Senior Career Services Director

ECMC Group; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering students through effective career services. As the Senior Career Services Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping strategies that enhance placement outcomes and improve the student experience. This position allows you to work remotely while collaborating with diverse teams to develop innovative training programs and tools. Your expertise in data analysis and career services will drive continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring that every student receives the support they need to succeed in their career journey. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in career services or student advising.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office for reporting and communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement goals for graduate placement and employer partnerships.
• Analyze data analytics for key outcomes and make actionable recommendations.

Skills

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Data Analysis

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

WORK FROM HOME - THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION

Choosing a career with ECMC Group means joining a nonprofit corporation with a mission to help students succeed. With a vibrant mission and values, great benefits, and strong community involvement, ECMC Group companies are an ideal team to join.

Job Summary

The Senior Career Services Director is responsible for partnering with the Career Services teams across our campuses to translate the enterprise Career Services strategy into practical and effective programs, processes and tools which positively impact placement outcomes. Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), developing exceptionally strong relationships and providing collaborative support across the Career Services spectrum, including providing best practices, standards, methodologies, and tools.

Responsibilities:

• Work with campus personnel to develop and implement both short and long-term goals and objectives to achieve:
  
  
  
  • Graduate placement goals
  
  
  • Employer and Strategic Partner goals
  
  
  • Optimization of Externship/Internship program
  
  
  • Delivery of a quality Student, Alumni, and Employer Partner experience
  
  
  • Oversee, review, and monitor established activity metrics and outcomes goals at defined intervals (weekly, monthly, etc.) at the campus level and the program level within the campus.
  
  
  
  


• Provide outreach to the Campus Director or Director of Career services to help set supportive action steps to meet established metrics and goals


• Develop and lead key initiatives to move career services to a fully digital platform in all operations


• Partner with field leaders and business partners to develop training programs in a variety of delivery formats to include self-paced materials, on-line or paper-based reference materials, job aides, exercises, and evaluation tools


• Design and develop job aides, reference guides, reference cards, and other appropriate learning tools that will support training


• Regularly communicate with campus level career services teams to share updates, changes, projects, etc. Provide Career Services training independently with the Director of Career Services and current Career Services personnel


• Maintain a solid understanding and as a SME of accreditation standards as it relates to placement outcomes and serve as Liaison between HQ Accreditation and Licensing group and campus personnel


• Analyze and interpret data analytics reporting of key outcomes including but not limited to: internship, externship, and placement outcomes, employer outreach efforts, student and employer satisfaction, salary statistics for graduates, employer population, etc. Utilize analytics to make recommendations for action steps that will drive improved outcomes.


• Aggregate feedback and insights from campus personnel, employer partners, and other strategic partners in order to develop continuous improvements in the career services domain.


• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree


• 4+ years' experience in the career services, student advising or staffing agency fields; or equivalent combination of education experience


• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office to include Outlook, Word and Excel


• Familiarity to analyze data to make recommendations to drive improved outcomes


• Experience collaborating with internal and external constituencies at various levels

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree


• Experience working in a remote environment


• Experience working within a career college system

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ECMC Group is committed to ensuring our diverse, inclusive and equitable culture is built on a strong sense of belonging, where everyone feels seen, heard and encouraged to show up as their authentic-self.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Office: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office environment that requires normal safety precautions (such as in typical office or administrative work).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Light work: Job involves sitting most of the time; walking, lifting, bending, standing etc. are occasionally required.

TRAVEL

Frequent - more than 25% of the time.