Career & Internship Specialist

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Job Summary:

The primary areas of responsibility include:

• Career & Internship Advising: Advise undergraduate graduate students and recent alumni individually and in groups in person or virtually on topics related to L&S students looking to break into specific fields (career community) and seek growth in learning about students varied identities and backgrounds learning and communication styles

• Build expertise in the assigned Career Community(s): Research to build and maintain community-specific content expertise including knowledge of community specific search strategies including trends in hiring practices application and candidate experience nuances salary trends and negotiating procedures skills required in the professions paths to success for underrepresented students and employers who commonly recruit on campus

• Develop and execute educational programs/resources/offerings: In partnership with other SuccessWorks teams and L&S academic departments propose develop and execute new programs and services or improvements to existing programs and services to educate students (programs may include alumni & employers delivering the content) and generate ideas & resources to deliver via web e-newsletter in person and asynchronous formats

• Partnership Development: Build relationships with assigned L&S departments (advisors and other frontline staff) to understand department and student needs and concerns related to careers broadly defined students career concerns common post-grad paths the value of the major etc. Learn about department led career events programs and resources.

This position reports to the Director of Career Advising & Communities and offers a hybrid work schedule that includes both in-person and remote work as well as occasional evening hours based on event needs. Specific on-site and remote days will be determined upon hire in coordination with the supervisor. Career community assignment will also be determined at time of hire.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Responds to questions and provides information regarding student services policies procedures and employment preparation

• Develops and delivers career development programming and resource materials across various mediums to provide education to students

• Educates or advises students and recent alumni individually or in groups through various mediums about career exploration self-assessment skills materials development and career decisions

• Builds and maintains career community-specific content expertise

• Participates in the campus-wide career services community providing input to leadership regarding the development of advising recruitment and co/curricular programs offered by the school/college/unit

• May identify and maintain a professional network of employers or other stakeholders to facilitate career exploration and employment opportunities for students

Department:

College of Letters & Science SuccessWorks

SuccessWorks at the College of Letters & Science (L&S) prepares its undergraduates for life-long success through its programs advising and courses. SuccessWorks supports over 18000 L&S students as they explore their interests and aspirations engage in career exploration and development and prepare for a career beyond UW-Madison.

The SuccessWorks team is an open highly engaged and collaborative community. We believe in approaching our work with innovation collaboration and inclusion.

Compensation:

The expected salary range for this position is $50000 up to $65000 (12-month) for highly experienced candidates. Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications.

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous paid time off competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance tax-advantaged savings accounts and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits please see Qualifications:

• A minimum of 1 year of professional experience (may include equivalent undergraduate or graduate level internship/practicum experience) in career services academic advising student services alumni relations human resources recruitment teaching or other related field

• Ability to engage individuals via advising mentoring tutoring or coaching others

• Demonstrates clear and concise communication skills across a variety of channels and audiences

• Skills in collaborating with others via gathering diverse (and sometimes differing) perspectives and integrating feedback to work toward a common goal

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing and delivering educational programs or resources that accomplished established goals

• Awareness of and interest in the diverse backgrounds identities and strengths students contribute to shaping their careers

• Experience researching and seeking out most recent information from valid sources

Education:

Bachelors Degree Preferred

How to Apply:

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Please submit a resume and cover your cover letter detail your experience or ability to:

• engage individuals via advising mentoring tutoring or coaching others

• collaborate with others to work toward a common goal

Please note there is only one attachment field. You must upload all of your documents in the attachment field. Both a resume and cover letter are required to be considered for this role.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States a lawful permanent resident a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Contact Information:

Lauralee Wheeler

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Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength creativity and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity culture background experience status abilities and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching research outreach and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students faculty and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal OpportunityEmployer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to including but not limited to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin age pregnancy disability or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgroundsand encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.

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