Ivy+ CareerLink Director of Career Coaching

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Partners with campus Vice Chancellor of Ivy CareerLink and Systems Office Assistant Vice President Career Coaching to build out campus strategy and plan to meet and exceed related College goals. Leads Career Coaches on the campus team to implement strategies for student engagement.

Coaches and tracks progress of students in implementing their CDP in one to one and group coaching scenarios. Actions taken by students under the guidance of the Director of Career Coaching will include but are not limited to the student completing a resume LinkedIn profile mock interviews employer engagement and engagement with a workandlearn/job placement platform.

Ensures the student completes at least one workandlearn experience by the 45th academic hour in collaboration with Ivy CareerLink colleagues.

Partners with campus Career Coaches Vice Chancellor of Ivy CareerLink Employer Consultants Talent Connection Manager Advisors and other faculty and staff to provide orientation experiences that reflect the CDP.

Builds groupcoaching and grouppresentation operations for the coaching team and strategizes to ensure student engagement opportunities are being met. Strategizes and leads efforts for; building of student CDPs career exploration job search tools workandlearn and career placement. Partners with aligned campus stakeholders to promote a career development culture on the campus at large. Works collaboratively with Vice Chancellor of Ivy CareerLink Employer Consultants and Talent Connection Manager to deliver presentations and staff fairs and events.

Leads team development of and reports on lead indicators and results connected to CDP participation in partnership with Vice Chancellor of Ivy CareerLink. Reports and indicators may include frequency of one to one student meetings and group sessions CDP milestone completion and other pertinent data. Remains current on employment trends and matches those with program opportunities. Develops strategies to track impacts of career coaching on student development and attain campus metrics on student employment outcomes; recommends strategies to improve students outcomes.

Oversees portals used by students related to career awareness and exploration and student career case management. Supports campus Career Coaches and monitors proper documentation of case management and data tracking.

In collaboration with Career Coaches works with Talent Connection Manager and Employer Consultants to establish and grow a consistent operational model for the delivery of workandlearn and other skillbased practicum experiences. Assists to help connect students with employer workandlearn experiences improve student usage of internship placement tools and increases the number of students placed in such programs. Works to develop student capacities in workforce and career readiness.

Acts as a coaching liaison as needed with the Assistant Vice President Career Coaching in Systems Office to ensure campus alignment with statewide framework for Ivy CareerLink. Works in partnership with Assistant Vice President of Career Coaching to develop deep understanding and appreciation of student career coaching promising practices including coaching foundations assessment and core coaching competencies. Leads or participates in professional growth development and training programs related to career coaching.

Provides mentorship onboarding and training support for newly hired and current coaches on campus and for career coaching colleagues statewide in conjunction with Assistant Vice President Career Coaching and according to statewide Ivy CareerLink career coaching framework. Understands and educates new staff to understand lead indicators and promising practices for the Career Coach role and the processes that support achieving those indicators (tech system use CDP milestone tracking coaching competencies and models etc.).

Facilitates or leads projects or workgroups for statewide student engagement in Career Coaching such as National Career Development Week career camps Career Champions campaigns representation of coaching at career fairs or participates in focusgroups as deemed appropriate or necessary.

Participates in weekly and monthly meetings with Assistant Vice President Career Coaching campus Vice Chancellor of Ivy CareerLink Employer Consultants and Talent Connection Manager. Participates in related annual summits and/or retreats as well as projectbased work as deemed appropriate or necessary.

This is not to be construed as an exhaustive list. Other duties logically associated with this position may be assigned. All responsibilities will be conducted within the parameters of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) other applicable regulatory requirements and professional standards.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Vice Chancellor Ivy CareerLink

SUPERVISION GIVEN: 2 Career Coaches 1 21st Century Scholars Coordinator/Career Coach 1 Talent Connection Manager. Supervisory responsibility may vary based on campus Career Coaching team size.

Compensation: $

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Masters degree required in Counseling (especially Career Counseling or College Counseling) Education (specializations in counseling leadership or adult learning preferred) Higher Education Administration/Student Affairs Business Administration or related business field (such as Leadership Human Resources or Talent Management)

A minimum of three (3) years related experience in career development and/or coaching along with case management and relationship management experience is required. Relationship management ensures strategy in regard to partnership loyalty and retention on the students behalf while case management is specific to the context of an individuals career development case including but not necessarily limited to assessment planning and goal setting preparation exploration and identifying steps toward launch goals.

Proficiency in coaching career coaching or standard career assessments such as: MyersBriggs Type Indicator Strong Interest Inventory and Gallup Strengths required. Certifications are strongly preferred.

Must exemplify commitment to an environment where team members feel valued respected and supported. Must demonstrate a strong commitment to a workplace culture that recognizes and appreciates varied perspectives backgrounds and experiences. Must be passionate about creating and maintaining a team dynamic that encourages open communication and mutual respect.

Demonstrated skills and abilities to concurrently manage numerous tasks some with conflicting priorities required.

Must have excellent oral and written communication interpersonal and organizational skills.

Commitment to student learning outcomes and staff development required.

Must be able and willing to travel to and from professional development or statewide activities.

Ability to work within an entrepreneurial framework and scale a large project required.

Ivy Tech Community College is an accredited equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color ethnicity national origin marital status religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity disability age or veteran status. As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Ivy Tech Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex including sexual harassment in its educational programs and activities including employment and admissions. Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the Colleges Title IX Coordinator or to the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.