Practice Group Coordinator, Working Professionals

University of Southern California; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Southern California's Marshall Career Services is seeking a Practice Group Coordinator for Working Professional Programs to support MBA students across EMBA, OMBA, MBAPM, and IBEAR programs. The role focuses on advising, workshops, and employer outreach to advance students’ careers.

The position requires collaboration with USC entities, delivering strategic career services, and fostering relationships with student clubs and external partners to broaden opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Three years of full-time relevant experience in Career Services or direct industry experience.
• Strong ability to advise, coach, and communicate with MBA students and professionals.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to strategize support for executive and working professional MBA students.
• Conduct one-on-one and group career advising, including resume/cover letter review and interview prep.
• Deliver career workshops in-person and virtual; cover pivoting careers, networking, and LinkedIn usage.
• Plan and execute employer-facing events to connect students with opportunities.
• Promote marketing initiatives for events, mentorships, and individualized advising.
• Liaise across Marshall Career Services, Marshall School of Business, and USC to build partnerships.

Skills

Career advising

Workshop facilitation

Employer events

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or master's in Higher Education

Tools

LinkedIn

Job description

The Marshall Career Services team, comprised of more than 30 professional staff, and more than 30 undergraduate and graduate student staff, lead the charge to ensure all of Marshall's approximately 8,500 undergraduate, specialized MS, and MBA students have the support, resources, and connections to achieve their professional goals. Our team is currently in a period of change and rallying around a new set of strategic values: relationship-centered (we prioritize strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, especially students), career-outcome-driven (we connect students to as many opportunities and employers as possible and actively build the networks that lead to employment), innovative practice (we maintain a current, tech-forward, and competent practice), team-centered (we value our people and foster a supportive, balanced, and authentic work environment).

These values are reshaping how we function as a team and deliver career services. We are thrilled to be recruiting for several roles and are excited to recruit future team members that share our enthusiasm for defining the future of career services and continuing to build Marshall's reputation as the best business school!

Position Description

The Practice Group Coordinator (PGC), Working Professional Programs, will support the Marshall Career Service's efforts to ensure our MBA students across the executive and working professional programs achieve professional success, whether that is promotion, growing in their current role, or pivoting careers all together. The executive and working professional practice group offers a robust set of services to support the students, including individual and group career advising, workshops, and leveraging the many resources throughout Marshall and the Trojan Network.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Partner with the Practice Group Leader in developing a strategy to support the professional success of the executive and working professional MBA students, including students enrolled in the executive MBA (EMBA), Online MBA (OMBA), MBA for Professionals and Managers (MBAPM), and one-year full-time MBA (IBEAR)
• Conduct one-on-one and group career advising with executive and working professional MBA students, including career coaching on resume and cover letters, interview preparation, and other topics
• Deliver numerous career workshops both in person and virtually across a variety of topics, including pivoting careers, effectively using LinkedIn, networking strategies, and many other topics; actively work with students to cultivate topics of current interest
• Plan and execute employer-facing events, working to connect executive and working professional MBA students with relevant professional opportunities
• Promote and support marketing initiatives for related employer events, career services training, mentorship programs, and individualized career advising, to enhance student engagement
• Actively liaise with partners across Marshall Career Services, the Marshall School of Business, and USC to ensure that the organization is seen as a great partner and willing collaborator
• Lean into Marshall Career Service's strategic value of relationship-centered , actively leaning into building positive relationships with students; maintain relationships with student clubs and their leaders, take opportunities to attend club events and be visibly present, and lean into communication during times of conflict
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Three years of full-time relevant experience (Career Services or direct Industry Experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or master's degree in Higher Education, Student Affairs, Counseling, Career Counseling, or related discipline.
• Five years of full-time relevant experience (Career Services or direct industry experience)

  Anticipated Salary Range

  The salary range for this position is $80,010.17 - $90,824.54 - $103,786.08 . When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

  Required Documents and Additional Information

  Resume and cover letter required (may be uploaded as one file).

  Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. USC has excellent benefits, including health benefits for staff and their family with access to the renowned university medical network; eligibility for retirement plans with employer contributions*; tuition benefits for staff and their f