Lead Career Coach, College of Environmental Design

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CAREER READINESS LEADERSHIP:

* Serve as the Lead Career Coach in the College of Environmental Studies (ENV), supporting the campus-wide career readiness initiative. Build strong relationships with all the functional areas necessary to support career and professional readiness including working with FYE faculty, ENV Student Success Center, employers, alumni, event coordinator, etc.

* Closely collaborate with and support the dean, faculty, and staff in ENV in relation to career and professional readiness of their students. Develop and implement trainings incorporating and integrating career education into curricula and co-curricular activities.

* As funds are available recommend for hire, develop and train additional ENV career team members who will help support and deliver a comprehensive and customized career-readiness model within ENV.

* Set strategy for industry aligned career development services that are responsive to student needs and aligned with college, departmental and institutional goals.

* Ensure that day-to-day operations of ENV career readiness model are appropriately directed, efficient and effective.

* Work collectively and collaboratively with the other College Lead Career Coaches to develop innovative approaches and implement new and best practices, share resources, and produce institution-level events such as campus-wide career fairs.

* Design and deploy appropriate assessment activities to measure outcomes and impact.

* Present data and metrics to ENV faculty and staff to create strategies for increasing the career engagement of students.

CAREER READINESS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT:

* Lead programs and services for the College of Environmental Studies (ENV) that provide personalized career counseling and advising that focuses on self-assessment, research, job and internship search strategies, reflection, and strategic decision-making.

* Develop a comprehensive set of events such as lectures, speaker series, workshops, conferences, trainings, cultural events etc. in collaboration with internal & external resources.

* Build students' career confidence and social capital through ENV strategic programming and creating career content/materials.

* Conduct classroom and student organization presentations for ENV on various career-related topics, including promoting programs and skill development to support career readiness and planning.

* Oversee event logistics and assist in creating marketing materials/communication for ENV to effectively promote to faculty, staff and students.

EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT:

* Partner with internal/external departments, faculty, alumni and employers to identify career pathways for ENV students and create an outreach plan to engage organizations that will result in opportunities spanning a broad range of industries.

* Establish and cultivate effective working relationships with key stakeholders on-campus and off-campus. Attend events and professional meetings to stay current on career and employment trends and ensures the Career Center maintains a presence on-campus as the experts in career development and programming. Collaborate with campus departments to coordinate career programs. Serve on University committees and provide insights and information to the community on career services.

* Identify opportunities and strategies for connecting students with alumni and industry experts who will provide academic and/or career resources such as mentoring, coaching, lectures, workshops, etc.

* Establish and enhance employer relationships, increase the quantity, quality, and diversity of job and internship opportunities, and engage employers and alumni to provide programs to help students compete effectively for opportunities of interest.

* Support the development of partnerships between ENV and external communities (corporations, public sector, and nonprofit entities) to build project-based experiential learning, internship, and full-time employment opportunities for ENV students.

* Perform outreach to ENV alumni, Cal Poly Pomona alumni, and a wide range of employers, industry organizations, and networks for the purpose of fostering peer-to-peer networking, developing and strengthening specific employer relationships, and identifying employment networks to benefit current students and alumni.

CAREER READINESS PROGRAM ASSESSMENT:

* Led the evaluation and assessment efforts of the College of Environmental Studies (ENV) career-ready initiative, generating surveys and reports to facilitate data collection and progress reports.

* In collaboration with Career Center Director develops & implement evaluation processes, including quantitative & qualitative measurements that ensure that program benchmarks are successfully attained and communicated in a timely and efficient manner.

* Collaborate with internal/external resources to develop meaningful outcome measurements and methods of program evaluation that will lead to enhancement.

* Ensure accurate student reporting in CPP Connect and other areas that require…