Executive Director of Career Development

Department

Career Development Center

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

For additional information please contact:
Bruce Douglas Bruce.douglas

The Career Development Center is seeking an Executive Director of Career Development. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position. The Executive Director of Career Development provides university-wide leadership for career development at Oregon State University, advancing a comprehensive, coordinated and student-centered career ecosystem that serves undergraduate and graduate students across Corvallis, OSU-Cascades in Bend, and Ecampus. The Executive Director leads the strategy, programs, partnerships, operations and assessment efforts that help students explore purpose, build career readiness and advancement, connect academic learning to future pathways, engage with employers and alumni, and transition successfully to meaningful work, graduate education, service, entrepreneurship and other post-graduation opportunities.

This position is responsible for building upon Oregon State University’s ecosystem of career development and the vision of Beyond OSU: a university-wide commitment to integrating career development across the student experience so that every student has access to timely, relevant and inclusive career learning, experiences and connections. The Executive Director works collaboratively across the institution, including academic colleges, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, OSU-Cascades, Ecampus, graduate education, advising, experiential learning, alumni engagement, employer relations, industry partnerships, student employment/University Human Resources, faculty and staff networks, and other university partners to strengthen career readiness as a shared institutional priority.

The Executive Director provides strategic leadership for the Career Development Center and related career development initiatives, including career education, career integration, employer and alumni engagement, experiential learning, technology, data, assessment, staff development, resource stewardship, and university-wide partnerships. This role develops and evaluates short- and long-range plans, sets standards for high-quality and equitable career development practices, and leads efforts to ensure that career development is intentionally embedded within curricular and co-curricular experiences for students across modalities, campuses and academic levels.

The Executive Director reports to the Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and serves as a member of the Associate Vice President’s leadership team. In this capacity, the Executive Director contributes to Student Affairs priorities, collaborates with peer leaders across the division, and helps align career development strategy with broader divisional and university goals for student success, engagement, belonging, well-being and post-graduation outcomes.

• Strategic Leadership, Vision and Management
• University Engagement, Career Integration and Student Experience
• External Relations, Employer Engagement and Workforce Partnerships
• Assessment, Data and Continuous Improvement
• Student Affairs and Institutional Leadership

• Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, education, business, human resources, organizational leadership, career development or a related field.
• Four years progressively responsible leadership experience in career development, student affairs, higher education administration, workforce development, employer relations, experiential learning, academic/student success programming or a related field.
• Experience leading strategic planning, program development, implementation and assessment for complex programs or services.
• Three years supervisory experience, including hiring, training, coaching, performance management and supporting professional development of staff.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain collaborative partnerships across a complex organization, including with faculty, staff, administrators,…