trends as they relate to job searches.
• Assesses student feedback and evaluations and collaborates with other career services staff members, student organizations, or other staff to determine program offerings and innovations.
• Researches organizations that are hiring and partners with a wide variety of employers to ensure recruitment strategies meet their needs.
• Maintains contact with a portfolio of employers to serve as their dedicated Career Advancement liaison.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree.
• Master’s degree in business, counseling, or related field.
• Experience: Background in business or higher education.
• Understanding and knowledge of, or demonstrated interest in, business careers.