Assistant Director, Industry Learning - Washington, United States - Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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Washington, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Johns Hopkins University has developed an ambitious vision to continue to integrate life design, experiential learning, and mentoring in the academic and co-curricular learning experience for all students and postdoctoral fellows.

Under the leadership of Dr.

Farouk Dey, the inaugural vice provost for integrative learning and life design, the university has announced the creation of three new departments and several new initiatives and mission that will ensure that every student and postdoctoral fellow will have the ability to pursue life purpose regardless of background, field of study, or social capital.

Read more about this plan here.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Actively assisting to foster and maintain relationships with sectorspecific employers, alumni, and professional associations, with whom Global Careers has an established relationship, and assist in identification of new employer contacts for the purposes of developing and maintaining sectorspecific knowledge and fostering potential job and internship prospects, and employerfacing experiential learning. This includes resume collections and oncampus presentations.
Counseling and/or cocoaching students primarily in group settings and via workshops in all aspects of their professional development, including clarification of career goals, providing current information on specific career fields and employment trends, developing effective industryspecific documents (e.g. resumes, cover letters) and advising on conducting effective employment searches.
Codeveloping career information and employment related programs for students and alumni relevant to their specific needs, to include but not limited to, career panels, career fairs, treks, site visits to employers, and any other type of employerfacing experiential learning programs.
Assisting in marketing SAIS degrees to affect increased opportunities for student employment and internships as well as employerfacing experiential learning.
Maintaining employer and internship data and contacts in relevant sectors of employment. Shares with employers to facilitate ongoing engagement.
Monitoring sector and institutional employment and compensation trends.
Engaging alumni to actively support the professional development of students.
Assisting in identifying collaborative relationships with faculty and staff.
Collaborating with and advising student leadership in assigned Career Clubs including program planning, recruitment strategies, creating careerspecific educational materials and developing alumni and employer contacts.
May travel locally, nationally, and internationally for networking and other programrelated activities.
Daily contact with students and alumni, either in a counseling, oneonone role or in teaching/coteaching career courses and workshops, as well as sectorspecific contacts and employers on a regular basis.
Regular contact with faculty and staff, assessing needs of students from various departments and coordinating with Associate Director(s) on career services programming with academic units, with other SAIS administrative offices and Johns Hopkins student services offices whenever appropriate.
Performing other duties as assigned.

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Superior interpersonal, analytical, and problemsolving skills.
Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
Knowledge of all aspects of career development, ability to counsel/coach students in their professional planning.
Team player and demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative workplace environment.
Strong planning and organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
Have exceptional initiative and judgment.
Strong marketing skills and customerservice orientation.
Ability to work effectively with faculty, administrators, students, alumni, and external constituents.
High level of proficiency in data management systems and other systems used by career services offices.
Openness to learn new technologies for career development.
Flexibility with hours, especially during periods when programs may extend outside of regular work hours, including limited weekend work.
Willingness to travel.
An international background and crosscultural sensitivity to international employment issues and sectors.
Strong multicultural competency and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and to serving the needs of a diverse population.

Physical Requirements

This position requires a degree of mobility common to working in an office environment.
Our new vision is focused on scalability of resources and services and does not utilize a oneonone appointment model.
For this transformation to work, traditional oneonone counseling and coaching services are taking a backseat to a culture of scalable programs and interventions.

Technical Qualifications or Specialized Certifications