Posting Summary:
The Part-Time Career Advisor is part of a team of experts that deliver critical support to Teachers College students and alumni as they navigate their professional pathways. Our Masters and Doctoral students represent a diverse range of professional experience, goals, and expertise, and TC NEXT offers holistic support to ensure students’ success throughout their lifelong professional experiences.
Job Summary/Basic Function:
The Part-Time Career Advisor is part of a team of experts that deliver critical support to Teachers College students and alumni as they navigate their professional pathways. Our Masters and Doctoral students represent a diverse range of professional experience, goals, and expertise, and TC NEXT offers holistic support to ensure students’ success throughout their lifelong professional experiences.
The Career Advisor will work alongside other advisors to administer career-based support services, as well as conceive, develop, and execute programming designed to meet student and alumni needs. This person will bring expertise and credentials to the role, while working alongside the TC NEXT team to execute the vision for the office. This role reports to Associate Director, TC NEXT.
- Career Advisement: Conduct individual advisement sessions for students and alumni to provide resume/cover letter/curriculum vitae review, provide job search tips/strategies, salary negotiations, conduct mock interviews, and identify resources for career exploration on Symplicity, the TC website and related resources. Participate in drop-in hours and electronic review of career related documents.
- Career Development: Develop, plan and execute TC NEXT-branded workshops, learning modules, and presentations (e.g. in-class) for students and alumni. Assist the staff with all arrangements of career development events. Make data-driven recommendations for new programming formats and content.
- Programming: Coordinate programs and services in conjunction with faculty and academic programs to ensure that programs, services, and resources are directly correlated to academic departments, or at least the four areas of TC’s academic focus: Health, Education, Leadership, and Psychology; Collaborate with faculty members across the College to implement key events that support the mission of the program, College and Office; Collaborate with other members of TC NEXT; Assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the programming efforts through student and alumni feedback.
- Team engagement: Attend weekly TC NEXT team meetings and regular team retreats, as well as participate in optional team events (such as brainstorming sessions) when possible. Work with TC NEXT and other members of the TC community to understand the needs of students and alumni as relates to career and academic opportunity planning, and to execute and communicate TC NEXT offerings.
- Special Projects: As requested
- Office Ambassador: Represent TC NEXT at events; Participate in student meetings, departmental outreach, employer information sessions, College-wide committees, etc.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent in a professional and student service oriented field
- Experience in student affairs, including special event planning and programming and student advisement preferred
- Experience in early career advising/goal-setting preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects
- Strong verbal/written and digital communication skills
- Advanced degree in a relevant field preferred
- Ability to work effectively with diverse constituents, including employers, international students/alumni, faculty and administration.
- Preferred experience with first-time job seekers and early-stage professionals
- Proven ability and experience working at a college or university with a large international student population
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with Masters and PhD students, postdoctoral scholars, and/or international students/scholars
- Preference given to applicants with strong international employment credentials and experience working outside the United States
- Certification in Assessment, specifically MBTI or Strong Interest Inventory