Posting Summary
Reporting to the Director of Career and Academic Success the Assistant Director of the Career Center is a member of the highly collaborative Division of Student Academic Success team and works with various Rutgers-Camden stakeholders to develop facilitate and coordinate an innovative student success agenda with a primary focus on career development and job placement services. The assistant director supports the Divisions overall mission strategic plan and goals; and serves as the driver for projects and initiatives central to the career success of undergraduate and graduate students and alumni and supports the Colleges overall commitment to access community engagement and excellence in supporting a diverse student body alumni faculty and staff. The incumbent is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Rutgers-Camden Career Center including all programs and services designed to provide career readiness planning and placement services to all undergraduate and graduate students and alumni. The Assistant Director supervises professional and support staff and ensures a high level of customer service is provided. Creates marketing strategies and innovative programs to engage employers to develop internship opportunities to foster job placement and for students to fully utilize programs and services. Remains abreast of current of trends in career services and job market including the use of technology economic trends and best practices. Oversees the three critical mission areas of the Career Center including: career development career readiness and job placement including the development and management of student-focused programs developing relationships with employers and working with faculty to incorporate career competencies into curriculum.
Overview
Ranked #46 in U.S. News & World Report s list of Best Public Colleges and Universities Rutgers UniversityCamden is a diverse research-intensive campus of approximately 6100 students at the undergraduate graduate and doctoral levels and 1100 faculty and staff members. Located in Camden N.J. directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia the university is uniquely situated to serve the local community while achieving global reach. A U.S. Department of Education-designated Minority Serving Institution the university thrives due to a supportive culture that helps students achieve their goals and fosters collaboration among employees. RutgersCamden is recognized as a national model for civically engaged urban universities and was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for a Community Engagement classification. Washington Monthly magazine has ranked Rutgers UniversityCamden among its Best Bang for the Buck universities and best national research universities. Recently RutgersCamden earned Carnegie classification as an R2 research university due to a high volume of internationally recognized research creative output and scholarly activity.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred qualifications include a Masters degree and career counseling professional certification. Strong organizational program development and communication skills creative thinking/reasoning abilities and demonstrated competency to oversee multiple tasks with attention to detail and the ability to work effectively with a broad range of internal and external constituents including students employers alumni faculty and staff. Knowledge of job market and economic trends desired.
Required Experience:
Director