Assoc Dir. Career Education & Advising

Role Overview

Reporting to the Director of the FTMBA & MSBA Career Management Center (CMC), the Associate Director of Career Advising and Education leads the strategic design, implementation, and delivery of comprehensive career coaching and educational programming for Full-Time MBA (FTMBA) and Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students. This role is responsible for establishing a data-driven, individualized career development framework that empowers students to secure high-impact employment.

In addition to direct coaching and curriculum development, the Associate Director provides functional leadership, mentorship, and ongoing professional guidance to the center’s career advising staff—specifically the Manager of Career Engagement and the Career Training & Development Specialist—while collaborating on employer-facing marketing initiatives.

• Deep understanding of the MBA and MSBA career landscape, job functions, and industries.
• Demonstrated ability to guide, mentor, and elevate professional staff, fostering a collaborative, high-performance team environment.
• Ability to foster positive relationships with multiple, diverse professional constituencies. High level of professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (written and oral), presentation, analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
• Proven self-starter.
• Proven ability to build structured educational content and deliver engaging presentations or workshops to graduate business students.
• Proficiency in leveraging modern career management systems (e.g., Slate, Handshake, Quinncia, CareerOS) to pull analytics, track milestones, and optimize operations.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex problems and their implications, within the parameters of the University of Georgia and Terry College’s practices and policies.

This position will require travel to Atlanta at least four times a year, as well as out-of-state travel at least once a year.

Typically, Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Benefits Eligible

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status or other protected status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb).

Percentage of time: 40%

• Deliver high-impact, personalized 1-on-1 and group career coaching to incoming, deposited, and current FTMBA students to clarify career goals, define professional value propositions, and map targeted job-search strategies.
• Develop specialized, industry-specific preparation programming tailored to competitive recruiting verticals such as Consulting, Investment Banking, Technology/Product Management, Leadership Development Programs, Corporate Finance, ensuring students are equipped for industry-specific timelines, interviews, and technical assessments.
• Utilize advanced career center technology platforms, including Slate, Handshake, CareerOS, Quinncia, to monitor real-time student engagement and job-search progress, proactively deploying targeted interventions for unplaced or disengaged students.

Percentage of time: 25%

• Design, implement, and facilitate a progressive, structured career development curriculum and workshop series that spans the student lifecycle (Assess, Prepare, Connect).
• Author, curate, and scale educational content, digital toolkits, listserv communications, and resources covering advanced resume/Linked In construction, executive presence, advanced interviewing, high-impact networking, and salary negotiation.
• Create evaluation metrics to measure the educational effectiveness of workshops and programming, using student feedback and employment data to iterate and improve delivery annually.

Percentage of time: 25%

• Supervise Manager, Career Engagement…