Job Summary
The Career Development Center is seeking a Director of OSU-Cascades Career Services. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.
This position is located in Bend, Oregon.
The Director of
OSU-Cascades Career Services is an essential member of the Career Development Center (
CDC) and
OSU-Cascades teams. The Director reports directly to the Associate Vice Provost of Student Affairs and the Career Development Center (
CDC) in Corvallis and has a dotted line to the Senior Associate Dean at
OSU-Cascades. The Director provides leadership over the Cascades Edge career program, including plans, systems, programs and performance standards to effectively deliver comprehensive career services, employer relations, and experiential learning, at
OSU-Cascades. This role is a key contributor to the CDC’s vision of a university that is dedicated to undergraduate and graduate student success, not just at
OSU, but beyond. The Director is a part of creating an ecosystem of intentional and vibrant career education and employer relations efforts that engage students at every step in their college career so that they are empowered to pursue their unique future goals.
The Director will oversee the operations and programs necessary for the quality and delivery of career development within the strategic plan of OSU-Cascades and the CDC. The Director is also a champion for forming collaborative relationships with external audiences, including employers, alumni, and affinity groups to advance the recruitment of OSU-Cascades students. This role oversees initiatives focused on the student-facing aspects of the strategic plan. The Director will build broad productive partnerships aimed at delivering career education, including experiential learning, to all programs that serve students at OSU-Cascades.
The Director oversees the career development team at OSU-Cascades comprised of Assistant Directors who provide programming, support and resources to students such as teaching courses, class presentations, workshops, panels, and webinars. The Director provides strategy and guidance to the team as they carry out their work at OSU-Cascades, including training, teaching and equipping college leadership, advisors, faculty and students.
This role works collaboratively with the OSU-Cascades leadership team as well as the CDC leadership team to create opportunities for students to engage with employers and alumni in their fields. The Director is responsible for building relationships and creating awareness among corporate and community organizations with regard to the benefits of hiring OSU-Cascades students and graduates. The goal of this position is to ensure the success of the Cascades Edge career program and especially to increase connections between employers and students through job and internship postings, recruitment activities and events, the post-graduate placement rate, and hiring activity. The Director is responsible for external relations delivery strategies, including but not limited to, direct responsibility for all phases of building and maintaining relationships with state, regional, and national employers, alumni, parents, and other external stakeholders. The Director will work closely with colleagues within OSU-Cascades and CDC External Relations team and across the university to steward partnerships with employers and alumni in order to connect students to them through events and activities that provide real-world experiences such as career fairs, networking events, and information sessions.
This position maintains student confidentiality and performs a wide range of duties that require tact, sensitivity, independent judgment, diplomacy, discretion and flexibility.
Why OSU?
Working for Oregon State University is so much more than a job!
Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem-solvers and change-makers. We don’t wait for challenges to present themselves — we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep-rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.
FACTS:
• Top 1.4% university in the world
• More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined
• 1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.
• 2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties
• 7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone
• 100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates
• 35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color
• 217k+ alumni worldwide
• For more interesting facts about OSU visit: https://oregonstate.edu/about
Locations:
Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport.
Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.
Total Rewards Package:
Oregon State University offers a comprehensive benefits package with benefits eligible positions that is designed to meet the needs of employees and their families including:
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life. OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.
• Retirement savings paid by the university.
• A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.
• Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.
• Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.
Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.
Key Responsibilities
35% Leadership and Supervision
As part of the CDC leadership team assists in developing long term vision and strategies, as well as providing leadership and direction for the Cascades career development team. Determines and leads the vision and strategy for Cascades Edge and OSU-Cascades specific initiatives through the Career Development team. Builds and maintains strong partnerships with OSU-Cascades leadership and collaborates with them to support student career success – including best addressing the needs of undergraduate, graduate, Ecampus and underrepresented students. The Director will build and maintain relationships with other critical partners to effectively lead efforts that accomplish the vision and priorities of the CDC.
Leads, coaches and supports for the team of Career Development Team at OSU-Cascades in pursuit of the OSU-Cascades and CDC’s goals and objectives. Provides direct supervision for professional faculty employees. Interviews and hires staff; determines training needs; prepares position descriptions; plans, assigns and reviews work; evaluates employee performance; resolves problems and grievances; initiates disciplinary actions as necessary to improve performance and alignment with position and organization expectations.
35% External Relations
Develops, implements and participates in programming and events to cultivate relationships between
OSU-Cascades and Career Development Center and employers and alumni. Collaborates with
OSU Alumni Foundation to connect with alumni in Central Oregon. Proactively identifies local, regional, and national prospective employers of
OSU-Cascades students. Develops and engages in an engagement strategy for outreach to employers. Collaborates with OSU’s Economic Development and Industry Relations unit to ensure a coordinated approach when engaging with employers.
Provide leadership and direction for on campus and virtual external partner events related to recruitment and professional development. Works with employers to develop strategies for enhancement of employer presence and brand awareness among OSU students.
Represents OSU-Cascades and the Cascades Edge at recruitment events held on and off campus to educate employers on the benefits to hiring OSU students. This includes providing leadership and education to employers on varying aspects of recruiting Oregon State students which may include the process to hiring international students, how to create inclusive practices around recruiting and hiring candidates, and integrating student job shadowing and mentoring opportunities.
Works closely with the CDC on all processes and protocol related to the career management system including the job and employer approval process, staff and student approvals, employer troubleshooting, and training and education OSU-Cascades staff and employers.
20% Oversight of Career and Experiential Learning Initiatives
Provides oversight and support on career and experiential learning opportunities for students, particularly focusing on students who are first-generation, high financial need, students of color and international students. Provides strategic support and guidance on planning and executing workshops led by Career Development Team, including class presentations, panel discussions and networking opportunities with employers and alumni. Programming topics may include resumes, CVs and cover letters, career tools and resources, interviewing, internship and job preparation, graduate school strategies and more. This is NOT a direct one-on-one student advising position.
Builds relationships and collaborates with cross-campus programs to effectively support and engage students with career development and experiential learning. Supports with the development of content-specific resources for career development and experiential learning and in support of programming – including handouts, webpage resources, career assignments, etc., in partnership with marketing and design partners.
5% Assessment
Assess overall effectiveness and outcomes of strategies, ensuring continuous improvement. Assess individual program components and revise as needed to best support program goals and integrate with other institutional initiatives.
5% Other Duties as assigned
The Director will work with the Executive Director, Senior Associate Dean, and direct reports to provide leadership and coordinated management of programs related to the strategic initiatives of OSU-Cascades and the Career Development Center.
Complete special projects, assist with major events, and participate on committees, taskforces, and workgroups. Engage in ongoing professional development endeavors to ensure continued excellence of skills and knowledge related to the role.
What you will need
- Bachelor’s degree in field relevant to the position
- Higher education experience or experience in hiring or recruiting
- 3-5 years of experience in career development, recruitment, or student affairs (or experience in related fields that would provide the appropriate skillset)
- 3 years of supervisory experience
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with diverse populations.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a broad range of constituents and build relationships within and outside of one’s unit
- Demonstrated collaborative and teamwork approach working with constituents
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentations.
- Experience working with and understanding the needs/experience of people of color, first-generation students or high financial need populations.
- A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.
- Ability to formulate objectives, priorities, action steps, metrics, and plans to carry out a vision at a large scale.
- Ability to identify and analyze problems; weigh relevance and accuracy of information; generate and evaluate alternative solutions; make recommendations; synthesize information from internal and external sources to address program issues.
- Ability to create plans, metrics, reports and to assess and evaluate success of initiatives.
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
What we would like you to have
- Master’s degree
- Experience in alumni or employer engagement
- Experience overseeing and executing large-scale events
- Experience in developing and managing department budgets
- Previous experience in leading programs with volunteers, alumni, and/or industry partners
