Career Exploration Coordinator

Metropolitan Community College; Kansas City (MO); Presencial; USD 42 000 - 64 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City seeks an experienced career advisor to assist exploratory students by developing personalized career plans and delivering engaging career exploration presentations for both prospective and current students.

You will partner with exploratory academic advisors, faculty, staff, and external agencies to provide comprehensive services, coordinate Career Services operations, manage budgets and materials, and maintain accurate records while guiding students

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree
• One (1) year experience in advising, education, or career counseling

Responsabilidades

• Create and conduct career exploration presentations and workshops for prospective and current students
• Target case management strategies that address first-year exploratory Pathway students’ sense of foundation in career development skills
• Partner with exploratory academic advisor, faculty, staff, and external agencies to provide comprehensive services and information resources that enable students to take active responsibility for their college and career decisions and planning
• Coordinates operations and activities of the career services offices, including staffing levels, managing the Career Center budget, developing promotional materials, and updating documents related to policies and procedures
• Respond proactively to referrals from other areas regarding students needing career exploration assistance
• Use MCC systems to enter, retrieve, and research information and maintain accurate record keeping
• Maintain understanding of MCC programs, policies, procedures, and systems to guide students
• Administers assessment instruments and interprets results to provide career advising services to students
• Collaborate with the Career Services Coordinator and stay informed on workplace changes and economic outlook impacting students’ career choices and employment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Conhecimentos

Career counseling

Customer service

Public relations

Budget management

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem analysis

Leadership models

Assessments interpretation

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Incumbents assist exploratory students with career advising services that meet students when they enter and assist in developing a personalized career plan.

• Create and conduct career exploration presentations and workshops for prospective and current students
• Target case management strategies that address building first-year exploratory Pathway students’ sense of foundation in career development skills
• Partner with exploratory academic advisor, faculty, staff, and external agencies to provide comprehensive services and information resources that enable students to take active responsibility for their college and career decisions and planning
• Coordinates operations and activities of the career services offices. Duties include, but are not limited to, ensuring adequate staffing levels, managing the Career Center budget, developing promotional materials, and updating documents related to policies and procedures
• Responsible for proactively responding to referrals from other areas regarding students needing career exploration assistance
• Use appropriate systems and technologies as directed to enter, retrieve, and/or research information and to maintain accurate record keeping and communication
• Maintain a thorough understanding of MCC programs, policies, procedures, and systems to effectively and accurately guide students
• Administers assessment instruments and interprets results to provide career advising services to students
• Collaborate with the Career Services Coordinator and maintain knowledge of changes in the workplace and economic outlook as they impact students’ career choices, preparation, and employment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree*
• One (1) year experience in advising, education, or career counseling

*Minimum Education Qualification can be substituted with an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of career counseling principles, methods, and practices
• Knowledge of customer service principles
• Knowledge of public relations principles and practices
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance
• Knowledge of leadership models
• Knowledge of budget development principles
• Skilled in interpreting career exploration assessments
• Skilled in delegating and prioritizing work
• Skilled in interpreting and applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations
• Skilled in analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and making recommendations in support of goals
• Skilled in monitoring a budget
• Skilled in providing career counseling services
• Skilled in developing and implementing public relations campaigns
• Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public, and others, sufficient to exchange or convey information

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require grasping, hearing, keyboarding, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.

EEO Statement:

Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, birth, ancestry, national origin, or disability. EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled

Accommodations:

MCC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, MCC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations in all aspects of employment, including the application process. To request an accommodation and/or a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act applicant procedures, please contact the Office of Human Resources.