Assistant Director, BBA Career Education and Coaching, Texas McCombs

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin seeks an Assistant Director for BBA Career Education and Coaching. The role involves managing a team of career coaches, teaching courses, and enhancing student career services. Ideal candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree and have extensive experience in career service roles at educational institutions.

Qualifications

• 5 years of work experience in career services or related fields plus industry experience preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence in coaching and mentoring students.
• Strong critical thinking and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the training and supervision of full-time career coaches.
• Coordinate and teach BA 101: Career Planning and Professional Development courses.
• Plan panels, workshops, and student events for career education.

Skills

Coaching

Leadership

Collaboration

Communication

Critical Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, education, or counseling

Tools

Canvas

Microsoft Teams

Zoom

Job description

Assistant Director, BBA Career Education and Coaching, Texas McCombs

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Job Posting Title:

Assistant Director, BBA Career Education and Coaching, Texas McCombs

Job Posting Title:

Assistant Director, BBA Career Education and Coaching, Texas McCombs

Hiring Department:

Red McCombs School of Business

Position Open To:

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

Job Details:

General Notes

Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought-leadership of a world-class faculty. The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is dynamic, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

For more information about Texas McCombs please visit: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/

Purpose

The BBA Career Management Assistant Director position is a key member of the BBA Career Education and Coaching team which is housed within McCombs Career Management & Corporate Relations. The key purpose of this role is to assist the Director of Career Education and Coaching for BBA in executing the team’s strategic and operational initiatives, providing talent management support, and to support BBA students through one-on-one career coaching, career programming, and career education.

Responsibilities

TALENT MANAGEMENT

• Hire, train, and supervise full-time career coaches and provide mentorship to all full-time and part-time coaches.
• Nurture, retain, and grow the professional development of direct reports.
• Shadow and coach staff for advising and instruction.
• Benchmark and work with Director to provide the latest professional development and coaching resources for staff.
  
  
  

CAREER EDUCATION: TEACHING & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

• Collaborate with Director and Senior Career Coach leading BA 101 career education strategy to ensure the career course is aligned with departmental goals and objectives.
• Coordinate and teach a section(s) of the BA 101: Career Planning and a Professional Development course in the fall and spring semesters.
• Responsible for managing assignments, grading, and classroom administration through Canvas across all sections.
• Oversee content development and consistency across the course and other digital channels where career education resources exist.
  
  
  

CAREER PROGRAMMING & ENGAGEMENT

• Benchmark industry best practices and assess new opportunities for improvement in how we educate students on navigating recruitment and their careers.
• Plan and coordinate panels, workshops, and other events for students on caseload and the broader BBA student population.
• Oversee one or more significant projects individually or in partnership with other team members and delegate and manage student workers as needed.
  
  
  

STRATEGY, INNOVATION, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• Support the Director of Career Education and Coaching in identifying ways the team can enhance the career management experience every academic year, including ways to improve career programming, utilization of technologies, and core career resources and tools.
• Assist the Director in assessing current coaching and instruction systems/data/metrics and developing recommendations for improving metrics and processes. Contribute to reporting on student engagement and student employment outcomes.
• Act as Director in the Director's absence for key meetings and decision-making for BBA career coaching, programming, and cross-departmental coordination.
• Assist the Director with internal operations and budget as needed.
  
  
  

CAREER COACHING

• Assist in training the team on career coaching best practices—shadow and coach staff for advising and instruction.
• Advise and educate students in their career search through individual career coaching and/or small group advising.
• Provide information to students on career-related topics such as internship and job opportunities, employer and recruiting trends, utilization of job search tools, interview preparation, offer evaluation, salary negotiation, etc.
• Participate in appropriate professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices and trends in career coaching and undergraduate recruiting
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

Other related functions as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, education, counseling or related field. Industry experience is considered a plus.
• Five years of work experience in career services, higher education, or human resources role tied to corporate recruiting activities or related work experience.
• Demonstrated excellence in student coaching, advising, or mentoring exemplified by the ability to establish trust and credibility with students, identify student needs, listen and support, offer relevant/appropriate action steps and resources, and follow up.
• Demonstrated leadership in past roles via examples of taking initiative, proactively identifying and implementing solutions, anticipating next steps, seeing the big picture, motivating themselves and others, and guiding and equipping others to accomplish goals.
• Demonstrated strong collaboration skills exemplified by seeking out feedback from relevant stakeholders, following through on commitments, welcoming ideas and suggestions from others, proactively offering to assist with tasks, and keeping team members informed about relevant information.
• Demonstration of strong critical thinking/problem solving skills. Maintains composure when dealing with stressful situations, uses information and context to assess a situation, identifies logical, practical actions, finds and corrects root causes, solicits support from relevant resources.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills shown through active listening, desire to understand others, clearly and diplomatically expresses ideas and gives feedback, keeps key stakeholders informed.
• Demonstrated interest and ability to contribute to overall team or departmental strategy as shown in past roles.
• This position will require some evening or weekend work to support student programing initiatives, staff needs, and other events or projects.
  
  
  

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree in business, education, counseling or related field.
• Experience working with undergraduate business students as a career coach or relevant experience working in a related industry role with coaching/mentoring responsibilities.
• Knowledge of undergraduate business career paths and trends in career services, recruiting, job market, and relevant industries.
• Ability to demonstrate deep understanding of specific industries and translate that knowledge into training for coaching staff and support for students.
• Experience working in a corporate environment and knowledge of corporate recruiting practices.
• Demonstrates advanced communication skills through ability to communicate effectively in a variety of communication settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among broad styles and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and/or other remote communication technologies, including leading large group presentations with students, members of the organization, and external guests.
• Experience supervising or managing full-time professional staff.
• Experience teaching a career course at the college level.
  
  
  

Salary

$75,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions with repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
• Use of manual dexterity.
• Regular weekday hours required. Monday - Friday work hours will flex accordingly and may require evening or weekend availability.
• This is an Austin, TX-based position.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. This position is not eligible for sponsorship of work visas.
  
  
  

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest
  
  
  

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Education and Training

• Industries

  Higher Education

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