Career Services Coordinator

About the role

Southern University at Shreveport, Louisiana (SUSLA) is accepting applications for Career Services Coordinator. SUSLA is a comprehensive community college serving Shreveport, Bossier City, and surrounding areas in Northwest Louisiana. It is one of five campuses constituting the Historically Black Southern University System. The University serves approximately 3,000 undergraduate students and offers 32 undergraduate degrees and certificate programs in a variety of fields including Allied Health, Nursing, Aerospace Technology, Business Studies, Behavioral Science/Education and Science & Technology.

Position summary

The Career Services Coordinator is responsible for employer relations, job development initiatives, and service learning activities. Under the general supervision of the Executive Director of Workforce Development, this staff person is responsible for the day-to-day operation and development of career services for students and alumni.

Primary responsibilities

• Develop and maintain on-line career management system; providing students and alumni with access to full and part-time job and internship listings and corporate/job recruitment listings.
• Perform job counseling and interest inventories with students, groups of students, and/or classes, organizations, etc. to identify abilities, needs, interests, and values in relation to job, career, and service learning opportunities.
• Advise students and alumni on career and service learning related issues through walk-ins, appointments and classroom/group presentations.
• Create employer/partner/public awareness by maintaining membership and active involvement professional organizations and community organizations.
• Review and update all career services publications including the career guide, career services brochure, and graduate survey annually.
• Aid university in the development of the annual local application plan and annual reporting.
• Initiate outreach activities and establish relationship with employers, including coordination of employer site visits, representation at job fairs and participation in networking events.
• Oversee on-campus recruitment activities, including information tables/sessions; resume collections, and on-campus interviews.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff and student; initiating employer/faculty advisory boards and student/alumni focus groups.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate employer/partner contact file(s) to represent available opportunities to students, faculty and staff.
• Critique job search contacts, resumes, and job search plans to identify and resolve possible barriers to employment.
• Conduct follow-up surveys, collect data regarding placement and retention of students in employment, military, or other further training, and conduct the annual graduate employment survey;
• Establish and maintain all student files and documentation needed to complete administrative reports.

Minimum qualifications

• Master's degree in student personnel services, counseling and guidance, or a discipline whose preparation is suitable for this position.
• At least three years of professional experience in university/college setting or in business in a human resources or training and development function is required. Full-time experience on a college/university student services staff is preferred.
• Important knowledge and capabilities necessary include career-counseling techniques, knowledge of job trends and career development skills, effective public relations and networking abilities, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• This employee must effectively direct existing, comprehensive career services programs, and to develop new ones on his/her own initiative. Dependability, creativity, good judgment, professionalism, and dedication to sound principles of student development are paramount among necessary characteristics for this position.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
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• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of ethics in data collection and analysis.
• Strong attention to detail is essential.

Prior experience

• At least five years of professional experience in university/college setting or in business in a human resources or training and development function is required. Full-time experience on a college/university student services staff is preferred.
• Important knowledge and capabilities necessary include career counseling techniques, knowledge of job trends and career development skills, effective public relations and networking abilities, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in student personnel services, counseling and guidance, or a discipline whose preparation is suitable for this position.
• At least five years of professional experience in university/college setting or in business in a human resources or training and development function is required. Full-time experience on a college/university student services staff is preferred.
• Important knowledge and capabilities necessary include career counseling techniques, knowledge of job trends and career development skills, effective public relations and networking abilities, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Type

Full-time

Compensation

$45,000 - $50,000

Application deadline

Review of applications begins July 10, 2026 and continues until position is filled.

How to apply

The application can be filled out online at SUSLA's Application for Employment. *Note: If you are an internal candidate, please fill out the Internal Employment Application. Please attach cover letter, resume, transcript(s), and three references to application.

Equal opportunity statement

In compliance with federal law and USDOE federal guidance, including provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), Executive Order 11246, Executive Order 13988, the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 as mended by the Jobs for Veterans Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, as amended, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, an institution of the Southern University System shall not discriminate against individuals on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, color, nation or ethnic origin, age, disability, military service, covered veteran’s status, or genetic information in its administration of education policies, programs, or activities; admission policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other institution-administered programs; or employment.