Career Consultant

Associate Director for Employer Relations, Co-ops & Experiential Learning, University of Idaho Career Services

The Career Consultant provides career education/advising to help students and alumni explore and achieve their career goals through teaching career/major exploration courses, delivering presentations/workshops, and individual career advising. Consultants provide a strong connection between Career Services and the college(s) and students they are assigned to. The Career Consultant will work within the college/department that they are assigned to. They will collaborate with faculty, staff, and administrators in their college(s) in order to identify the career development needs of students and the best methods for providing these services.

Depending on the college’s specific needs, service delivery could include but are not limited to, 1-on-1 client appointments/consultations, teaching major/career decision-making classes, conducting class presentations and workshops, training/supervising peer career advising interns, and assisting with professional development and networking events.

The Career Consultant will work in Career Services as a member of the Career Advising Team (CAT) to provide general career education/advising services for students during drop-in hours and at Career Services sponsored events.

• Experience composing and editing business documents
• One year experience advising, mentoring, or supervising secondary or post secondary students.
• Experience speaking publicly, presenting information to individuals, small, and large groups.

Required:

Other

• Ability to travel
• Ability to work non-standard business hours

• Master’s degree in Communication, English, Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Adult Education, Business Education, Human Resources, or Career and Technical Education

• Professional work experience in career counseling, advising/mentoring, student development, or career education, or in the industries related to their college assignment
• Past participation in experiential learning activities such as internships, co-ops, service projects/national service programs, study abroad, research, national exchanges, or student leadership activities

Please use your letter of qualification to explain in detail how your work experience, skills, and abilities meet both the required and preferred qualifications as listed in the position description. Your letter of qualification will be used to demonstrate your communication and writing skills to determine your ranking among the other applicants for this position.

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Entry level

Full-time

Other

Higher Education

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