Practice Group Coordinator, Working Professionals

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition benefits for staff and family

Retirement plans with employer support

Professional Development classes

Central Los Angeles location with easy

Access to Trojan Network

Job summary

University of Southern California is seeking a Practice Group Coordinator for Working Professional Programs to support MBA students across EMBA, OMBA, MBAPM, and IBEAR. You will advise students, plan workshops, and connect them with career opportunities, leveraging USC’s Trojan Network.

The role emphasizes relationship-centered service, collaboration across career services, and execution of employer-facing initiatives to advance student career outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of full-time relevant experience in Career Services or related field.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Practice Group Leader to develop a strategy for MBA programs and student success.
• Provide one-on-one and group career advising for MBA students.
• Deliver career workshops both in person and virtually on topics like pivoting careers, networking, and LinkedIn.
• Plan and execute employer-facing events to connect students with opportunities.
• Support marketing initiatives for employer events and mentorship programs.
• Coordinate with Marshall Career Services, the Marshall School of Business, and USC for partnerships.
• Maintain relationships with student clubs and be present at events.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Career advising

Group advising

Event planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or Master’s degree preferred

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, so please apply on the same business day if interested.
• 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 family; free Professional Development classes; central Los Angeles location with easy access to commuter trains, buses and free tram pick up services; discounts to sporting and other campus events.

Why join the USC Marshall School of Business?

The USC Marshall School of Business is ideally positioned to address the challenges of a rapidly changing business environment and is ranked as one of the country’s top schools for accounting, finance, marketing, consulting, entrepreneurship and international business studies.

USC Marshall builds on the unique opportunities that stem from its Los Angeles location on the Pacific Rim, its interdisciplinary and impactful research, the momentum generated by the University of Southern California, and the unparalleled engagement of the Trojan Alumni Family. With ready access to industries defining the new business frontier, including bio-technology, life sciences, media, entertainment, communications and healthcare, this vast network offers USC Marshall graduates exceptionally strong support for success in the global marketplace. For more information on the USC Marshall School of Business, visit: www.marshall.usc.edu.