Associate/Assistant Director, Career Advising & Programming

Boston College; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 76,050 - 104,950; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition remission for Employees

Spouse/Children tuition remission

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

Boston College Law School's Career Services Office is seeking an Associate/Assistant Director, Career Advising & Programming to guide JD students and alumni in career exploration and job search strategy, including internships, fellowships, clerkships, and post-graduate employment.

The role includes creating training programs, building resources, expanding employer networks, and analyzing career trends; requires JD, client-service mindset, exceptional communication, and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• J.D. degree from accredited law school required.
• Strong knowledge of legal and legal-related job market.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Ability to earn trust and relate to law students.
• Experience handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Interest in learning new technology and staying current with developments in the legal industry.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and update career-related resources for students and alumni.
• Generate and strengthen professional contacts to aid student networking.
• Engage in outreach to employers to generate new employment opportunities for students and recent graduates.
• Monitor career trends in the legal and legal-related field.
• Coordinate mentoring, networking and other efforts with Director, Recruitment & Employer Outreach or others as appropriate and facilitate sharing information across the office and across departments.
• Work as a team to run events, programs, projects, and data collection/reporting duties and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Legal job market knowledge

Initiative & program development

Customer service orientation

Listening skills

Team collaboration

Oral & written communication

Discretion & integrity

Education

J.D. degree from accredited law school

Job description

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

Job Description

The Career Services Office (CSO) at Boston College Law School is hiring an Associate/Assistant Director, Career Advising & Programming to join our collegial team to advise JD students and alumni regarding all aspects of career exploration and job search strategy. We are looking for someone with a client service mindset and strong interpersonal and communication skills to provide high quality individual and group career advising to J.D. students and alumni in both the private and public sector. The successful candidate will provide high quality advising regarding internships and career options upon graduation in the private and public sectors for legal or legal-related positions, fellowships, judicial clerkships, and alternative or emerging careers. They will also work with recent graduates to assist them in obtaining postgraduate employment. As part of our CSO team this position will create, promote, facilitate and lead best-in-class training programs (in person and virtual) designed to educate students and alumni about career options, application materials, interview preparation and skills, the job search process and other related professional skills.

Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Create and update career-related resources for students and alumni.
• Generate and strengthen professional contacts to aid student networking efforts.
• Engage in the outreach process of generating and strengthening professional contact base to aid student networking efforts.
• Help conduct outreach to employers to generate new employment opportunities for students and recent graduates.
• Monitor career trends in the legal and legal-related field.
• Aid students in aligning opportunities with potential career paths.
• Contribute to the department’s data-driven operations and report on key metrics and analytics.
• Coordinate mentoring, networking and other efforts with Director, Recruitment & Employer Outreach or others as appropriate and facilitate sharing information across the office and across departments.
• Work as a team to run events, programs, projects, and data collection/reporting duties and other duties as assigned.

The CSO is a team of highly experienced, student-centered professionals with a strong focus on collaboration. We enjoy working with each other and with our engaged, proactive students and strong alumni network.

Associate Director: $83,950 - $104,950; 3-5 years related professional experience. Assistant Director: $76,050 - $95,050; 1-3 years of experience.

Requirements

Education: J.D. degree from accredited law school required

Functional & Technical Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of legal and legal-related job market.
• Proven ability to take initiative, develop and execute new approaches, programs and solutions and multi-task.
• High degree of professionalism and customer-service orientation.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment in decision making and problem solving.
• Ability to earn trust and relate to law students.
• Experience handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Interest in learning new technologyInterest in staying current with developments in the legal industry and other industries where graduates have placement potential, and in the best practices for career services.
• Strong knowledge of best practices, techniques and standards for career counseling, coaching, advising and effective job search techniques.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored403bRetirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sickand Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected category, including disability and protected veteran status. Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination