Associate Director of Career Connections
$1,500 SIGN ON BONUS
The Associate Director supports the Career Connections team and has responsibility for direct implementation of programs and services designed to assist students in making appropriate educational and professional transitions after Landmark College. The director reports to the Senior Director.
Responsibilities:
- Oversees and manages day to day operations of Career Connections student services, ERE program, and coordination of career readiness initiatives.
- Serves as supervisor for the Career Connections counselors/ career advisors.
- Identifies student needs for information and advising on career planning, employment, graduate schools, and scholarships.
- Partners with academic programs and majors to cultivate career stories and successes and collaborates with faculty to build career development readiness skills, both with co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities.
- Contributes to and manages assessment activities related to career development programming.
- Compiles and reports data on employer relations activities, and assess employer relations effort
- Increase career readiness experiences and opportunities for students graduating with an AA or BA degree and poised to enter the workforce.
- Manages the implementation and ongoing needs of the Employment Readiness Program including securing positions, the application process, selection of students, training, and any other additional support required for student success
- Advise a caseload of students in career literacy and readiness, graduate school, and transfer college options in alignment with future goals. This includes but is not limited to assisting students in managing the college transfer or graduate school process, selecting a field of study and identifying career interests, and/or attaining an internship or job through the development of cover letters, resumes, and interview skills.
- Facilitate, foster, and maintain relationships with other colleges that are transfer options for Landmark students and act as an advocate for the Landmark education model.
- Coordinate career-related events and workshops as part of Career Connections programming.
- Attend on-campus events including Family Weekend, Graduation, Open House, Convocation, etc., offering presentations on Career Connections when appropriate
- Assist Career Connections in developing and delivering career literacy curriculum to support academic classes.
- Develop resources for students, faculty, and staff in the areas of career literacy, the transfer process, and graduate school admissions.
- The Associate Director will maintain the program webpage and outreach materials to provide accessible resources and information for students, faculty, advisors, partners, and employers.
- Participate in on-going professional development in the field of learning disabilities, transfer admission, and career development.
Landmark College, located in beautiful southern Vermont, is a unique, accredited college for bright neurodivergent students with learning differences (LD; including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and executive function challenges). Landmark provides an intentionally designed, resource-rich academic and student life model within a private liberal arts college environment. A position with Landmark College is more than just a job; it is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of promising college students and to help us change how the public thinks about education. We champion a strength-based model and give students the skills and strategies they need to achieve their goals. A fully accredited, not-for-profit institution, Landmark College offers bachelor’s and associate degrees in liberal studies, studio arts, psychology, business, life science and computer science.
The Landmark College Office of Human Resources strives to ensure that we are an employer of choice, attracting and retaining uniquely talented individuals able to advance the College’s position as the college of choice for students who learn differently. We are committed to a philosophy that recognizes each person as an individual, worthy of respect, trust, dignity and fair treatment, and we apply these tenets to serve, support, and value all members of our community.
We recognize the importance of providing a work environment that is conducive to carrying out the College’s mission and contributes to the personal and professional growth of our faculty and staff. For Human Resources, this means the administration of employment policies, benefit plans, and compensation programs that are regularly evaluated and remain competitive and fair.
How to Apply
Interested individuals should provide a cover letter, resume or CV, and the names of three references. Electronic submissions are preferred. Please email your application to [email protected]. Applications may also be mailed to Director of Human Resources, Landmark College, 19 River Road South, Putney, Vermont 05346. No phone calls please.
Diversifying the student body, faculty, and administration is congruent with our mission. We value diverse populations and cultures including, but not limited to, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, neurodiversity, race, and religion. Landmark College is an EO/AA/Vet/Disability employer.