Career Counselor

Title

Career Counselor

Career Counselor

University of North Texas
- Dallas

DAL-Academic Aff & Stdnt Success

DAL-UNT Dallas College of Law

DAL-College of Law-517000

Downtown Dallas

$56500.00

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The UNT Dallas College of Law invites applications for the position of Career Counselor in the Office of Career and Professional Development. The UNT Dallas College of Law is a public law school in downtown Dallas. Our mission is to promote justice and advance human potential through the enterprise of legal education. In support of this mission, UNT Dallas College of Law will broaden access to an affordable legal education;

will graduate students who have a full range of practice-related competencies necessary to be effective lawyers worthy of client and public trust; will provide the best educational environment for learning the law and developing professional identity; will advance the career and professional goals of our students; will improve access to justice for underserved legal needs; and will be a valuable partner in civic engagement with the City of Dallas and the north Texas region.

The UNT Dallas College of Law invites applications for the position of Career Counselor in the Office of Career and Professional Development. Candidates should possess enthusiastic support for the mission of the university to transform the lives of students, families and communities by providing high quality, studentfocused education in preparation for tomorrows careers, and its vision to create the place of choice where students are inspired to learn, faculty are inspired to teach and the community is inspired to support.

Reporting to the Assistant Dean of Career and Professional Development, the Career Counselor is responsible for providing employment counseling and career education for law students and alumni. The Career Counselor teaches, advises, and counsels law students and alumni in their career development and all phases of the job search process. The Career Counselor will help law students and alumni shape and attain their shortand longterm career goals and provide job placement assistance to law students and alumni.

The Career Counselor contributes to program design and administration and develops career planning and placement publications, brochures, handbooks, and handouts. All facets of career and professional development extend to assist alumni.

As a well connected, knowledgeable expert on the legal job market, and career counseling principles, the Career Counselor accomplishes outcomes by providing individually tailored, clientdriven career counseling as well as by creating, planning, developing, and implementing cutting edge programs, networking events, other activities (including social media), services, and resources that address a full array of traditional as well as nontraditional practice areas and settings.

The Career Counselor will ensure our students have the best available access to networking and job opportunities as soon as they arrive on campus. Based on ongoing research, analysis, assessment and trendspotting, the Career Counselor designs and develops, and implements an array of workshops and programs, services, and resources (including online guides and webinars) to meet the career needs of our students.

The Career Counselor will also collaborate with other College of Law departments and individuals to understand their needs and goals and explore and develop mutually beneficial programs, resources, and services.…