Career and Employer Specialist

Title: Career and Employer Specialist

Employee Classification: Student Services Coordinator

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Student Affairs

Sub Division-Department: UNT-Div of Student Affairs

Department: UNT-DSA-Frisco-160110

Job Location: Frisco

Salary: 47, 300.00

FTE: 1.000000

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.

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UNT at Frisco Student Services enhances the student experience by providing co-curricular activities aligned with students' academic and professional goals. We help students achieve academic and career related successes and overall wellbeing. Student Services is the center for all resources and information related to being a student at UNT sco Student Services delivers holistic and student-centered programs that support our students from the moment they walk through our doors until the day they walk across that stage as graduates.

Working closely with faculty and industry partners, our goal is to create an environment that cultivates the academic, personal, and professional success of the UNT at Frisco population.

The UNT at Frisco Career Coach and Employer Specialist will serve as a key team member of the Frisco Student Services department with focused attention on career-readiness programming for all students at the UNT at Frisco campus. This position provides one-on-one and group coaching to students on the topics of career exploration, personal branding, networking, interviewing, work-integrated learning, and job searching or graduate school preparation.

This position will build and maintain relationships with employers and community partners to increase career opportunities for students and alumni. This position will be responsible for collecting and sharing data for tracking student engagement and outcomes. This position will collaborate with faculty, local employers, academic advisors, and industry partners to integrate career planning into holistic student experience.

Bachelor's degree in related field and two years of student services, student affairs, counseling, advising, or related experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Student-centered mindset
• Coaching and mentoring
• Event planning and facilitation
• Collaboration teamwork
• Relationship-building
• Data-driven decision making

Masters Degree Preferred

• Provide one-on-one and group coaching to students on the topics of career exploration, personal branding, networking, interviewing, work-integrated learning, and job searching or graduate school preparation.
• Develop and deliver interactive training to students in workshop style seminars on the topics of career exploration, personal branding, networking, interviewing, work-integrated learning, and job searching or graduate school preparation.
• Facilitate outreach efforts with both internal and external partners to present information on the purpose and resources within the Gupta Career Center such as classroom settings, student organizations, local employers, and community events.
• Collaborate with faculty, academic advisors, and industry partners to integrate career planning into holistic student experience.
• Support work-integrated learning initiatives, including internships, cooperative education, micro-credentialing and job shadowing.
• Build and maintain relationships with employers and community partners to increase career opportunities for students and alumni.
• Utilize available software and resources…