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University of California, Berkeley is hiring an Assistant Director, Graduate Students for Berkeley Career Engagement in Berkeley, CA. The part-time role provides career counseling and programming for graduate students, postdocs, and alumni exploring careers inside and outside academia. It also builds partnerships with campus departments and employers.

Highlights

Provide career counseling for postdocs, doctoral students, and students in terminal master's and professional degree programs
Help students and recent alumni identify their interests, values, and skills using quantitative and qualitative career assessments
Research, design, and deliver workshops and programs based on needs assessments and in collaboration with faculty and staff
Update online career resources and website content, and synthesize economic, employment trend, and graduate admission data into content for students
Build relationships with the Graduate Division, Visiting Scholar & Post Doc Affairs, and employers, and support career fairs and employer site visits
Requires a master's degree in a related field or equivalent experience, with career counseling and program design experience; the 50% FTE role allows up to two remote days weekly

Assistant Director, Graduate Students Full Description

Assistant Director, Graduate Students

Berkeley Career Engagement, University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Part-Time (20 hours/week, 50% FTE) | Job ID 89448

Budgeted range: $94,000 - $106,000 annualized at 100% FTE

About the Team

Berkeley Career Engagement plays a critical role in preparing and supporting students launching their careers. It helps undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent alumni make informed decisions about their futures through career resources, programs, counseling, externships and internships, and employment and graduate or professional school options.

About the Role

The Assistant Director, Graduate Students joins a career education team providing career services to undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni. The position provides specialized counseling and programming for graduate students, postdocs, and alumni, and develops, coordinates, implements, and evaluates career services, resources, and programs for them.

Responsibilities

Career counseling (40%): provide counseling in complex areas such as postdocs and PhD students exploring careers inside or outside academia, and students in terminal master’s and professional degree programs.
Help current students and recent alumni identify their interests, values, and skills, using standard quantitative and qualitative assessments to assess career goals.
Program development (25%): research, design, and deliver workshops and programs, conduct needs assessments, and collaborate with faculty and staff.
Administrative functions (20%): use career-focused software systems, update online career resources and the Berkeley Career Engagement website, and develop marketing materials such as CareerMail.
Research and synthesize employment trend information and graduate program admission data into relevant content.
Relationship management (15%): build relationships with academic departments including the Graduate Division and Visiting Scholar & Post Doc Affairs, and with employers and organizations.
Collaborate with Employer Relations on career fair support, site visits, and employer inquiries.

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience providing career counseling on a broad range of career and employment issues.
Experience designing and delivering career-related workshops and programs.
Advanced knowledge of employer recruiting strategies, job market trends, and the graduate school application process.
Master’s degree in counseling, career development, student affairs, higher education, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience; a doctoral degree is preferred.

Work Arrangement

The position is eligible for up to two days per week of remote work within the United States, subject to supervisor agreement. It is a 50% FTE career position eligible for UC benefits and does not include visa sponsorship.

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