Career Counseling Officer (Scarlet Career Mentoring Course)

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $78K - $82K 💻 Other 🗓️ May 25th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Career Counseling Officer (Scarlet Career Mentoring Course) to lead and expand a career-focused mentoring initiative in partnership with the School of Management and Labor Relations. The role involves designing and implementing mentoring programs, recruiting mentors, coordinating engagement activities, collaborating with campus and employer partners, and supervising course operations to enhance student career readiness and industry connections.

Highlights

Lead development, implementation, and expansion of the Scarlet Career Mentoring Course.
Design curriculum integrating mentoring, career readiness competencies, and job simulation projects into a credit-bearing academic experience.
Recruit, onboard, train, and support alumni and industry mentors while building scalable engagement pipelines.
Develop and maintain partnerships with employers, alumni, faculty, and campus stakeholders.
Supervise co-adjunct instructors and oversee course operations, including scheduling and student engagement.
Provide individual and group career advising focused on mentoring, networking, and career development strategies.
Develop and deliver workshops, presentations, and professional development programming.
Use career management systems like Handshake and learning management platforms such as Sakai or Canvas.
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree with 5+ years relevant experience or Master's degree with 3+ years in career services, mentoring, workforce development, or related higher education roles.
Salary range: $77,919.48 to $82,000 starting, with a maximum range up to $114,989.48, commensurate with experience.