Director, Smith Institute

The Director of The Smith Institute for Career Services and Career-Connected Learning is responsible for the implementation ofongoing strategic and student success-related initiatives. The Director of The Smith Institute for Career Services and Career-Connected Learning is a vital role in the implementation ofongoing strategic and student success-related initiatives. Thisrole is responsible for the management and coordination of the university's career development and post-graduate opportunities for student success.

The Director oversees the ways in which the University supports career exploration, preparation, and postgraduate readiness for all of our students. This includes career assessment, experiential learning, job search processes,work-study, postgraduation pathways, the graduate schoolapplication process, and registration of credit and non-creditinternships. Additionally, the director is responsible for moving

Career Services toward being not only a student resource but also astrategic revenue and partnership generator.

The Director will work collaboratively across various departments and divisions within the University, including Academic Affairs,Student Affairs, Alumni Relations, and Admissions to create acareer development pipeline that facilitates social mobilitythrough equitable access to connections and experiences for all students regardless of background or social capital. The directoris responsible for external relations including internal and external relations, postgraduate relations supporting internships,job development, and mentoring. The Director is instrumental in creating a clear narrative for the institution and its stakeholderon the central function of The Gold(en) Blueprint Strategic Objective and Outcomes.

The Director reports to the Senior Vice President of Strategic Enrollment and Retention Management.

• Manages the Smith Institute for Career Services and Career-Connected Learning, including the supervision of careerstaff, the assistant directors, campus internship and recruitment manager, employer relations manager, student workers, and interns.
• Establish strategic goals for the Smith Institute for Career Services and Career-Connected Learning, including long-range planning and assessment.
• Collects and analyzes data on career services outcomes,preparing reports to assess program effectiveness and inform futurestrategies.
• Develop and lead a comprehensive corporate engagement strategy to build and strengthen partnerships with local, regional, and national employers.
• Establish mutually beneficial agreements that expand internship, co-op, and full-time employment opportunities for students while also generating investments in the University through sponsor ships, program funding, and strategic partnerships.
• Create tiered partnership models (e.g., annual memberships,sponsorship levels, or signature event partnerships) that encouragecorporations to invest in student success initiatives, career readiness programming, and experiential learning.
• Collaborate with Advancement, Academic Affairs, and other university divisions to ensure alignments of corporate engagement activities with institutional goals and fundraising priorities.
• Track, measure, and report the return on investment (ROI) of corporate partnerships for both employers and the University.
• Partner with faculty to systematically integrate career exploration, career development, and preparation for post-graduatelife into academic curricula.
• Work closely with potential employers to secure experiential learning opportunities, internships, and job opportunities for students.
• Collaborate with the Golden Bull…