Associate Director, Strategy & Operations - Career Development Center
New York University Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi
- Training
- Full-time
- As a key member of the Career Development Center’s Leadership team - provides a strong vision for assessment to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of programs and initiatives through collaborating across functional teams of the Career Development Center for data driven decision-making
- Utilizes data to continuously innovate, assess effectiveness, make improvements to future events and the service delivery and student impact of the Career Development Center
- Proactively equips campus partners (Alumni Relations, Admissions, Academics, Student Affairs, and others) with relevant assessment and outcomes data to further advance the mission of the NYUAD
- An advocate of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts - leverages assessment and outcomes data to ensure the Career Development Center is maximizing student success/outcomes and service delivery for our high priority populations (first-generation, Student of Determination, etc.)
- Leverages assessment and outcomes data across functional teams to inform the direction of communications, marketing, and promotional initiatives of the Career Development Center
- Collaborate with Institutional Research and lead assessment-based research projects and initiatives, translating findings into actionable tasks to advance career development and post-graduation success
- Develops and drives the strategic marketing, branding, outreach, and communication strategy of the Career Development Center across the campus community and with external stakeholders
- Coordinates with External Relations for consistent messaging standardized to both internal and external stakeholders
- Oversees the coordination and successful execution of strategic event planning for all major Career Development Center events fostering collaboration across functional teams
- Provides leadership of the Career Development Center’s social media presence and strategy
- Provides leadership and oversight regarding key messaging, media strategy, execution, and assessment, and planning for events
- Leveraging various media platforms - leads the strategic dissemination of the Career Development Center’s initiatives, stories, and successes with the campus community, prospective students and families, employers, parents, donors, alumni, and other stakeholders
- Collaborates with the Leadership Team to equip academic deans, chairs, faculty, staff, and other campus partners with timely and relevant information to increase student engagement with career related programs and initiatives
- Oversee the on-campus student employment portfolio, inclusive of policies, procedures, and systems to ensure work access and equity, as well as strong supervision and feedback loops
- Spearhead the CDC’s partnerships with student organizations, connecting them with other CDC staff as appropriate. S/he also consults and works closely with colleagues in a variety of campus offices to coordinate outreach efforts and to enhance skill development opportunities in existing programs
- Represent the CDC at local, regional, national and international events and professional conferences, as needed
- Advise students to insure that they receive personal attention, sharing specific industry knowledge in fields of high interest to NYUAD students
- Conduct one-on-one student advising appointments tailored to meet student needs; administer selfassessment inventories
- Advise on long and short term career strategy, job search strategy, interview skills, resume/CV development, offer decisions, and other topics
- Develop, manage and implement select career events, workshops and programs to educate students on all aspects of the job search process and to help students secure internships and graduate jobs with target employers
- Provide strategic leadership and supervision of two cross-functional teams which include the Communications/Marketing and Assessment areas of the Career Development Center while creating collaborative synergy with members of these teams both internally and across the campus community
- Foster an inclusive, entrepreneurial, and impact driven culture with a focus on empowering team members towards a shared vision of maximizing student success and outcomes
- Other divisional duties as assigned
- Masters Degree in Counceling, Higher Education, Psychology, Education or related field
- 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in career development counseling, student affairs, human resource or an equivilant comination of education and experience
- Expertise in career development counseling/coaching, including workshop delivery, walk-in advising, small group
- Expertise in effectively serving as a liaison with university faculty, related professionals and students
- Ability to work closely with colleagues in a variety of campus offices to coordinate outreach efforts and to enhance skill development opportunities in student leadership activities, internship/work experience opportunities, etc.
- Broad understanding of occupations, particularly those that require professional or graduate education
- Ability to stay current on local, regional, and international trends, educating students, faculty and staff on industry and recruitment trends as necessary
- Ability to advise international and domestic students with regard to career exploration, planning and development
- Ability to effectively critique CVs, cover letters and personal statements/application essays
- Expertise in utilizing Handshake platform preferred
- International travel may be required
- Occasional weekend and weekly evening coverage
- Experience working in an international higher education setting is highly desired