Lead Career Coach, College of Environmental Design

Lead Career Coach, College of Environmental Design

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Work type: Staff
Location: Pomona
Categories: Unit 4 - APC - Academic Professionals of California, Temporary, Full Time, Student Services

Type of Appointment: Full-Time, Long-Term Temporary (Up to 3 year appointment)
Job Classification:Student Services Professional IV
Anticipated Hiring Amount: $75,840 annually
Work Schedule:Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Recruitment Close Date: Open until filled

Priority Consideration Date: February 17, 2026

The Career Center is an integral part of the Office of Academic Innovation (AI) in the Office of Student Success, Equity, and Innovation in the Division of Academic Affairs. AI has as its primary goal to foster and advance a culture of innovation in teaching and learning at Cal Poly Pomona and curate experiential learning opportunities for the campus community. AI is responsible for the strategic, tactical, and operational oversight of the Career Center, Center for Community Engagement, Innovation Incubator, Kellogg Honors College, Office of Undergraduate Research, Student Innovation Idea Lab, and multiple institutional-level initiatives and programs.

The Career Center within AI has as its mission to lead, develop, and connect a diverse Cal Poly Pomona community in career readiness and prepare students for the future of work, human and civic engagement; and as its vision to become a leader in the future of work, human and civic engagement by creating an equity‑minded career readiness model while focusing on collaboration and becoming a valued part of the campus community.

The Career Center focuses on reimagining student career and professional readiness and emphasizes personal, career, and professional development across the entire undergraduate experience. The Career Center will play a significant role in the highly visible, campus‑wide initiative to cultivate students thriving inside and outside of the classroom, while preparing them for successful future careers and professional engagements. The Career Center integrates existing resources, programs, and creates new initiatives that will benefit students throughout their learning journey as they prepare for meaningful post‑graduation opportunities.

• Serve as the Lead Career Coach in the College of Environmental Studies (ENV), supporting the campus‑wide career readiness initiative. Build strong relationships with all the functional areas necessary to support career and professional readiness including working with FYE faculty, ENV Student Success Center, employers, alumni, event coordinator, etc.
• Closely collaborate with and support the dean, faculty, and staff in ENV in relation to career and professional readiness of their students. Develop and implement trainings incorporating and integrating career education into curricula and co‑curricular activities.
• As funds are available recommend for hire, develop and train additional ENV career team members who will help support and deliver a comprehensive and customized career‑readiness model within ENV.
• Set strategy for industry aligned career development services that are responsive to student needs and aligned with college, departmental and institutional goals.
• Ensure that day‑to‑day operations of ENV career readiness model are appropriately directed, efficient and effective.
• Work collectively and collaboratively with the other College Lead Career Coaches to develop innovative approaches and implement new and best practices, share resources, and produce institution‑level events such as campus‑wide career fairs.
• Design and deploy appropriate assessment activities to measure outcomes and impact.
• Present data and metrics to ENV faculty and staff to create strategies for increasing the career engagement of students.

• Lead programs and services for the College of Environmental Studies (ENV) that provide personalized career counseling and advising that focuses on self‑assessment, research, job and internship search strategies, reflection, and strategic decision‑making.
• Develop a comprehensive set of…