Career & Student Engagement Specialist

The Opportunity

The Career & Student Engagement Specialist supports the Carson Center’s mission of advancing student career readiness and professional success by providing advising, coaching, education and program coordination for undergraduate business students. This position serves as a primary resource for students as they navigate career development programs, tools, and opportunities, helping them build career action plans, engage in experiential learning and professional development activities, and make strategic progress toward their career goals.

This position assists in developing and delivering workshops, events and programming aligned with the Carson College of Business strategic priorities, while fostering strong partnerships with employers, faculty, staff and campus stakeholders. This position serves as a primary specialist for the Pullman campus career development programming, communication, technology platforms and assessment.

Working collaboratively with Carson Center staff, ensures the effective delivery of high-impact career initiatives, provides responsive support to students and partners, and maintains accurate and user-friendly career development resources and communications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of professional work experience in student services or related education/experience.
• A Master’s degree in a related field may substitute for one (1) year of professional work experience.
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Past work experience analyzing, evaluating, using professional judgment and/or applying a comprehensive depth of knowledge of student issues.
• Professional work experience in advising or mentoring college students.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks effectively, with attention to detail, being organized, and multi-tasking to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical experience, including past experience working in Suitable, myWSU, and Handshake.
• Work experience that demonstrates strong public speaking skills, and the development and delivery of engaging and informative workshops or trainings.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise professional judgment and leadership, including the ability to work independently.
• Previous experience working in a higher education institution with diverse students, faculty/staff, and employers.
• Familiarity with Washington State University academic rules and regulations.

Additional Information

This is a full-time (100% FTE), permanent position. This position is overtime eligible. Monthly Salary $3,750 - $4,100 | Commensurate with experience and qualifications. In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

Benefits

WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver.

Position Sponsorship Eligibility

Not eligible for work visa sponsorship

About Department/College/Area/Campus

Department/College Carson College of Business
Department Name Carson Center for Student Success
Location: Pullman, WA

Application Instructions

Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application: Resume, Cover Letter. External candidates, upload all documents in the “Application Document” section of your application. Current WSU Employees (internal candidates), before starting your Workday application, please use these instructions to update your education and experience in your worker profile in Workday. Internal candidates, upload all documents in the “Resume/Cover Letter” section of your application. Documents may be submitted as one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF, if possible. Reference contact information will be requested later in the recruitment process through Workday.

Background Check

This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.