Career Services Coordinator

DEADLINE

Full-time: Review of applications begins Tuesday, November 07, 2023 and continues until the position is filled.

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SUMMARY

Southern University at Shreveport, Louisiana (SUSLA) is accepting applications for Career Services Coordinator. SUSLA is a comprehensive community college serving Shreveport, Bossier City, and surrounding areas in Northwest Louisiana.  It is one of five campuses constituting the Historically Black Southern University System. The University serves approximately 3,000 undergraduate students and offers 32 undergraduate degrees and certificate programs in a variety of fields including Allied Health, Nursing, Aerospace Technology, Business Studies, Behavioral Science/Education and Science & Technology.

Position Summary:

Under minimal supervision, the Career Services Coordinator is responsible for employer relations, job development initiatives, and service learning activities. Under the general supervision of the Executive Director of Workforce Development, this staff person is responsible for the day-to-day operation and development of career services for students and alumni.

The Career Services Coordinator is responsible for: providing counseling and assistance concerning career and technical education decisions, administering cooperative education programs, establishing relationships with potential employers, continuously increasing the number, and improving the quality of job/internship/service learning opportunities, coordinating employer/partner recruitment activities, organizing career/job fairs, maintaining on-line career center management system, advising students and alumni on job/internship search related activities, collaborating with faculty and staff regarding job development/recruitment efforts and coordinating placement surveys/reports.

The Office of Career Services works with two clients: the employer who relies on the school to find a qualified candidate, and the graduate who depends on Career Services for guidance in preparing for and finding sustainable employment.

Primary Responsibilities: 

The Career Services Coordinator is expected to:

• Develop and maintain on-line career management system; providing students and alumni with access to full and part-time job and internship listings and corporate/job recruitment listings.
• Perform job counseling and interest inventories with students, groups of students, and/or classes, organizations, etc. to identify abilities, needs, interests, and values in relation to job, career, and service learning opportunities.
• Advise students and alumni on career and service learning related issues through walk-ins, appointments and classroom/group presentations.
• Provide career-related seminars and maintain up-to-date career resources for interested students. ▪ Create employer/partner/public awareness by maintaining membership and active involvement professional organizations and community organizations.
• Review and update all career services publications including the career guide, career services brochure, and graduate survey annually.
• Assist university in the development of the annual local application plan and annual reporting ▪ Initiate outreach activities and establish relationship with employers, including coordination of employer site visits, representation at job fairs and participation in networking events.
• Oversee on-campus recruitment activities, including information tables/sessions; resume collections, and on-campus interviews.
• Coordinate the facilitation of all aspects of service learning activities
• Develop and implement outreach/marketing efforts, including paper and email correspondence, promotional materials and programming.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff and student; initiating employer/faculty advisory boards and student/alumni focus groups.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate employer/partner contact file(s) to represent available opportunities to students, faculty and staff.
• Critique job search contacts, resumes, and job search plans to identify and resolve possible barriers to employment.
• Conduct follow-up surveys, collect data regarding placement and retention of students in employment, military, or other further training, and conduct the annual graduate employment survey;
• Establish and maintain all student files and documentation needed to complete administrative reports.
• Other duties as related to the proposed job function

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in student personnel services, counseling and guidance, or a discipline whose preparation is suitable for this position.
• At least three years of professional experience in university/college setting or in business in a human resources or training and development function is required. Full-time experience on a college/university student services staff is preferred. Important knowledge and capabilities necessary include career-counseling techniques, knowledge of job trends and career development skills, effective public relations and networking abilities, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• This employee must effectively direct existing, comprehensive career services programs, and to develop new ones on his/her own initiative. Dependability, creativity, good judgment, professionalism, and dedication to sound principles of student development are paramount among necessary characteristics for this position.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment SUSLA
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of ethics in data collection and analysis ▪ Strong attention to detail is essential

Preferred Qualifications:

At least five years of professional experience in university/college setting or in business in a human resources or training and development function is required. Full-time experience on a college/university student services staff is preferred. Important knowledge and capabilities necessary include career counseling techniques, knowledge of job trends and career development skills, effective public relations and networking abilities, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

COMPENSATION:

$45,000 - $50,000

TYPE: Full-time

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications begins Tuesday, November 07, 2023 and continues until the position is filled.

The application can be filled out online at the https://www.susla.edu/ApplicationforEmployment

Please attach cover letter, resume, transcript(s), and three references to application.