Career Exploration Coordinator

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City is seeking an entry-level Career Advisor to assist exploratory students with career advising services. You will help develop personalized career plans and conduct workshops for prospective and current students.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least one year of experience in advising or career counseling, with strong knowledge of career exploration techniques and customer service principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• One year experience in advising, education, or career counseling preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and conduct career exploration presentations and workshops for prospective and current students.
• Target case management strategies to build foundation in career development skills for first-year exploratory Pathway students.
• Collaborate with the exploratory academic advisor, faculty, staff, and external agencies to provide comprehensive services and information resources.
• Coordinate operations of the career services offices, including staffing, budget, promotional materials, and policy documentation.
• Respond to referrals from other areas for students needing career exploration assistance.
• Use systems to enter, retrieve, and research information and maintain records and communication.
• Maintain knowledge of MCC programs, policies, and systems to guide students effectively.
• Administer assessments and interpret results to provide career advising services.
• Collaborate with the Career Services Coordinator and stay informed about workplace trends affecting students' choices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Career counseling

Customer service

Public relations

Budget awareness

Leadership concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About MCC

Metropolitan Community College is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1915 as the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute. The Junior College of Kansas City, as it was known starting in 1919, was one of the first schools in the country to award an associate degree. Today, MCC offers 125 associate degree and certificate programs.

Metropolitan Community College comprises five campuses on the Missouri side of the Greater Kansas City area 47 major buildings and about 550 acres in all: MCC-Blue River, located in Independence, Missouri; MCC-Longview located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, MCC-Maple Woods located in the Northland of Kansas City, Missouri; MCC-Online and MCC-Penn Valley, located in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri.

MCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In addition, several programs have specific accreditations as well.

***MCC does not provide employer-paid sponsorships.

Job Summary

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

Essential Functions

• 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.

Supplemental Information

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.