Career Connections Coordinator
Career Connections Coordinator
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$ 3836 - 4409
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Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Date application must be received for priority consideration by: August 20 2025Anticipated Appointment Begin Date: September 1 2025
Closing Date or if blank Open Until Filled:
Job Family Group: Administrative and Professional
Division/Department: Academic and Student Affairs/Career Connections
Compensation Range (commensurate with experience): $3836.50-$4409.83 monthly or $46038-$52918 annually @ 1.0 FTE
FLSA Status: Exempt
Appointment Basis: 12-month
Time Type: Full-time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Renewable/Non-renewable/Grants/Limited Duration/Temporary: Renewable/Grant Funded
This position must possess and maintain a current valid Driver License: Yes
This position is designated as a critical security-sensitive or safety-sensitive position; therefore the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal Background Check: Yes
Lead Work/Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Work Location Type: On-campus
Work Hours: M-F (8:00a 5:00p) Hours are subject to change with notice.
Worker Status: Must be able to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT:
- Each applicant is required to provide (as attachments to the online application) the following supplemental documents: (1) a letter providing some detail of the applicants qualifications and interest in the position; and (2) current resume/CV. - PLEASE NOTE - during the application process you will be prompted to attach these documents in the area titled Resume. Please either combine ALL documents into ONE attachment OR upload each item separately in this section. Failure to upload ALL of the required documents may disqualify application from consideration.
- For inquiries and additional information please contact Human Resource Services via email at or by phone at .
- To view SOUs very generous benefits and pension programs available to eligible positions please visit benefits package is an important complement to the offered salary and ourTotal Compensation Calculator demonstrates our value and commitment to our employees.
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Reporting to the Director of Career Connections this position develops and implements career services activities within the university. Assists with overall career development planning and operational activities of the office. Implement career-readiness awareness for students to articulate skills developed in the classroom and through degree-related experiences. Advises students on various aspects of entering the world of work including resume writing and interviewing skills as well as career exploration. This position will assist with NSLS LAD Scholars Career Fairs and assessment/evaluations associated with Career Connections. Using an equity lens the coordinator will improve student retention and better prepare students to meet their professional and academic goals through programming and services. Manage the 12twenty platform for the First Destination Survey and report the data to NACE Experiential Learning module job postings and students.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelors Degree.
- Minimum of one year experience in one or more of the following areas: Career Services Advising Residence Life Enrollment Management or other student related area in higher education.
Preferred Requirements
- Masters degree.
- Knowledge of 12twenty (career-specific online management).
- Knowledge of NACE Career Competencies.
Essential Functions
Duties - The following examples are typical work activities that are meant to illustrate the general range of work functions and are not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive:
(50%) Career Advising
- Provides targeted career guidance informed by current best practices to a variety of communities on campus including non-traditional students international students students of color neurodiverse students veterans and others.
- Introduces students to the current and relevant career information using tools available through SOUs Career Connections site.
- Promotes student engagement in classroom co-curricular experiences and community-based learning activities that contribute to career planning and preparation.
- Provides guidance about internships and collaborates with internship coordination staff. Manage the 12twenty platform along with the Experiential Learning module.
- Builds and delivers classroom presentations and workshops.
(30%) Leadership Programming
- Assist the Director with NSLS LAD Scholars Career Fair and assessment/evaluations associated with Career Connections.
(10%) Assessment
- Assist the Director with the annual program review of Career Connections Career Outcomes Survey and additional reports/assessment needed associated with internships and other relevant areas.
(10%) Duties Include
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills Knowledge and Abilities
- Excellent communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate information in a clear and understandable manner both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrated customer service experience requiring a very high level of diplomacy and professionalism to effectively handle a broad range of sensitive interpersonal situations.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and consistently apply a wide variety of complex policies and procedures where specific guidelines may not always exist.
- Expressed ability to work with frequent changes in policies and procedures under pressure of deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical and research skills; demonstrated ability to gather evaluate and to develop well-reasoned conclusions and recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively assess work operations and anticipate potential problems; ability to develop and implement strategies for preventing/resolving problems.
- Great ability to effectively perform work of a highly sensitive and confidential nature that requires access to information. Must be able to exercise sound judgment and discretion tact and diplomacy.
- Takes initiative in independently planning organizing and performing work assignments within broadly defined parameters
- Demonstrated ability to work with a high level of productivity and accuracy/attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with the demonstrated ability to set own priorities to coordinate multiple assignments with fluctuating and time-sensitive deadlines.
- Excellent computer skills and proficiency with a variety of computer applications including word processing spreadsheets databases online systems social media platforms Internet as well as online calendaring and email.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate establish and foster communication and teamwork by maintaining a positive cooperative productive work atmosphere in and outside the University with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within a diverse population and with those from various cultural backgrounds.
- Willingness to and work effectively in a heavily bureaucratic environment which requires regular interaction with a number of levels within the organization and multiple outside agencies.
- Working knowledge or ability to quickly learn university infrastructure policies and procedures.
- Demonstrated skills in an institutional/educational environment utilizing a customer-oriented and service-centered attitude.
- Assists students by serving as a liaison for specific academic departments concerning credit issues and program information by providing career information about full-time and internship opportunities and by assisting in all aspects of a professional credential preparation including resume writing and interviewing skills improvement.
- Ensures the learning experience for students is effective by working closely with faculty advisers. Facilitates employer recruitment of students by identifying locating and referring eligible students for job placement.
- Promotes career services by making presentations to classes and student organizations and by assisting in coordinating special events programs receptions etc.
- Coordinates major projects to help students with professional development and assist with career fairs teacher placement days on-campus interviews etc.
- Promotes the university and career services through participation in professional organizations for example Co-op Education and Internship Association (CEIA) NACE MPACE.
- Contributes to the overall success of career services by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Physical Demand
- Normal office activities such as sitting/standing at a desk using a computer answering phones and communicating in person both in writing and via phone with others.
- Travel between buildings on campus.
Special Conditions
- Must be willing to travel and attend training programs off-site for occasional professional development.
- Must be able to work additional hours and adjust working hours to meet special jobs. May be called back periodically to perform work as needed on an emergency basis.
- Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
- This position classification has been defined as exempt and is not subject to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
- The person holding this position is considered a mandatory reporter under the Oregon Revised Statutes and is required to comply with the requirements set forth by the Oregon Department.
- This position is grant funded and renewal of appointment is contingent upon continued funding. When a grant experiences a loss in funding employees whose appointments are funded by that grant may be terminated without notice.
SOU is an equal access AA/EOE committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Southern Oregon University will provide if requested reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of accommodation in order to provide access to the application interviewing and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on this application. If however you require a reasonable accommodation in the application and/or interview process due to disability requests must be made in a timely manner to Human Resources.
Diversity Statement:
Southern Oregon University is a welcoming community committed to inclusive excellence and the celebration of diversity. Without diversity our educational process is diminished. Working together in support of our commitment to diversity we strengthen and enrich our role as learners educators and members of a tightly connected global community. We encourage those who share in our commitment to diversity to join our community and we expect all our employees to demonstrate an ability and desire to create an inclusive campus community.
SOU Land Acknowledgement
We want to take this moment to acknowledge that Southern Oregon University is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta Takelma and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization the Gold Rush and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s the discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands leading to warfare epidemics starvation and villages being 1853 the first of several treaties were signed confederating these Tribes and others together who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States and in return they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856 these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon () and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians () are living descendants of the Takelma Shasta and Latgawa peoples of this area. We encourageYOUto learn about the land you reside on and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people.
Notice to Prospective Employees
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act and The Federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (now referred to as the Clery Act) require that prospective employees be notified of the availability of SOUs Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. The report provides the annual statistics and campus policies for the reporting of and responding to campus crimes and fires; access to campus facilities; conduct code and campus policies on the use possession and sale of drugs/alcohol; and educational/information programs to inform the campus community about campus security procedures and crime prevention.
An electronic copy of the Annual Security Report (ASR) can be accessed at the following link: A physical copy of the ASR is available at no charge upon request. To request a copy please visit the Office of the General Counsel located in Churchill Hall 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard Ashland Oregon 97520. For more information call or email.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
