Assistant Director, Student Career Development

University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Arbolada Addition (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Office of Career Services seeks an Assistant Director, Student Career Development to lead career coaching and program design, ensuring students across colleges are prepared for internships, co-ops, and full-time careers.

The role collaborates with faculty and Employer Engagement staff to deliver workshops, resources, and experiential learning milestones, while coordinating job search platforms and events to boost student success.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, psychology, communication, public relations, or related area.
• Minimum three years of experience in career development, counseling, higher education, or related fields.
• Knowledge of career development theories and career counseling skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with departments and student groups.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the development and delivery of high-impact workshops and digital resources for the end-to-end job search process.
• Oversee experiential learning opportunities and student engagement initiatives.
• Manage partner relationships with faculty, Employer Engagement staff, and academic departments.
• Represent Career Services at recruitment events and student organization activities.

Skills

Career counseling

Analytical skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, psychology, communication, public relations, or related areas

Tools

CliftonStrengths

TypeFocus

Choices360

Job description

Position Title

Assistant Director, Student Career Development

Department

3120|Career Services

Responsibilities

Position Summary

The Assistant Director of Student Career Developmentprovides high-level, specialized career coaching and tactical programleadership within the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Office of CareerServices. The Assistant Director reports to the Director and leads the designand delivery of high-impact job search resources and industry-based learninginitiatives, working in close coordination with faculty and Employer Engagementstaff. By executing creative outreach, programming, and student engagement strategies,this role ensures that students across their designated colleges arecompetitively positioned for internships, co-ops, and post-graduation careersuccess within the framework of the university’s Student Success Vision.

Key Responsibilities

Internship & Job Search Leadership and ResourcesOversight

• Coordinate the development and delivery of high-impactworkshops and digital resources focused on the end-to-end job search process.
• Direct initiatives centered on resume optimization,interview mastery, and strategic search for internships and co-opsopportunities including providing the day-to-day supervision of a graduateassistant.
• Oversee the integration, tracking, documenting, andaccessibility of university-wide job search platforms (e.g. Handshake).
• Monitor usage data and troubleshoot day-to-day technicalaccess issues for job search tools to provide recommendations for actionableinsights for resource allocation and procurement decisions.

Experiential Learning Coordination

• Partner with faculty and Employer Engagement staff toidentify, promote, and expand experiential learning opportunities for students.
• Oversee the tracking and documenting of experientiallearning opportunities and student engagement.
• Collaborate on the integration of experiential learningmilestones into the student’s academic and co-curricular journey.
• Serve as a primary functional point of contact foracademic departments, student organizations, and student affairs areas tooperationalize cross-departmental collaborations for job search andindustry-based learning initiatives as needed (e.g. networking events)

Career Closet Operations & Resource Management

• Manage all Career Closet functions, including coordinatingdonation drives, overseeing quality control for incoming professional attire,and implementing a tracking system to maintain a high-quality, accessibleresource for students.
• Coordinate student staffing by overseeing hiring,onboarding, and weekly scheduling while co-developing a specialized trainingcurriculum focused on professional styling, customer service best practice, andoperational efficiency.

Student Engagement & Outreach Execution

• Implement creative job preparation and job searchworkshops, outreach initiatives and career programming designed to increasestudent participation in career services from their first semester throughgraduation.
• Represent Career Services at recruitment events, facultymeetings, and student organization events to embed career readiness intocollege culture as needed.

Perform additional duties as assigned by the Director tosupport the mission and success of Career Services for students and alumni.

Qualifications

Required Qualications

Education

Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, marketing,psychology, communication, public relations, or other related areas. Preferred- Master’s degree in counseling, higher education administration, or relatedarea.

Experience

• -Minimum three (3) years of experience within careerdevelopment, counseling, higher education, human resources, academic advising,or other relevant corporate and community experience.
• -Proven knowledge of career development theories, careerreadiness, and career counseling skills. Experience utilizing CliftonStrengths, Type Focus, Choices 360 are a plus.
• -Experience and ability creating and sustaining collaborativerelationships with departments, organizations, or student groups. ---Ability toeffectively interact with faculty, staff, students, parents, andadministrators.
• -Experience developing educational programs for large andsmall audiences.
• -Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability tospeak effectively before groups.
• -Must be a self-starter and possess strong analytical andproblem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to organize and work independentlyas a leader and as part of a team.
• -Should be able to work nights and weekends as needed.