Executive Director - Chicago, United States - City Colleges of Chicago

City Colleges of Chicago

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Chicago, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

Reporting to the Executive Vice Chancellor Chief Student Experience Officer (EVC-CSXO),
the Executive Director Career Development and Success provides leadership for CCCs strategy and support for execution across all seven City Colleges of Chicago to guide students career development/readiness during their time at CCC and career success post-CCC.

As a proven strategic and operational leader in the career services and/or workforce development field with a passion for driving equity and excellence in higher education,
the Executive Director Career Development and Success will be responsible for staying abreast of cutting edge nationwide career development and success strategies and tools; guiding district-wide use of career best practices; facilitating innovation and professional learning across CCCs 7 colleges Career Development Centers; and, partnering closely with CCCs Workforce Solutions/Work-Based Learning department, staff, and faculty to ensure an effective, efficient, and integrated approach to supporting students career outcomes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Working in partnership with the EVC - CSXO:

Lead multi-faceted strategy and guide execution to support students career exploration, development, and readiness:
Provide expert thought leadership to enhance CCC strategic vision regarding student career development and success.
Define career development milestones for CCC students as well as what it means to be a career ready CCC graduate, with a focus on skills/milestones universally relevant across career paths.
Establish CCC Career Ready Endorsement that provides based on achievement of specific career development milestones an earned designation that students can include on their resume; design scalable process to assess student career readiness using Endorsement criteria.
Through collaboration with Academic Affairs, support development of program 1pager career planning guides that tie students skills and interests to potential programs and/or careers.
Establish universal expectations for early career exploration and career goalsetting in New Student Orientation and College Success course, in collaboration with OSX and Academic Affairs.
Develop career readiness milestonealigned, modular CCC Career Development curriculum that offers justintime equity of access to all students through both asynchronous online modules and standardized career development/planning templates, as well as ongoing inperson and virtual workshops/courses; collaborate with relevant staff and faculty to design training to support faculty integration of career readiness milestones into program syllabi; and, explore opportunities for required career development coursework and/or internships.
Partner with CCC Marketing & Communications and college teams to revise CCC Career Development websites to provide easier access to career development resources and internship/job search options.

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Advance use of data and technology to strengthen students career development and success:

Establish student early indicator metrics that define on-track for career success based on career milestones at every stage of CCC student journey.
Establish metrics that define operational excellence at college Career Development centers, to ensure robust 1on1 and group student support.
In collaboration with Decision Support, establish mechanisms to track postgraduation employment outcomes (i.e., first destination data) as well as longerterm economic mobility.
In collaboration with Information Technology, Decision Support, and Work-Based Learning/Workforce Solutions, identify and mobilize use of optimal technology tools to support career/job searches, career exploration, and career development.
Establish expectations, guidance, and support for college Career Development staff to utilize EAB Navigate to serve as active part of student success care teams.
Remain abreast of new technology and automation innovations in career services and workforce development, systematically scanning landscape for cutting edge opportunities to integrate use of technology and data to advance student success.

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Lead organizational capacity building to support students career development and success:

Facilitate college Career Development Center staff ongoing professional development/learning community to support best-in-class career service practices and ongoing responsiveness to early indicator student data.
Collaborate with colleges to design and offer a yearround comprehensive series of college and districtled career fairs, career development workshops, and special events, to meet the needs of students with different interests and at different points in their career journey.
Partner with relevant district and college leaders to clarify current roles of all stakeholders in supporting students career development and success (e.g., Career Development Centers, Faculty, College Advisors, Distric