Student Services Coordinator

About the role

The UNT Career Center is the centralized career office responsible for the career development and employment of all UNT students and alumni. It has responsibility for all Student Employment, Internships, and Post-Graduate Employment of UNT students.

Position Overview

The UNT Career Center at the University of North Texas is seeking to hire a Student Services Coordinator (Career Coach) to join the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences team. This Career Coach will be the primary career advisor and educator for CLASS students and collaborate with Communication and Media related Career Coaches to ensure student career success. The CLASS Career Coach will provide one-on-one career coaching, UCAR career readiness instruction, career education facilitation in presentations, workshops, and groups, and event planning to promote networking, internship and job searches amongst students, employers, and alumni.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field and two years of student services, student affairs, counseling, advising, or related experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Excellent public speaking skills with experience in conducting training workshops.
• Ability to provide leadership and mentoring to student populations.
• Experience in networking across departments and programs.
• Ability to communicate and work with the population.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to simultaneously execute multiple projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, and computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling and two years' experience in Career Services or Career Counseling related to Liberal Arts disciplines.

Job Duties

• Interface with students as they seek guidance concerning employment, career development, internships, graduate school, and career related issues.
• Analyze student’s career paths, initiate career assessments, provide advice on resume development, interview preparation, and offer internship and job search resources.
• Develop and conduct workshops and seminars on a variety of topics, assess and report data on effectiveness and implement changes needed to engage and enhance student preparedness for the workplace, including UCRS 2100 career courses.
• Manage and lead a Career Ambassador peer mentor program, along with a Graduate Assistant oversight, to support all College career education work, including hiring, training, mentoring, and scheduling responsibilities. Role includes engaging other staff to support training.
• Work cooperatively with faculty, the Career Center Employer Development and Outreach Team to utilize more companies and alumni from a broad range of industries to engage with students on campus, and other staff with event, programming, and mentor management.
• Develop ongoing relationships and work cooperatively with faculty and administration in assigned areas.
• Develop reports on the statistical data for all student engagement and programming for assigned area(s) of responsibility to be used for the Career Center data collection.

Physical Requirements

• Communicating with others to exchange information.

Environmental Hazards

• No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Work Schedule

• 8am - 5pm, M- F, occasional evenings/weekends as required

Driving University Vehicle

• No

Security Sensitive

• This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions

• Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.

Benefits

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EEO Statement

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit –and takes actions to prevent – discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking), and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application, employment practices, and facilities; nor permits race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes, and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist, or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.