New York University
Associate Director, Career Exploration and Belonging
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Hybrid - New York, NY
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Full-Time
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$80K - $100K
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Career Services
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April 13th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
New York University is hiring an Associate Director, Career Exploration and Belonging. This role involves strategically developing and directing programs and services for career exploration and undergraduate career development, managing early student engagement, and building relationships with student organizations, faculty, and employers. The position also includes hiring and mentoring staff to support these initiatives.
Highlights
- Develop, implement, and manage career exploration and undergraduate career development programs and services.
- Manage early student engagement through coaching, events, cohorts, and partnerships.
- Build and maintain relationships with student organizations, campus partners, faculty, and employers.
- Hire, lead, mentor, and manage professional and support staff.
- Required knowledge includes leadership, career planning, assessment, job-search expertise, and understanding of global work culture.
- Experience with program development, event administration, budget management, and staff supervision is mandatory.
- Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in career services, counseling, or related fields.
- Salary range: $80,000 to $100,000 annually, base pay only.
- Experience with program evaluation, data analysis, and multicultural/global competence preferred.
Associate Director, Career Exploration and Belonging Full Description
Position Summary:
Strategically develop and direct an innovative array of programs and services related to career exploration, planning and undergraduate career development. Under the direction of Undergraduate Career Services leadership, manages early student engagement and exploration through coaching, events, cohorts, resources, and partnerships. Develop, meet, and maintain relationships with student organizations, campus partners and employers. Consults with academic programs and faculty colleagues to ensure that programs and services address student needs, and solicits faculty involvement in identifying opportunities to bridge the skills development that takes place in the classroom, lab and studio environments with co-curricular efforts to assist students in demonstrating skills that will help them secure internships and employment. Hire, lead, mentor, and manage professional and support staff.
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in human resources, student personnel or related field.
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree
Required Experience:
5+ years of relevant professional-level experience in career services, counseling, student personnel, human resources, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Industry related experience and knowledge of the global job market. Experience developing and administering programs, seminars and events, and experience producing training and educational materials related to career development required. Experience successfully supervising, serving and mentoring required. Must include experience supervising staff, administering budgets, and developing programs, seminars, events, and training materials.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Demonstrated leadership skills. Ability to think strategically on a large scale and implement programs and services that align with University goals. Career planning, assessment, and job-search expertise. Understanding of global work culture and ability to navigate multiple environments. Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills. Leadership, hiring, and training experience. Experience with program evaluation and assessment preferred. Familiarity with global hiring trends and a proven record of multicultural and global competence.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Data collection and analysis Additional Information:
Bachelor's Degree in human resources, student personnel or related field.
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree
Required Experience:
5+ years of relevant professional-level experience in career services, counseling, student personnel, human resources, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Industry related experience and knowledge of the global job market. Experience developing and administering programs, seminars and events, and experience producing training and educational materials related to career development required. Experience successfully supervising, serving and mentoring required. Must include experience supervising staff, administering budgets, and developing programs, seminars, events, and training materials.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Demonstrated leadership skills. Ability to think strategically on a large scale and implement programs and services that align with University goals. Career planning, assessment, and job-search expertise. Understanding of global work culture and ability to navigate multiple environments. Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills. Leadership, hiring, and training experience. Experience with program evaluation and assessment preferred. Familiarity with global hiring trends and a proven record of multicultural and global competence.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Data collection and analysis Additional Information:
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $80,000.00 to USD $100,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
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