ASSOC DIR, STUDENT AFFAIRS FOR GRADUATE CAREER SERVICES
- Employer
- Duke University
- Location
- Durham
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
111906BR
Duke Entity
UNIVERSITY
Job Code
2583 ASSOC DIR, CAREER SERVICES
Job Description
Scope of Responsibilities:
The Associate Director, Student Affairs for Graduate Career Services is responsible for the development and leadership of Graduate student professional development services for the Career Center at Duke University. The incumbent will provide the vision to ensure that Duke Graduate students have the opportunity to explore career options and develop career decision-making skills. The incumbent leads and oversees efforts to design, deliver and evaluate services,programs that support the acquisition of professional development skills and knowledge, as well as self assessment and understanding. The Associate Director provides leadership in the development of institutional and external partnerships and communication necessary to meet these goals. The Incumbent has oversight responsibility for the Graduate Career Center team and collaborates in the management and development of budgets and funding sources for the Career Center.The Associate Director is a member of the Career Center LeadershipTeam. The incumbent manages three professional staff members. This position is responsible for developing the strategic plan for graduate student career services. Associate Directors share responsibility for promoting and interpreting the vision of the Career Center within their respective areas,and for continuous improvement toward the goals of the Center.
The Associate Director, Graduate Student Services provides:
1. Strategic direction for graduate student professional development.
2. Management of the graduate team and its integration within the Career Center and the Graduate School.
3. Oversight of new initiatives to meet the needs of graduate students.
4. Leadership of the development of acomprehensive career curriculum for PhD and appropriate Masters degree students.
5. Leadership for the Career Center in vision and management of assessment initiatives.
6. Leadership for the Career Center in the articulation and incorporation of a full range of teaching and training modalities, as appropriate, across the CC curriculum.
Duties:%
1. Supervision: Hire, develop, train, evaluate, and supervise staff, ensuring that work performed is of high quality, is done in the most effective way, and contributes to the goals of the Career Center. Build a motivating and supportive work environment, which recognizes and nurtures the diversity of people and ideas. 30
2. Curriculum and Program Development: Work with the graduate team to develop a plan and curriculum for graduate student professional development; including a One Year Model, Two Year Model, 5-9 Year PhD Models. 15
3. Service Delivery: Provide counseling/coaching, workshop delivery,and educational content. 15
4. Assessment and Data Collection: Oversee, develop, implement andmanage assessment activities for the Career Center, including the collection of qualitative and quantitative information, the development and monitoring of statistical reports, institutional research outcome reports; Conduct benchmarking to assess and evaluate peer initiatives and make recommendations for change consistent with the office mission.Continually keep up with new developments in the industry and useful resources. 15
5. Network & Employer Development: Build constituent relationships across campus with a focus on; colleagues in the professional schools, graduate faculty and departmental staff,Graduate School, Graduate School Student Affairs Team, graduate student groups, Post-Doctoral Programs, the OneDuke community, Fuqua Regional Centers, and Institutes/centers on campus. Participate in committees and task forces designed to improve the quality of service to Graduate Students. Contribute to the Employer Relations team’s development of graduate student-focused alumni and company relationships, targeted corporate relations activities, and experiential opportunities. 10
6. Teaching & Training: As excellence in teaching and training techniques for individuals and groups continues to grow and transition, the Associate Director will lead the CC in the development, implementation, and assessment of the most effective teaching and training modalities for all of the Career Center communities 5
7. Leadership: Play a proactive role in management meetings and goal setting for the Career Center. Work with theLeadership team to develop and implement strategic plans for the professional development of graduate students that support the mission of the Career Center. 5
8. Professional Involvement: Represent Duke University Career Center in local, regional, national and global associations; NACE and Graduate Career Consortium. As appropriate, engage in the leadership of the professional community. 5
General Qualifications:A Master’s Degree in counseling, student personnel administration or a related field, and two years of experience in a college or university career services office or directly related experience is required. At least 3 years of management experience is strongly preferred. Demonstrated leadership, management and strategic skills, along with knowledge of the career and professional development needs of graduate students at highly selective institutions is essential, as is familiarity with testing instruments and career resources.
Additional Job-Specific Skills and Competencies:
• Ability to build constructive and successful relationships with staff, students, faculty, and other constituents.
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions in a timely and effective manner, using technology where appropriate.
• Ability to project and manage budgets.
• Ability to design processes and structures that support the work of the office.
• Ability to create a developmental, goal-oriented, motivating, and balanced work environment.
• Ability to manage changing technologies, social media, and communications.
• Ability to gather, analyze and manage data, and to present such information in person, at workshops and in reports.
• Ability to develop and use assessment in decision making.
• Sound judgment, team management, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to speak persuasively in small and large groups.
Location
Durham
Requisition Number
401579339
Position Title
ASSOC DIR, STUDENT AFFAIRS FOR GRADUATE CAREER SERVICES
Shift
First/Day
Job Family Level
13
Full Time / Part Time
FULL TIME
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Department Name
Career Center
Minimum Qualifications
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employercommitted to providing employment opportunity without regard to anindividual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, genderidentity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex,sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation,creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robustexchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity ofour perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achievethis exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feelsecure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals arerespected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our communityhave a responsibility to uphold these values.
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Education
Work requires a master's degree in counseling, student personneladministration or a related field.Experience
Work requires two years of experience in a college or university careerservices office or directly related experience.Organization
Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco products and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, long had been interested in Trinity College. Trinity traced its roots to 1838 in nearby Randolph County when local Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute. The school, then named Trinity College, moved to Durham in 1892, where Benjamin Newton Duke served as a primary benefactor and link with the Duke family until his death in 1929. In December 1924, the provisions of indenture by Benjamin’s brother, James B. Duke, created the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, which provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University.
As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent both physical and academic expansion. The original Durham campus became known as East Campus when it was rebuilt in stately Georgian architecture. West Campus, Gothic in style and dominated by the soaring 210-foot tower of Duke Chapel, opened in 1930. East Campus served as home of the Woman's College of Duke University until 1972, when the men's and women's undergraduate colleges merged. Both men and women undergraduates now enroll in either the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering. In 1995, East Campus became the home for all first-year students.
Duke maintains a historic affiliation with the United Methodist Church.
Home of the Blue Devils, Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
Mission Statement
"James B. Duke's founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the University to 'provide real leadership in the educational world' by choosing individuals of 'outstanding character, ability, and vision' to serve as its officers, trustees and faculty; by carefully selecting students of 'character, determination and application;' and by pursuing those areas of teaching and scholarship that would 'most help to develop our resources, increase our wisdom, and promote human happiness.'
“To these ends, the mission of Duke University is to provide a superior liberal education to undergraduate students, attending not only to their intellectual growth but also to their development as adults committed to high ethical standards and full participation as leaders in their communities; to prepare future members of the learned professions for lives of skilled and ethical service by providing excellent graduate and professional education; to advance the frontiers of knowledge and contribute boldly to the international community of scholarship; to promote an intellectual environment built on a commitment to free and open inquiry; to help those who suffer, cure disease, and promote health, through sophisticated medical research and thoughtful patient care; to provide wide ranging educational opportunities, on and beyond our campuses, for traditional students, active professionals and life-long learners using the power of information technologies; and to promote a deep appreciation for the range of human difference and potential, a sense of the obligations and rewards of citizenship, and a commitment to learning, freedom and truth.
“By pursuing these objectives with vision and integrity, Duke University seeks to engage the mind, elevate the spirit, and stimulate the best effort of all who are associated with the University; to contribute in diverse ways to the local community, the state, the nation and the world; and to attain and maintain a place of real leadership in all that we do.”
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