University of Houston
Program Director 2 - Career Development, Law
🇺🇸 Houston, TX
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Project Management
🗓️ June 27th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Oversees a large department, program, or center focused on law career development.
- Manages budget planning, strategic initiatives, and grant oversight.
- Leads hiring, directs staff activities, and resolves personnel issues.
- Designs and implements career counseling sessions, resume reviews, mock interviews, and salary negotiation trainings.
- Develops workshops and strategies for students and alumni to make informed career and academic decisions.
- Reviews and improves department policies and processes.
- Represents the department to internal and external stakeholders.
- Requires a four-year degree or equivalent specialized training and at least five years of relevant experience.
- Salary is commensurate with experience and education.
- Position requires a criminal history check as it is security sensitive.
Program Director 2 - Career Development, Law Full Description
| Department: Career Development, Law
| Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education
| Description: Responsible for the operations of a large program or center at the university. Oversees staff, budgets, and projects.
1. Oversees a large department, program or center.
2. Manages budget and engages in strategic planning to ensure all goals are met.
3. Hires and directs the activities of staff.
4. Resolves personnel issues as they arise.
5. Engages in budget-planning, grant oversight, and policy development.
6. Implements new programs and projects and monitors ongoing activities of department or center.
7. Reviews department policies and processes and implements improvements as needed.
8. Represents department or center to internal and external constituents.
9. Performs other job-related duties as required.
The position’s primary responsibilities are as follows:
Conducts career counseling sessions for students in individual and group settings on career development topics, including career decision-making and organizing and implementing a professional job search.
Conducts resume and cover letter review and building.
Conducts mock interviews and salary negotiations.
Develops and implements strategies for assisting undecided students and alumni in making career and academic decisions that are consistent with individual candidates interests, aptitudes and goals.
Develops and implements professional development trainings and workshops to law students and alumni.
Education will be considered in lieu of experience.
MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience. Certification/Licensing: None.
| All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.
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