Career Advisor, Career and Professional Development

About Career & Professional Development

Career & Professional Development (CPD) empowers students and alumni to explore, prepare for, and pursue meaningful careers through personalized guidance, experiential learning, and employer engagement. Its purpose is to bridge academic experiences with professional opportunities, fostering lifelong career success and industry connections. CPD is one of five offices on campus providing career development services to a wide community of DU students and alumni. CPD serves all the undergraduate programs (except the Daniels College of Business), College of Professional Studies, multiple graduate programs, and alumni not served by the other career services offices on campus.

About the Opportunity

Reporting directly to the Associate Director, Graduate Career Development, the Career Advisor, Graduate Career Development provides direct comprehensive career services for graduate students and first-year alumni. The Career Advisor is the primary liaison to graduate STEM degrees and programs including the Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science (RSECS), College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (CNSM), and STEM programs in the College of Professional Studies (PCS). The Career Advisor will develop and support strategic initiatives with career curriculum integration including working with the faculty and staff to integrate career education into classes and college-specific programming. As an outward-facing role, this position will also include presenting career education concepts in classes, for student organizations, 4D Experience initiatives, and other similar requests from units across campus. The position requires using data-informed practices to increase student engagement in career development thereby contributing to DU’s bold goals of increasing positive student outcomes at graduation.

Essential Functions

Career Advising

• Deliver 1:1 career advising to individuals and groups of graduate students and recent alumni within STEM degrees and programs through in-person and virtual appointments including resume/CV/cover letter reviews, internship/job search strategy, informational interviews and networking guidance, career exploration, interview practice and coaching, and salary/offer negotiation assistance.
• Practice a market-based approach in career planning and advising students and understand the degrees offered within assigned colleges and programs.
• Accurately track student interactions and engagements in the 12Twenty (PCO) system.
• Utilize engagement data in Tableau to track engagement and organize a strategy for increasing engagement for assigned student populations.
• Utilize available DU technologies and platforms like Digication and Mediaspace to provide scalable access to career information and materials.
• Set goals and track metrics that contribute to the CPD Strategic Plan.

Program & Event Development

• Provide career education programs to engage the students in the career development process and align with CPD’s career readiness goals.
• Use data insights to inform strategic planning, graduate curriculum integration, and program innovation.
• Design presentations on career-related and professional development topics; connect with students through classroom presentations and student groups for liaison areas and additional requests as needed from campus partners and 4D Experience initiatives.
• Work with CPD’s Communications Coordinator to develop integrated strategies to promote events to relevant campus partners and departmental marketing and communications staff.
• Partner with Alumni Engagement to leverage Crimson Constellation and other platforms to enhance student and alumni connections and participation in career initiatives.
• Collaborate with Employer Connections and industry partners to identify and promote job opportunities and career-related programming.
• Create and track events and attendance in 12Twenty (PCO), CPD’s career management system.
• May have the opportunity to teach the Careers & Leadership course offered to all undergraduate students and other career-related courses at the graduate level (master’s degree required to teach).

Partnerships & University Citizenship

• Serve as an active and collaborative partner to all central and unit-based Advancement and Career & Professional Development functions and other campus colleagues, to foster strategic, effective, and collaborative career and professional development practices.
• Model “One DU” leadership.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strategic Program Design: Demonstrated ability to design and implement scalable, high-impact career development programs that serve graduate student populations across various career stages.
• Career Development Expertise: Strong knowledge of career advising/coaching principles, job search strategies, and professional development topics such as personal branding, career transitions, and networking. Experience delivering both individual and group coaching in virtual and in-person formats.
• Service Orientation: Excellent interpersonal and advising skills, and sensitivity to the needs of various populations as well as the unique needs of international students and graduate students.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Strong analytical skills to track engagement, assess program effectiveness, and use data to inform continuous improvement and demonstrate impact.
• Collaboration & Relationship Building: Proven experience building successful relationships with stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, alumni and employers.
• Job Market Knowledge: Ability to identify and analyze employment trends impacting graduate students. Bring knowledge of local, national, and international job markets.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient in career services platforms and data management tools.
• Data Analysis: Skilled in data analysis and reporting to inform strategic decisions and program enhancements.
• Career Assessments: Familiarity with a range of career assessment instruments
• Inclusiveness: Actively creates and supports a workplace where all community members feel welcomed, valued, and empowered to contribute and participate fully.
• Initiative: Takes proactive steps to improve work, solve problems, and contribute to team and organizational goals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education or work experience (Veterans with equivalent combination of military certification/education and experience may substitute for the degree qualification)
• 2 years of related professional experience in developing and planning programs and career advising/coaching

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree, preferably in higher education, counseling, or related field such as human resources.
• Experience in a higher education, or similar complex environment such as the military, government, or non-profits.
• Experience working with graduate students (certificate, master’s and doctorate)
• Experience assisting clients in using effective personal branding techniques such as resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn, and interview preparation.
• Experience developing and planning career development-related programs
• Experience teaching or assisting with career courses or similar student success courses
• Familiarity with a range of career assessment instruments such as CliftonStrengths, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Strong Interest Inventory

Working Environment

• Standard office environment.
• Unexpected interruptions occur often and stress level is moderate to high.
• Noise level is quiet to moderate.

Physical Activities

• Ability to work in front of a computer for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally required to move about the office/campus.

Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  In accordance with the University’s flexible work policy, this position is eligible to be considered for partial remote work. Further details regarding this plan will be determined with the hiring manager and are dependent on the division and team specific needs.

Application Deadline
For consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) November 14, 2025.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number:
The salary grade for the position is 8.

Hourly Range:
The hourly range for this position is $25.54 - $29.63.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Worker's Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver's Non‑Discrimination‑Statement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.