Associate Director of Alumni Career Services

About the role

The Associate Director of Alumni Career Services reports to the Senior Associate Director for Employer & Alumni Career Engagement. This position supervises both staff and student workers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow a program of individual coaching and vocational and career discernment for alumni.
  • Schedule and meet virtually or in-person with alumni across the lifespan seeking career support, referrals, graduate school application support, and assistance with networking.
  • Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to develop marketing and communications strategy to promote alumni career services.
  • Travel to key cities 2-3 times per year with significant alumni populations to provide in-person 1:1 and/or group career coaching.
  • Attend relevant Twin Cities based alumni events to connect with St. Olaf alumni and promote alumni career services.
  • Lead development of enhanced alumni career resources and career communities.
  • Create and maintain an online repository of alumni-optimized career resources.
  • Partner with Alumni and Parent Relations and other stakeholders to explore and implement industry-based digital career communities.
  • Develop and curate a regular cadence of Ole-centered career content for alumni communications channels (e.g. LinkedIn, email, website).
  • Measure effectiveness of alumni career coaching services and enhance offerings as needed.
  • Develop effective metrics for evaluating alumni coaching services.
  • Measure and communicate annually or as requested.
  • Benchmark comparison institutions regarding innovations in alumni career services, implement enhanced offerings.
  • Maintain a record of individual career-related appointments with alumni including services used and outcomes as available.
  • Collect feedback on the usefulness of 1:1 career coaching by surveying alumni who used the service.
• Support, respect, and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds, values, and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community.
• Complete and meet deadlines for required training and performance management cycle.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
  • Preferred: Master’s degree in relevant field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in career coaching/counseling or a background in human resources/recruiting/business or related industry.
  • Preferred: Background in career coaching in higher education; career counseling with experienced professionals; experience in program development.

Prerequisites

Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check which may include: criminal background checks, reference checks, verification of work history, verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, a motor vehicle check, verification of DOT certification, a credit check, employment eligibility verification, and/or a pre-employment physical.