Assoc Dir. Career Education & Advising

ASSOC DIR. CAREER EDUCATION & ADVISING

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Posting Number: S15423P

Working Title:

ASSOC DIR. CAREER EDUCATION & ADVISING

Department:
Terry-Full time MBA/MSBA

Employment Type:

Full Time

Salary: 65,000+ commensurate with experience

Posting Date: 07/10/2026

Closing Date: 09/01/2026 (proposed starting date)

Location:

Athens Area

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Reporting to the Director of the FTMBA & MSBA Career Management Center (CMC), the Associate Director of Career Advising and Education leads the strategic design, implementation, and delivery of comprehensive career coaching and educational programming for Full-Time MBA (FTMBA) and Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students. This role is responsible for establishing a data-driven, individualized career development framework that empowers students to secure high-impact employment.

In addition to direct coaching and curriculum development, the Associate Director provides functional leadership, mentorship, and ongoing professional guidance to the center’s career advising staff—specifically the Manager of Career Engagement and the Career Training & Development Specialist—while collaborating on employer-facing marketing initiatives.

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent and 5 years of professional experience.

• Deep understanding of the MBA and MSBA career landscape, job functions, and industries.
• Demonstrated ability to guide, mentor, and elevate professional staff, fostering a collaborative, high-performance team environment.
• Ability to foster positive relationships with multiple, diverse professional constituencies. High level of professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (written and oral), presentation, analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
• Proven self-starter.
• Proven ability to build structured educational content and deliver engaging presentations or workshops to graduate business students.
• Proficiency in leveraging modern career management systems (e.g., Slate, Handshake, Quinncia, CareerOS) to pull analytics, track milestones, and optimize operations.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex problems and their implications, within the parameters of the University of Georgia and Terry College’s practices and policies.

This position will require travel to Atlanta at least four times a year, as well as out-of-state travel at least once a year.

• Deliver high-impact, personalized 1-on-1 and group career coaching to incoming, deposited, and current FTMBA students to clarify career goals, define professional value propositions, and map targeted job-search strategies.
• Develop specialized, industry-specific preparation programming tailored to competitive recruiting verticals such as Consulting, Investment Banking, Technology/Product Management, Leadership Development Programs, Corporate Finance, ensuring students are equipped for industry-specific timelines, interviews, and technical assessments.
• Utilize advanced career center technology platforms, including Slate, Handshake, CareerOS, Quinncia, to monitor real-time student engagement and job-search progress, proactively deploying targeted interventions for unplaced or disengaged students.

• Design, implement, and facilitate a progressive, structured career development curriculum and workshop series that spans the student lifecycle (Assess, Prepare, Connect).
• Author, curate, and scale educational content, digital toolkits, listserv communications, and resources covering advanced resume/Linked In construction, executive presence, advanced interviewing, high-impact networking, and salary negotiation.
• Create evaluation metrics to measure the educational effectiveness of workshops and…