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Arizona State University

Career Coordinator for Partnerships & Programs

🇺🇸 Phoenix, AZ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $60K 💻 Career Services 🗓️ April 1st, 2026

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Arizona State University is hiring a Career Coordinator for Partnerships & Programs. The role bridges ASU Career Services with academic colleges by developing career-focused programs, collaborating with internal and external partners, leveraging technology, and understanding employer hiring practices to support student career readiness and engagement. The position involves program development like workshops and alumni panels, and some direct interaction with students and alumni through presentations and events.

Highlights
  • Serve as career liaison to assigned academic colleges and ASU departments to support student career readiness.
  • Create strategies to increase student engagement in career events using data, faculty, staff, and industry input.
  • Design and facilitate career development programs including panels and networking events.
  • Maintain regular communication with partners such as Edson College of Nursing and College of Health Solutions.
  • Support culturally competent career development programs and conduct ongoing research on post-graduation opportunities.
  • Collaborate with communications team for marketing career programming and share relevant data with stakeholders.
  • Record and report outreach, participation, and employer engagement data.
  • Assist with advising, resume reviews, and presentations during high demand periods.
  • Required skills include Microsoft Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Google Drive, data analysis, event customization, and effective communication.
  • Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent; salary up to $60,000 per year with comprehensive benefits.

Career Coordinator for Partnerships & Programs Full Description

Job Profile:Administrative Operations Specialist 3
Job Family:Administrative Operations
Time Type:Full time
Max Pay - Depends on experience:$60,000.00 USD Annual
Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Description:
Salary: $60,000 per year
The main function of this critical Career Services role is to serve as a bridge between ASU Career Services and academic colleges in the development of career-focused programs and engagement for our diverse population of students. The primary focus is collaborating with the ASU community by building relationships internally and externally, leveraging technology tools, networking and understanding employer hiring practices. This work is accomplished through researching to understand the needs of students and developing programs or resources to meet those needs. Examples of program development include workshops, alumni panels, curriculum, presentations, career integrations, and classroom assignments. Creative solutions and innovative thinking are key to moving our work forward.
While the main focus of this role is not student-facing, some opportunities to work directly with students and alumni come through career programming, presentations, and workshops.

Work schedule and location:
Career Services serves students and recent alumni on-campus, virtually and at events during the timeframe of Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Staff may have varied schedules to support students, alumni, and employer partners. Job location is primarily located at the Downtown campus; however, the incumbent will travel to other ASU Phoenix locations frequently for meetings, programs, etc. 

What's in it for you:
Arizona State University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes valuable employee benefits to enhance the total compensation of its staff. This package includes: (Click here to explore options)
  • Tuition Reduction Program for staff members, their spouses, and dependents, available on day one.
  • Low-cost health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
  • Retirement program designed to promote long-term savings and provide income upon retirement.
  • Paid time for volunteer and professional development.
  • 10 Paid Holidays and competitive Vacation and Sick accruals each Pay Period.
  • Wellness program for preventative health education and screenings.
  • Disability and leave program for income protection.
  • Employee assistance for free and confidential behavioral health services.
  • ASU Discounts to sports/events along with discounts with ASU partnerships.

Essential Duties:
  • Serves as the career liaison to assigned academic colleges/units, as well other ASU departments. This includes regularly partnering with faculty and staff to assess and support the career readiness of students.
  • Creates strategies for increasing student engagement in career events and resources using data and metrics along with input from faculty, staff, and industry experts.
  • Designs and facilitates programs and initiatives focused on student career development and professional success; including but not limited to alumni and employer panels and networking events.
  • Liaison responsibilities to assigned partners include regular communication via email, in-person meetings, and targeted program development and implementation. Partners may include Edson College of Nursing, College of Health Solutions, and additional support for all other academic partners on the Downtown Phoenix Campus.
  • Supports career development for all students through culturally competent programs and resources.
  • Conducts ongoing research through benchmarking peer institutions, connecting with professional associations, and participating in career and professional development conferences to understand and provide information about post-graduation opportunities for students.
  • Collaborates with Career Services communications team to drive marketing strategies for programming/events and distribute amongst partners.
  • Stays current, understands and shares relevant student engagement and employer hiring data with key stakeholders across assigned liaison college(s), Educational Outreach and Student Services and community partners.
  • Regularly records and reports on data related to outreach, event participation, employer engagement, and other position responsibilities.
  • Supports broad career services initiatives such as advising, resume reviews, presentations, and other critical functions in instances of high influx needs.
  • Prepares materials and programs promoting Career Services and serves on liaison college and other university committees supporting recruitment, retention, graduation and student success.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience building and managing relationships across multiple departments/teams.
  • Experience in customizing events to specific audience and demographic needs (virtual events and in-person events ranging in size of 20-500+ attendees).
  • Experience building, customizing and facilitating presentation and workshop content.
  • Experience working with students across different disciplines and industries.
  • Experience reviewing and analyzing data sets to inform decision making.
  • Experience in work that requires attention to detail and record keeping.
  • Experience in prioritizing varied workload and meeting multiple, overlapping deadlines.
  • Evidence of effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office applications and database management systems. Can effectively demonstrate knowledge of specific applications such as: Outlook, PowerPoint, Google Drive.

Working Environment:
  • Lifting and carrying materials, as well as, pulling and pushing carts of up to 30 lb.
  • Additional movement requirements include climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and reaching.
  • Sitting and standing for prolonged periods; 50% sitting; 25% standing; 25% walking

Department Statement:
The Career Coordinator is part of a one Career Services team model that provides a variety of career services to students and new graduates through every step of the career & professional development process. Career Services serves ASU students and new graduates through engagement opportunities tailored to their unique backgrounds, identity, talents, experiences, academic preparation and professional goals.

Our focus is to ensure Career Readiness as defined by the National Association of Colleges & Employers: Career Readiness is the attainment and demonstration of requisite competencies that broadly prepare college graduates for a successful transition into the workplace. We help them succeed at every step of their career development process from learning about majors and career options, to finding an internship or first job out of college. We offer professional career advice and are a valuable resource for job outlook, salary and employment trend information. Our office works through a career development model focused on career interests. This career interest areas model allows students to break out of the confines of viewing career opportunities based solely on college majors and opens the door to a larger variety of post-graduation options. This model influences our career & professional development curriculum, as well as, our engagement with employers.

Career Services provides commensurate programs, services, and resources at all four Phoenix area locations, as well as ASU Online. Staff work collaboratively with Career Services leadership and staff at each location, and as part of the Educational Outreach and Student Services (EOSS) Vice Presidential area. EOSS provides the ASU student community with support services, involvement opportunities and a rich Sun Devil experience to assist students in achieving their personal and academic goals. Members of the ASU community aspire to live the Sun Devil Way, creating and sustaining a community that exemplifies achievement, engagement and responsibility.

Driving Requirement:Driving is not required for this position.
Location:Off-Campus: Phoenix
Funding:No Federal Funding
Instructions to Apply:
Current employees, student workers seeking staff opportunities, and students applying for student worker positions must apply directly through the Workday Jobs Hub.
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To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:
  • Cover letter
  • Resume or CV
Multiple documents may be uploaded in the attachments section. Alternatively, applicants may combine all required materials into a single PDF for submission. Please ensure uploaded documents are clearly labeled and include your name.

Please ensure your resume includes all employment information in month and year format, for example 6/04 to 8/14, along with job title, job duties, and employer name for each position. Your resume should clearly demonstrate how your experience and background meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position. Incomplete applications or missing required materials may not be considered.
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