Director of Career Services, College of Applied Health Sciences (112152)
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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- Champaign, IL
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Applied Health Sciences
Director of Career Services
The College of Applied Health Sciences (AHS) at the University of Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. The mission of the College is to promote health and wellness across the lifespan. The AHS research, teaching, and service programs were designed to improve the quality of life of people of all ages and cultures, promote the development of healthy communities, and help people with disabilities live full and independent lives. AHS has nationally recognized units in their fields, and is home to the Departments of Kinesiology and Community Health; Recreation, Sport and Tourism; and Speech and Hearing Science. One of the college’s top priorities is to provide valuable career services to undergraduate and graduate students in the college.
The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.
PRIMARY POSITION FUNCTION/SUMMARY
The College of AHS is seeking an innovative, dynamic and experienced leader who will create and manage comprehensive programs and services for the career development of AHS students. Programs and services are designed to assist students in successfully exploring, developing, and securing career and other post-graduation opportunities.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Direct, manage, and supervise all career development services for the College of AHS – develop content for and oversee maintenance of AHS career services webpage; create curricula and teach career development courses and workshops for students; provide career advising to students; develop and oversee all on-campus recruiting events, including scheduling recruiting events, monitoring schedules and space, coordinating recruiter visits, facilitating pre-employment testing, etc.; build and maintain relationships with corporate representatives and recruiters, as well as alumni who may want to recruit AHS students for internship and full-time positions; collaborate with departments to secure new internship experiences; manage career fairs; develop content for and distribute recruiting materials that promote hiring of AHS students; contribute to career services management systems (e.g., Handshake).
- Build vital relationships with AHS faculty, advisors, members of campus career services community and industry/government/non-profit partners; work with and assist AHS faculty/staff in developing, planning, coordinating and implementing existing and future college-wide and department-specific career activities, services and initiatives; collaborate with career services personnel in the Disability Resources and Educational Services division and the Chez Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education.
- Hire, train, and supervise staff members and interns
- Compile statistics, administer surveys, write reports, and provide data to College of AHS, campus, and external audiences.
- Serve on relevant campus committees and be actively engaged with applicable professional organizations; support donor relations and fundraising initiatives
- Perform other related duties that further the mission of the college.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree
- Three years of relevant professional work experience in a health, sport, or recreation-related field or work experience including advising/counseling experience related to career and student development or corporate recruitment.
- Experience leading, developing, and presenting programs, workshops, and/or teaching courses
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s Degree (or higher) in an applied health field, counseling related field, educational administration/leadership, human resources, communications, or similar fields
- Experience with databases, assessment, and tracking of job placements.
- Demonstrated experience in effective collaboration and communication with students, faculty, administrators and external constituents.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrated strengths must include strong leadership ability, exceptional speaking and writing skills, and propensity for teamwork.
- An understanding of the needs and concerns of college students and a passion for working with them.
- Knowledge of career service software.
- Significant intercultural skills and experience with diverse populations.
SALARY:
Salary will be commensurate with experience
APPOINTMENT STATUS:
100 % time appointment, 12 months
PROPOSED STARTING DATE:
As soon as possible after the closing date
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The following materials are required and should be submitted online at: http://jobs.illinois.edu. (1) A letter of application that includes a statement of interests and summary of qualifications for the position; (2) resume; and (3) names and contact information for three professional references. For more information about the position applicants may contact:
Patricia Simpson, Chair
Director of Academic Advising and Career Services
Closing date: To ensure full consideration, materials should be uploaded by May 13, 2019. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.
College Name or Administrative Unit:College of Applied Health Sciences Category:5-Education and Student Services Title:Director of Career Services, College of Applied Health Sciences (112152) Open Date:04/22/2019 Organization Name:Academic Affairs
Organization
Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.
Faculty
A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering.
Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.
Academic Resources
Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.
Research
Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
Undergraduate Education
The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.
Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.
The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.
Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.
The Arts
A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture.
Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.
Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices
Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Illinois is about how we value difference to make a difference. http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/
As evidence of the University’s commitment to enhance the working, living, and learning environment for faculty, staff, and students, the University will encourage a standard of conduct and behavior that is consistent with the values of inclusivity. In an environment of inclusivity, there is no place for acts of hatred, intolerance, insensitivity, bigotry, threats of violence, harassment or discrimination.
Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices
Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.
How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?
Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.
Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.
Illinois is the place where consensus is forged by discourse and where everyone’s contributions are recognized: significant contributions that elevate us because they are informed and enhanced by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, physical ability, religion, class, and national origin. We are enriched by these perspectives, and we are united by the very discourse that brings these views together.
It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.
It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.
Learn more about how Inclusive Illinois promotes diversity here.
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
The commitment of the University to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms, whether or not specifically prohibited by law. Among the forms of invidious discrimination prohibited by the University policy but not law is discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation. Complaints of invidious discrimination in violation of University policy are to be resolved within existing University procedures. The policy of the University of Illinois is to comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action laws, orders, and regulations. The University will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities
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