Regional Director of Career Services

POSITION SUMMARY

The Regional Director provides strategic management for the daily operations, fiscal planning, staff development, and delivery of student-centered, comprehensive career and internship/externship services to the students at all SEC campuses. The Regional Director cultivates effective working relationships with the campuses' decentralized career services offices while also serving as the primary public representative with sites (clinical, extern, and intern), employers, alumni, and other external constituents. This position reports to the Corporate Director of Career Services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Provides leadership and sets strategy, goals, and objectives in order to meet employment goals.
•  Plans and implements marketing strategies; helps cultivate long-term relationships with businesses to develop career opportunities and develops and implements strategies to maximize graduate employment to meet/exceed goals.
• Oversees the deployment and training of individual and group career advising sessions/seminars to current students.
• Reviews and negotiates all clinical, intern and extern site contracts and then forwards for provider approvals. Distributes completed contracts to appropriate facilities management. Distributes insurance certificates to clinical, extern and intern sites upon request.
• Oversees reporting of internship/externship and employment activity in the CLASS/Campus Nexus systems and informs Campus Director of questions and concerns.
• Involved in the interview and selection process of Career Services Coordinator.
• Assists in overseeing the Career Services staff by providing feedback to the Campus Directors regarding performance and provides technical support to Career Service Staff; provides recommendations on performance and/or disciplinary concerns and termination requests to the Campus Director.
• Trains staff on career search/transition techniques, job development and employer relations and Career Services policies and procedures.
• Works with Education/Academics and coordinates the materials for the career development training, which may include teaching classes, developing syllabi, determining course objectives and preparing materials for the course.
• Prepares a variety of reports including monthly reports of retention and placement. Assists with designing and presenting any special reports/projects for accreditation and state approval process.
• Manages the employment statistics process, which includes collecting, verifying and reporting on employment statistics for the campuses. Oversees that the centralized Employment Verification procedures are being done.
• Conducts regular meetings with Career Services regarding the Career Services Coordinators placement status.
• Conducts weekly career services meetings via conference call.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Strong knowledge of current processes in job development, career placement, and internship/externship coordination.
• Demonstrated skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, employers and the public.
• Demonstrated skills in facilitating and modeling a strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse student population.
• Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated computer literacy skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Proficiency in web-based search engines and applications required.
• Excellent problem solving skills required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

    • Bachelor’s degree preferred, Associates degree required.
    • Minimum of three years Career Services supervisory experience in an educational institution combined with other related experience in job placement and management.