Director of OSU-Cascades Career Services

This position is located in Bend, Oregon.The Director of OSU -Cascades Career Services is an essential member of the Career Development Center (CDC) and OSU -Cascades teams. The Director reports directly to the Associate Vice Provost of Student Affairs and the Career Development Center (CDC) in Corvallis and has a dotted line to the Senior Associate Dean at OSU -Cascades. The Director provides leadership over the Cascades Edge career program, including plans, systems, programs and performance standards to effectively deliver comprehensive career services, employer relations, and experiential learning, at OSU -Cascades. This role is a key contributor to the CDC’s vision of a university that is dedicated to undergraduate and graduate student success, not just at OSU, but beyond. The Director is a part of creating an ecosystem of intentional and vibrant career education and employer relations efforts that engage students at every step in their college career so that they are empowered to pursue their unique future goals.The Director will oversee the operations and programs necessary for the quality and delivery of career development within the strategic plan of OSU -Cascades and the CDC. The Director is also a champion for forming collaborative relationships with external audiences, including employers, alumni, and affinity groups to advance the recruitment of OSU -Cascades students. This role oversees initiatives focused on the student-facing aspects of the strategic plan. The Director will build broad productive partnerships aimed at delivering career education, including experiential learning, to all programs that serve students at OSU -Cascades.The Director oversees the career development team at OSU -Cascades comprised of Assistant Directors who provide programming, support and resources to students such as teaching courses, class presentations, workshops, panels, and webinars. The Director provides strategy and guidance to the team as they carry out their work at OSU -Cascades, including training, teaching and equipping college leadership, advisors, faculty and students.This role works collaboratively with the OSU -Cascades leadership team as well as the CDC leadership team to create opportunities for students to engage with employers and alumni in their fields. The Director is responsible for building relationships and creating awareness among corporate and community organizations with regard to the benefits of hiring OSU -Cascades students and graduates. The goal of this position is to ensure the success of the Cascades Edge career program and especially to increase connections between employers and students through job and internship postings, recruitment activities and events, the post-graduate placement rate, and hiring activity. The Director is responsible for external relations delivery strategies, including but not limited to, direct responsibility for all phases of building and maintaining relationships with state, regional, and national employers, alumni, parents, and other external stakeholders. The Director will work closely with colleagues within OSU -Cascades and CDC External Relations team and across the university to steward partnerships with employers and alumni in order to connect students to them through events and activities that provide real-world experiences such as career fairs, networking events, and information sessions.This position maintains student confidentiality and performs a wide range of duties that require tact, sensitivity, independent judgment, diplomacy, discretion and flexibility.Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in field relevant to the positionHigher education experience or experience in hiring or recruiting3-5 years of experience in career development, recruitment, or student affairs (or experience in related fields that would provide the appropriate skillset)3 years of supervisory experienceStrong interpersonal and collaboration skills with diverse populations.Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a broad range of constituents and build relationships within and outside of one’s unitDemonstrated collaborative and teamwork approach working with constituentsExcellent oral and written communication skills, including presentations.Experience working with and understanding the needs/experience of people of color, first-generation students or high financial need populations.A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.Ability to formulate objectives, priorities, action steps, metrics, and plans to carry out a vision at a large scale.Ability to identify and analyze problems; weigh relevance and accuracy of information; generate and evaluate alternative solutions; make recommendations; synthesize information from internal and external sources to address program issues.Ability to create plans, metrics, reports and to assess and evaluate success of initiatives.Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degreeExperience in alumni or employer engagementExperience overseeing and executing large-scale eventsExperience in developing and managing department budgetsPrevious experience in leading programs with volunteers, alumni, and/or industry partners

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