Career Services Coordinator

National Polytechnic College; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Vision insurance

AFLAC

Job summary

National Polytechnic College is seeking a Career Services Coordinator to manage student job placement, employer relations, and externship activities on campus in Long Beach. You will prepare students for resumes, help with interviews, and maintain placement records while driving outreach to local clinical sites and employers.

The role includes coordinating externships and assisting with licenses and certifications, with local travel and a full-time on-campus schedule.

Qualifications

• Great communication skills (verbal and written).
• Associate degree is a plus.
• Prior experience on Job Placement and Business Development for Vocational Schools is a plus.
• Computer literate on MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• MUST have own reliable transportation and Driver License.

Responsibilities

• Job Placement: prepare students for resumes, job hunting, interviews, maintain records, and reporting.
• Business Development: identify clinical sites, pitch employers, maintain relationships, coordinate interviews and placements, and conduct employer visits.
• Externship: coordinate externship dates, track hours, keep site relations, and travel locally.
• Licenses and Certification Services: assist with career licenses and stay updated on regulations.

Skills

Communication skills

Verbal & written

Driver license

Reliable transportation

Education

Associate degree

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Pay: $21.00 - $25.00 per hour

Job Description

The Career Services Coordinator has a full performance position inside the Career Services Department dealing with students, instructors, employers, private sector, companies outside representatives, college management and its staff.Job Type: Full Time – On Campus

How YOU Will Impact Our Students/Alumni

Job Placement

• Prepare students for all job seeking activities including but not limited to resume preparation, job hunting and referrals, interview techniques (phone, panel and face to face interviews), enforcing all inter-office protocol, and state job regulations.
• Maintain accurate files and records on all student job placement activity
• Maintain all pertinent current information in the college data management systems in order to properly prepare reports each month, including placement percentages of all graduates and those hired.
• Must obtain and keep records of Employment verification forms of all hired graduates.
• Must work with current and past cohorts for job placement.
• Conduct mock interviews for students.
• Develop and deliver classroom presentations on industry trends, labor market information, employment preparation, and other related topics as requested by faculty.

Business Development

• Identifying new Clinical sites/ Medical facilities/ Technical facilities and Employers (clinical rotations and job placement)
• Pitching employers to hire our graduates. Maintaining and updating a potential employer database.
• Maintaining fruitful relationships with existing employers and clinical sites management.
• Proactively develops Career Services relationships with local employers through in-person visits and correspondence. Arranges for interviews and placements of student graduates. Secures employment for a predetermined number of student graduates.
• Coordinate career job fair events; conducts employer site visits to campus; promotes program visits to students and faculty; greets employers, assists with set-up as needed, and debriefs with employers to assess satisfaction and discuss improvements.

Externship

• Provide on time information to Student Services, Financial Aid, and Fiscal departments, after assuring instructor has released the student for clinical rotations.
• Provide externship orientations and obtain proper students release documentation prior to externship start dates.
• Coordinate with externship sites to determine start dates, schedules, and site regulations.
• Track and record student clinical rotations accumulated hours on weekly basis.
• Maintain a close contact at all times with students while at their clinical sites and site administration as well.
• Visit clinical sites on a constant basis to ensure quality of training and keep relationship with the sites. Some local travel will be required.
• Schedule Students Follow up meetings every 2 months for long-term externships.
• Maintain a professional and administrative/ staff and student relationship at all times.
• Report any and all students’ incidents of non-compliance of school rules, policies, and regulations to school Directors.
• Attend all workshops or seminars in order to learn new techniques or meet standard guidelines and in addition to acquire new clients for new enrollments.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or required.
• Help and participate in the preparation of School Advisory Board meetings and establish recruitment for new board members.
• This position requires local Southern California travel to externship and employers’ sites.

Licenses and Certification Services

• Assisting the students with their career Licenses and Certifications processes.
• Maintain updated knowledge of the different Career Licenses and Certifications regulations and procedures.

Qualifications

• Great Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Associate Degree is a plus
• Prior experience on Job Placement and Business Development for Vocational Schools is a plus.
• Computer literate on MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• MUST have own reliable transportation and Driver License

Job Type: Full-time. Pay range: $21.00 to $25.00 an hour

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
• AFLAC