Assistant Director, Career Management

Department: Career Advancement

Salary/Grade: EXS/7

Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA) fosters excellence in career development, preparation, and professional opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students and alumni by providing comprehensive services and programming and by promoting strong partnerships with employers, academic departments, and the university community. Learn more about NCA here: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

The Assistant Director functions within Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA) as a member of a team that provides comprehensive career and employment services for undergraduate and graduate students across Northwestern’s academic units.

The Assistant Director manages a portfolio of industries, which includes key employers and alumni relationships, and is tasked with developing and cultivating new recruiting partnerships of benefit to Northwestern students. This role regularly interfaces with alumni, employing organizations and potential recruiters, donors, students, and other Northwestern community members.

This role initiates and manages relationships with finance, banking, real estate, and technology companies and alumni.

This role also leads the planning, development, and evaluation of recruiting events, both in person and virtual, that play a critical role in connecting employer partners to Northwestern talent, including coordination of strategic employer visits to campus, management of on-campus interviews, securing and maintaining key corporate relationships.

Note:

Some evening and weekend hours may be required.

Pay Range: $63,000 - $67,485, depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

• (15%) Advise and counsel employers on strategic direction based on benchmarks, understanding of the field, and strategic decision making
• (15%) Understand employer's individual needs and circumstances, many complex in nature, and creates, implements and monitors recommendations, partner with internal/external constituencies and resources that meet these needs.
• (15%) Completes administrative activities such as assessment, operations planning, data management, and reporting.
• (15%) Researches best practices and peer institutions and market/economic conditions and recommends changes and enhancements to improve administrative effectiveness, services and/or resources.
• (10%) Connects students with alumni and professionals for employment opportunities. Maintains knowledge of job market trends and hiring practices in a range of fields.
• (10%) Collaborates with student affairs, academic departments, student organizations and administrative offices to develop programs and publicize opportunities spanning a broad range of industries and geographies.
• (10%) Builds and maintains a network of potential employers and alumni that can provide opportunities for mentoring, internships and/or jobs.
• (10%) Engages with associations, organizations, alumni, and employers to encourage experiential education and professional development.

• Proficiency in collaborating with management level representatives of external partnerships.
• Ability to quickly adapt to and respond to a variety of student inquiries.
• Ability to consult with a wide range of employer representatives and to market experiential education and internships to business, industry, non-profit, and government employers.
• Strong oral, written, organizational and presentations skills.
• Ability to work effectively as an individual contributor and a team member.
• Ability to respond and manage multiple constituencies and to work with a variety of populations.
• Ability to work independently and with little oversight
• Ability to strategically develop, implement and execute projects

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