Career Data and Technology Strategist

Classification Minimum Requirements: Master's degree in an appropriate field and two years of experience or a bachelor's degree and four years of related experience.

About the Role

This position focuses on advancing career strategies and data to positively impact career outcomes at UF through collaboration with campus and external stakeholders. The role involves leading projects to gather and analyze data related to learning, career design, experiential learning, and post-graduation outcomes to identify meaningful trends.

Responsibilities

• Manages career-related technologies that support scalable career coaching, employer engagement, experiential learning tracking, and student access to career services.
• Serves as system administrator by implementing updates, monitoring data integrity, optimizing workflows, and providing user support.
• Develops training materials, user guides, and quality assurance processes to ensure consistent adoption across partners and student populations.
• Collaborates with UFIT, the Office of the University Registrar, and campus partners to ensure compliance with university policies and enhance the student experience.
• Strengthens cross-functional collaboration to leverage data effectively for advancing student success, institutional priorities, and the mission.
• Meets with students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and other partners to support data-informed decision-making for improving student success outcomes.
• Serves as a consultative point of contact for faculty and departmental partners by translating career and outcomes data into actionable insights.
• Coordinates and provides programmatic and service offerings that support the student experience, fostering skill-building, resource navigation, and readiness.
• Collaborates with career coaches to assess student career readiness trends and identify populations needing targeted support.
• Communicates insights in clear, compelling ways to support case management strategies and targeted student interventions.
• Develops and coordinates communication plans, surveys, and continuous improvement efforts to aid student career outcomes.
• Supports the ongoing management of data related to career readiness, experiential learning, and student success using systems like Symplicity, Salesforce, Qualtrics, and SteppingBlocks.
• Uses career outcomes, experiential learning, and engagement data to inform career coaching strategies and employer outreach priorities.
• Communicates insights, research, and findings to leadership to support strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Maintains documentation, data dictionaries, and reporting protocols to ensure transparency and data literacy.
• Prepares assessment summaries and outcome reports for program enhancement and institutional goals.
• Assists the Director for Career Data, Technology, and Engagement with team management, budget support, supervision, and administrative functions.
• Supports a data-informed culture by serving on committees, facilitating trainings, and educating departments on data access and literacy.
• Attends staff meetings, one-on-one supervision meetings, and participates in portfolio, division, and university-wide committees.
• Potentially supervises student assistants and may indirectly impact the duties of other portfolio staff members.
• Tracks, reports, and communicates project outcomes to various stakeholders, including students, alumni, faculty/staff, and employers.
• Evaluates usage trends and emerging technologies to recommend improvements aligned with evolving student needs.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in an appropriate field and two years of experience or a bachelor's degree and four years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures related to advances in higher education, education technology, data-driven decision-making, and support for learner interventions.
• Master’s degree in marketing, social sciences, student personnel, or human resources (HR).
• Two years of experience in stakeholder engagement, marketing, sales, career development, career counseling, or HR.

Skills

• Knowledge of industry relations, employment trends, student development, career services, marketing, and outreach strategies.
• Skilled in computer applications.
• Facilitative, interpersonal, presentation, listening, helping, and relationship management skills.
• Program development abilities.
• Ability to work independently and contribute to a team.

Pay

Expected salary: $54k–$57k.