Assistant Director, Design - Access FLI Focused; Design Lab

Position: Assistant Director, Life Design - Access & Opportunity, FLI Focused (Life Design Lab)

Assistant Director, Life Design - Access & Opportunity (FLI Focused) The Life Design Lab seeks an Assistant Director, Life Design - Access & Opportunity (FLI Focused) who will report to the Senior Director of Life Design and will execute on the Lab’s vision, strategy, and objectives to strengthen professional development, career advancement, and life design outcomes for first‑generation and limited‑income (FLI) undergraduate students, with an integrated focus on underserved students who experience overlapping and persistent career outcome gaps.

As an equity‑oriented office, we believe all students deserve the same opportunity to pursue purposeful work‑regardless of background, field of study, or social capital. While all Life Design Educators are expected to support the full student population, this role will have primary accountability for improving measurable career outcomes for FLI students, and for supporting underserved students whose experiences significantly intersect with FLI status.

This role will drive internship access, mentorship pipelines, employer connectivity, and measurable career readiness, grounded in data‑informed equity practices. The Life Design Educator will leverage the expertise with the Center for Diversity & Inclusion (CDI) for identity‑informed belonging support, while the Life Design Lab leads the work of employability and socioeconomic mobility.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities Outcome‑Based Equity

• Advance career readiness, internship participation, and job placement outcomes for FLI students, with intentional and integrated support for underserved students, given population overlap and shared barriers to mobility.
• Define, track, and report outcome metrics such as:
• First‑destination outcomes
• Salary benchmarks
• Mentorship engagement
• Participation in work‑based learning
• Time‑to‑offer (to be built out in partnership with ODT)
• Internship participation and conversion rates (to be built out in partnership with ODT)
• Use data to identify gaps and drive continuous improvement.

Program Design & Scalable Support

• Design scalable workshops and digital content that strengthen professional readiness and connect FLI and underserved students to meaningful internships, research experiences, and full‑time opportunities.
• Develop programming that addresses recurring equity gaps in career readiness, professional identity formation, and access to networks and employer opportunities.
• Strategically manage student communication to increase engagement with life design resources, employer events, and mentorship programs.

Coaching & Student Support

• Provide strengths‑based, identity‑conscious individual and group coaching supporting life design exploration, professional development, and career decision‑making.
• Integrate equity‑informed life design mindsets and methodologies into all student interactions.

Curriculum Development & Facilitation

• Deliver and customize Life Design curriculum to address the needs of FLI and underserved students.
• Facilitate or support credit‑bearing and non‑credit‑bearing Life Design courses (e.g., FLI Internship Academy, Arrive & Thrive, Map the System, Life Design Practicum).

Project Management

• Support the execution of equity‑focused programs, mentorship pipelines, and career readiness initiatives by adhering to established project timelines and collaborative workflows.
• Coordinate cohort‑specific services and interventions designed to increase access to internships, research experiences, employer engagement, and high‑impact learning opportunities for FLI students.
• Manage logistics, communication planning, and follow‑through for workshops, cohort meetings, employer events, and student‑facing programming to ensure high‑quality, consistent implementation.

Strategic Partnerships – Campus

• Work closely with the FLI Network, academic departments, advising, and student success units to align programming and strengthen student pathways to impactful experiences.
• Leverage the expertise of CDI on identity‑informed belonging work while maintaining accountability for career outcomes and employability.

Strategic Partnerships – Alumni & Employer Engagement

• Cultivate relationships with alumni and employer…