Assistant Director, Robert Scholars Coaching and External Affairs

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Assistant Director, Robert Day Scholars Coaching and External Affairs

The Assistant Director, Robert Day Scholars Coaching and External Affairs leads student career development and external relationships for CMC’s marquee scholars program, the Robert Day Scholars Program (RDS). Within CMC’s reputation as a top‑10 nationally‑ranked college, the Robert Day Scholars (RDS) Program selects and prepares highly motivated students for future leadership roles in a variety of industries, including financial services, consulting, corporations, and not‑for‑profit organizations.

Students apply and are selected into this prestigious scholar program; the process mirrors and runs separately from the overall college admission program. By completing rigorous additional coursework and supplemental co‑curricular programming, workshops, and events, RDS students excel with the fundamental skills necessary to navigate complex markets. Robert Day Scholars graduate with BA or MA degrees and leadership‑, hard‑, soft‑, and critical‑thinking skills to get placed and excel at the start of their careers.

Over the years, the RDS program has held successes with consistent job placement between 98‑100%.

The Assistant Director will assist in evaluating external market trends and evolving faculty and student needs to inform and drive RDS strategies across co‑curricular programming, student coaching, events, and community/stakeholder development. This role is a “player coach” requiring strategic thinking and planning combined with hands‑on tactical execution and analysis. This role is neither purely strategic nor limited to student coaching.

The Assistant Director will support the Director of the Robert Day Scholars Program on overall broader strategies and planning by providing new ideas and driving hands‑on changes both internally and externally. This position supports broader department outcomes of student‑scholar satisfaction and internships and full‑time jobs placement rates.

• Stay abreast of changing external market needs and dynamics to proactively drive or influence program changes/improvements to support student outcomes (professional development, personal development, internship, and post‑grad job placement).
• Provide high‑engagement, high‑responsiveness one‑on‑one career, recruiting, interviewing, and skills coaching to RDS students (in concert with the Director).
• Guide, track, and report on RDS students’ career pathing, internships, and post‑grad job placements, as well as longer‑term progression into leadership roles.
• In concert with Faculty Advisors and Dean of Students staff, assist, guide, and support students working with the team in the event of student low‑grade notices or other challenges.
• Work closely to plan and coordinate with other career coaches for a more integrated approach across the CMC Soll Center for Student Opportunity.
• Establish and improve more effective ways to communicate and coordinate with students across cohorts as well as RDS alumni.
• On‑board and nurture each newly inducted RDS class cohort; build RDS community across cohorts and alumni.
• Lead review and coordination of RDS student experiential funding requests/process.

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