Strategic Career Readiness Program Manager

NEWBERRY COLLEGE; Newberry (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Newberry College seeks a Program Manager for Career Readiness to lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the Career Ready Guide and related initiatives. You will work with faculty, academic programs, and campus partners to integrate career planning and workforce readiness into curricular and co-curricular experiences.

The role provides individualized career coaching, outreach, and programming to assigned student populations, ensuring alignment with center priorities and grant

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in higher education, career development, student affairs, counseling, education, workforce development, human resources, communication, business, or related field.
• Experience in career services, academic advising, student success, workforce development, counseling, education, or related field.
• Experience working directly with students through coaching, advising, teaching, training, workshops, program facilitation, or related student development activities.
• Experience supporting program implementation, including coordinating activities, managing timelines, developing resources, communicating with stakeholders, and following through on commitments.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, and campus partners and to build productive relationships across academic and administrative areas.
• Ability to collect, interpret, and communicate participation, learning, and outcome data for program assessment, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of Career Ready Guide and related initiatives.
• Coordinate integration of career readiness into first-year and transfer experiences.
• Build collaborative relationships with faculty, course coordinators, academic departments, and student-support offices.
• Develop faculty implementation plans, communication materials, instructional resources, classroom activities, and assessment tools.
• Provide faculty and staff training and implementation support.

Skills

Career counselling

Student coaching

Program management

Stakeholder collaboration

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

Newberry College seeks a Program Manager for Career Readiness to lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the Career Ready Guide and related initiatives. You will work with faculty, academic programs, and campus partners to integrate career planning and workforce readiness into curricular and co-curricular experiences.

The role provides individualized career coaching, outreach, and programming to assigned student populations, ensuring alignment with center priorities and grant