Career Engagement Manager

Manage and lead key workstreams to support student career development and employment opportunities. Provide career coaching and programming to support WSB undergraduate students in achieving their career goals. Educate students, alumni, and other stakeholders about career development and opportunities and maintains relationships to aid in effective career planning. Strive to create a welcoming, equitable, and inclusive environment for both students and fellow staff.

- Oversee the strategy of how the career engagement team leverages student staff and graduate program assistants (as needed)
- Manage student staff including hiring, supervision, assigning their projects, and supporting their professional growth

• 50% Educates or advises students and recent alumni individually, or in groups through various mediums about career exploration, self-assessment, skills, materials development, and career decisions
• 10% Develops and delivers career development programming and resource materials across various mediums to provide education to students
• 5% Responds to questions and provides information regarding student services, policies, procedures, and employment preparation
• 5% May identify and maintain a professional network of employers or other stakeholders to facilitate career exploration and employment opportunities for students
• 5% Participates in campus-wide career services community providing input to leadership regarding the development of advising, recruitment, and co/curricular programs offered by the school/college/unit
• 25% Supervises unit staff and/or plans, organizes, allocates resources, assesses performance, and leads the operational activities for a significant portion of the unit's career services portfolio

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Required
Bachelor's Degree

Required:
- 1- 2 years experience in higher education setting or business. Experience can include work in an advising/mentor capacity, delivering programming, or business industry experience.
- Experience with career development or advising for business students.

Preferred:
- Knowledge of or experience with business.
- Experience designing and delivering business career development programming, workshops, or presentations of a similar nature.
- Experience managing projects or programs.
- A strong desire and ability to build relationships with students, alumni, employers, colleagues and campus partners from other schools/colleges.
- Commitment to creating an inclusive environment in which the value of each person's identity, culture, background, experience, status, and abilities are recognized, supported, and respected.
- Excellent accuracy, attention to detail, organizational, and self-management skills while working in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, flexibility and ability to provide excellent customer service to clients.

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $65,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Diversity and inclusion are primary values for the Wisconsin School of Business and are integral to achieving our strategic goals. Our school is committed to continuously increasing the cultural competence of its staff and faculty members through school-wide forums and professional development opportunities.

Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter addressing your qualifications and experiences specifically relating to the responsibilities of this position as described along with a comprehensive resume.

Our search committee will review all application materials after the posted deadline. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. We will notify all applicants once the search is completed and we have selected a top candidate. As applicants move on to next steps in the process, they will be asked to provide names and contact information (e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address) of at least three references.

Rima Okbazghi
okbazghi@wisc.edu
608-262-2810
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Career Development Manager(AE079)

A12-WISCONSIN SCH OF BUSINESS/UNDERGRADUATE PROG OFFICE

Academic Staff-Renewable

308655-AS