Category:: Administrative / Staff
Department:: 01-52-5280-Career Dev. Dept
Locations:: Longmeadow, MA
Posted:: Dec 12, 2018
Closes:: Open Until Filled
Type:: Full-Time Salaried (Exempt)

About Bay Path University:

When Bay Path opened its doors to students in downtown Springfield, MA in 1897, it had a very clear goal: to provide a practical, affordable, and career-oriented education to meet the needs of companies, organizations, and communities. From the beginning, Bay Path prided itself on being entrepreneurial, constantly pushing the boundaries of the academic experience to fit the student. To start them on the road of success. We still do.

Today, that spirit and philosophy is more important than ever in higher education. At Bay Path, it's not just the number and breadth of undergraduate and graduate programs that defines us-and we have many-but it is our ability to connect the classroom to learning to leadership to experience to career that is at the core of what we do best. We know the work that needs to be done.

Bay Path University, an independent and not-for-profit institution, was named Among Fastest Growing Baccalaureate Colleges by the Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, and is a member of the Women's College Coalition. With a main campus in Longmeadow, MA and four satellite locations, (East Longmeadow, Sturbridge, Concord, Springfield), Bay Path offers undergraduate, graduate (for women and men) degrees, and professional certificates.

We're committed to preparing our students to navigate a constantly changing world. Whether it is one of our innovative academic programs, groundbreaking online learning platform, or through our Women as Empowered Learners and Leaders initiative, we educate our students in ways that will help them to grow, learn to adapt, and always to flourish. Be part of the change.

We invite you to visit our website at www.baypath.edu where you can learn more about Bay Path University.

Job Description:

• Position Code: CARCH
• Job Type: Full-time Staff/Exempt
• Hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm
• Schedule: Monday through Friday, some evenings and weekends
• Location: Longmeadow, MA

JOB SUMMARY: Member of a mission-driven careers team with a focus on cultivating passion, purpose and potential and empowering women to make a difference in our community. Develop, implement, assess and recommend enhancements for career development and experiential learning programs and activities for undergraduate traditional and graduate students, as well as alumni and employers. Develop virtual and on-ground activities and resources of career and life planning for our community, including students, alumni, volunteers and employers. Provide career education for students in the first year experience; may teach career courses and supervises credit-bearing internships for designated majors.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Administer all aspects of career shadow and internship programs, including preparation and reflection sessions; maintains site relationships. Provides site-matching support, supervision, collaboration with respective chairs, and grading for assigned credit-bearing internships.
• May serve as an instructor for career courses for traditional and graduate students. Facilitates career programs for alumni and employers.
• Conduct career coaching to prepare students, alumni for career shadow, internship, career & networking events, employment and graduate school.
• Supervise work study students as assigned.
• Plan and execute career & networking events for each major field of study, in partnership with faculty chairs and employer relations director. Collaborate with graduate programs, advancement, advisory council and Strategic AlliancesTeam for campus partner participation.
• Develop and present career planning initiatives for assigned graduate programs and employers, which may involve multi-site presentations.
• Recommend and utilize a variety of career assessment tools for use with students, alumni, volunteers and customized learning program participants.
• Perform essential communication activities to ensure smooth delivery of employment programs to students, alumni, faculty, staff, and employers.
• Support the development of virtual resources related to employment and advanced study for our public website, internal portal pages, social media and other communications outreach.
• Learn the functionality of our virtual career network and maximize usage with our community members. Administer assigned sections of the deployment and usage of our career center virtual community.
• Cultivate employer internship and employment opportunities related to assigned major fields of study for inclusion in our experiential learning, employment and customized learning programs.
• Coordinates community service internship program.
• Performs administrative duties as needed with regard to budget and donor funding activities.
• Serves as a member of our Strategic Alliances team, and a liaison with our Admissions, Alumni Relations, Student Engagement Teams, Advisory Council and other groups as assigned.
• Ensure compliance with all regulations related to higher education and employment practices.
• Attend trainings as required.
• Perform any other job related functions as assigned.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

If you operate a University owned, leased or personal vehicle at any time while performing your duties you must follow all policies and procedures outlined in the Operations Manual. Additionally, you must report any driving offense, on or off company time, which causes a loss, suspension, or any other change in your license status. You must report this change within one business day of the offense. You can report this change to the Human Resource Department or your direct supervisor. Failure to do so can lead to disciplinary action, up to and including terminations.

This list of essential job functions and other responsibilities is representative of those duties and responsibilities that are required of this position. However, the list is not to be considered as all-inclusive. A supervisor or director may assign other duties and/or other duties at alternate locations to meet mission requirements of the University and cooperation of all personnel is expected to carry out the mission.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises graduate students and work study students as assigned.

Requirements:

• 1-3 years' work experience in career development, recruiting, employment/staffing services, or related field.
• Supervision and curriculum development experience.
• Master's degree required.
• Proficient Microsoft Office, including Publisher and database management skills. Experience with online learning and social media.
• Excellent career coaching skills, including verbal and written communication skills; effective training and presentation skills; strong project management.
• Excellent relationship building and management skills; positive framework, relentless commitment, strong mix of supportive and directive leadership skills; comfortable with reach goals, excited with challenge and comfortable with initiating/responding to constant change.
• Process orientation and enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment. Effective analytical skills and problem solving skills; knowledge of data analysis and quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment in developing programs that maximize return on investment for our community.
• The ability to responsibly handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and within FERPA and HIPPA guidelines is critical.
• Valid U.S. driver's license.
• Must successfully pass the online safe Driving Course and driving record check at time of hire and annually thereafter.
• Committed to a culture of diversity, respect and inclusion; demonstrated ability to build working relationships with people having a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences different from ones' own.
• General knowledge of the University's mission, purpose and goals and the role this position plays in achieving those goals.

Additional Information:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Bay Path University is a diverse community devoted to proactively nurturing a campus-wide culture that promotes and ensures respect, inclusion and safety for all members regardless of race, color, national origin, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity, socio-economic background, or physical ability. We are one University that opens our hearts and minds to conversations, to learning and to creating a community that is welcoming of all. Regardless of position, it is expected that each employee will embrace this commitment and demonstrate an attitude of respect toward and acceptance of all members of our community.

Bay Path University is a smoke- and tobacco-free community.

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory background checking.

Application Instructions:

Applicants for this position should attach a cover letter, resume / curriculum vitae, the contact information for four (4) professional, work related references and any other relevant information pertaining to this position and your candidacy. Please apply online. Faxes and emails will not be accepted.

Bay Path University is dedicated to building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty committed to teaching and learning in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from minorities, women and all underrepresented backgrounds. An Equal Opportunity Employer, Bay Path University is committed to fostering diversity in its student body, faculty, and staff.