PROVOST - Career Services Advisor

Job Classification

  

Position summary

Supports the mission of Andrews University administration in preparing the student body for career success. This professional will provide innovative, strategic leadership and comprehensive centralized career services; promote a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and integrating best practices, introducing creative approaches and delivery of career development programs and services; plays a critical role helping students translate a high level of academic engagement into a life of innovative contributions to an increasingly diverse and complex society; supports the goals and objectives of the Title III grant; reports to the Provost. This position is a five-year appointment based on external funding.

Qualifications summary

Education 
Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred from an accredited institution required, preferably in human resources, counseling, higher education administration, business administration, student affairs, or education.
Experience
Experience in career related services, human resources, corporate recruiting, higher education, or student life environment is necessary. Training in a career counseling, knowledge of career services industry best practices, and experience in social media and web technologies are a plus. 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

Career Development Services and Resources

• Lead and manage the office of career services as it assists all student, alumni, faculty, and employer clients in the development of career education, career identification and search, and students’ pursuit of employment opportunities.


• Integrate the Christian faith into the office of Career Services programming leading to students connecting Christ to their purpose and life-calling.


• Will provide quality career advising expertise to students and alumni regarding the job-search process, interview skills, resume and portfolio review, professional etiquette, networking, offer negotiation, and other services pertinent to success in the global market.


• Plan and implement programs such as university-wide career fairs, on-campus employer recruiting, resume and interview workshops, business etiquette dinners, forums, career seminars, lecture services, and other career related programming in coordination with faculty/staff, employers, alumni, students, and trained professionals.


• Partner with the Office of Alumni Services in utilizing the Andrews Network by encouraging students to use the mentoring network, expanding mentoring best practice resources, and applying the other components of the platform. 


• Manage all aspects of the Career Services departmental budget.


• Expand and maintain an online collection of career resource materials, accessible to all Andrews students and alumni. 

Career Counseling & Coaching 

• Provide individual and group career counseling, coaching and advising to all students especially at-risk students.


• Create 4-year college career preparation plans specific to Andrews University students, designed to strengthen career choices through exploration, research, and experiential learning.


• Partner with Counseling & Testing and the Explore program to prove students with assessments including Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI), the StrengthsQuest, the Strong Interest Inventory (SIi) and other career development related inventories. Integrate interpreted results into career guidance and recommendations.


• Collaborate with the Student Success Office, the Explore program, the Counseling & Testing Center, academic advisors and department chairs in the coordination of seamless programming aimed at strengthening engagement, planning and goal setting, and best fit career choices and opportunities in line with students’ sense of life calling, starting prior to Freshman Orientation week and continuing throughout their university experience. 


• Explore the offering of a First Year Seminar available to all incoming Freshmen, and aimed at providing an empirically based approach to choosing a best fit academic major, leading to career choices compatible with students’ interests, strengths, personality, values, and sense of life calling.


• Collaborate with First Year Experience coordinators to engage students and facilitate their vision of life calling starting prior to Freshman Orientation week and continuing throughout their university experience. 

 Campus Engagement and Involvement

• Actively communicate and promote career opportunities available to the student body, collaborating with offices including academic departments, Alumni Services, Counseling & Testing, the Explore program, Integrated Marketing & Communication (IMC), Student Life, Student Success, and other key entities to promote career services across campus.


• Collaborate with academic deans and department chairs to develop strategies for increasing student participation in both career development events and internships/job shadowing impurities, to meet students’ unique career needs. 


• Chair a Career Council with member representation from each academic school and other university departments, including Alumni Services, Counseling & Testing, and Student Success, aimed at ensuring a unified approach to the delivery of career services campus wide while ensuring that specific needs of academic colleges and departments are being addressed. 


• Serve on university committees and workgroups as needed.

 Employee Relations

• Serve as the primary liaison between the university, its students and alumni, and potential employers on state, regional, national, and global levels. 


• Manage a career posting platform, ensuring that job postings are up-to-date and available, referring company representatives to the platform for postings, and orienting students to the most effective use of the platform.


• Oversee and assist with bridge-building effective relationships with local, regional, and global corporations, non-profits, government organizations and community partners for job shadowing, learning projects, internship, fellowship and employment opportunities for Andrews students and alumni. 


• Connect students to organizations, associations, programs and initiatives that foster networking opportunities with prospective employers (i.e. Michigan Colleges Alliance/MCA).


• Be knowledgeable of graduate school opportunities for Andrews students and communicate regularly with graduate school recruits and their departmental liaisons. 

 Outcome Evaluation and Assessment 

• Regularly monitor, analyze, and evaluate current scope of services offered through career services and plan, implement, and direct new programs under the supervision of the Provost’s office and in coordination with other university departments.


• Collaborate with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment in the coordination of the First Destination Survey and other post-graduation student placement surveys.


• Prepare yearly students placement statistical and other reports in the collaboration with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment and the Office of Alumni Services. 


• Collect and report placement data for internship, job shadowing, and job opportunities.


• Collaborate with other staff with oversight responsibility for data collection. 


• Create a system for receiving feedback from both HR recruiters and from internship coordinators, analyze results, and adapt Andrews career development offerings, training, and student preparation as needed.  

Supervisory responsibilities

N/A

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. 

Primary Skills

• Strong understanding of student development and able to connect and build meaningful relationships with students, alumni, parents, and the community at large. 


• Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgement and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information and following FERPA guidelines in the release of confidential information. 


• Knowledge of Career Services best practices and ability to continually learn and adapt to current hiring and career trends through continued learning, professional organization memberships, and HR representative feedback.


• Familiarity with various career related professional organization including, but not limited to, the National Associations of Colleges and Employers (NACE), National Career Development Association (NCDA), Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), and other professional associations which provide broad opportunities for career professional development. 


• Excellent presentation and public speaking skills, conduct training and guide workshops.


• Strong verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills and the ability to present information effectively to individuals and groups.


• Organization, problem solving and team building skills. 


• A self-starter who takes ownership and has initiative.


• Flexible and able to multitask.


• Collaborative attitude, enjoy working within a team environment.


• Technical skills, willingness to learn new technologies as they emerge.

Diversity and Inclusion 

Qualified individuals should be able to articulate a strong commitment to diversity and have the ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

Language Skills

The ability to effectively and clearly communicate via a variety of communication channels including email, phone, and in person is required. Clear and concise writing skills and grammar skills are also necessary. English language proficiency is a must. 

Analytical Skills

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Must be familiar with working in Microsoft Office Suite and be proficient in working with a computer. Ability to work and stay within a budget, and analyze results. 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

N/A

Interpersonal interactions

Must be team oriented, comfortable in a university setting, interacting with students, parents, community providers, prospective employers, faculty, and staff including Residence Life professional, and colleagues.  

Physical demands

The ability to function within a campus environment is required. Also important are good vision and hearing so that appropriate assessments can be made. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Work environment

Normal work/office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.