40% Program Management and Implementation:
The Assistant Director develops, coordinates, and facilitates career integration opportunities and programs for OSU employees to empower them to better integrate career readiness and advancement into the student experience. They work to create scalable solutions with broad impact. This includes but is not limited to Career Champions programming, the Career Champions Community of Practice, student employment initiatives, and trainings on transferrable skills.
This position develops materials for Career Integration programs and trainings, newsletters for continued engagement, and educational materials for student use to supplement the training faculty and staff are given. They assess and evaluate program outcomes on an ongoing basis in partnership with the CDC and UHR.
25% Relationship Building/Collaboration with Partners:
The Assistant Director is a dedicated collaborator who is located within the CDC but will also be embedded within UHR, specifically the Student Employment Center. They will meet regularly with UHR leadership to refine plans, processes, reports, and next steps. They partner with CDC Employer Relations, CDC Career Education team, and Talent Acquisition to help provide exposure to OSU as a viable employer and career path for students. This may include participation in career fairs, finding appropriate OSU representatives to serve as panelists at workshops, and more.
Additionally, the person in this position encourages broader buy-in and participation in preparing students for their future goals from all relevant stakeholders at the university. They partner with CDC departments to better prepare faculty and staff for supervision, mentorship of students, understanding transferrable skills, and more.
They actively reach out to new partners to recruit participation in Career Integration programming.
25% Job Description Review and Creation:
The person in this position collaborates with OSU units/departments and the Student Employment Center to evaluate student employee position descriptions for inclusion of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Career-Readiness Competencies. The competencies serve as a common language of the skills employers value in college graduates and can help students better understand how the skills they build in on campus employment will transfer to their careers. The Assistant Director will leverage and create systems to integrate the competencies into the recruitment process. The Assistant Director will also assist units/departments with creating and establishing new job descriptions, as well as reviewing and updating existing job descriptions to reflect the NACE competencies.
5% Assessment:
Assess overall effectiveness and outcomes of strategies, ensuring continuous improvement. Assess individual program components and revise as needed to best support program goals and integrate with other CDC, UHR, and institutional initiatives. Coordinate, supervise, and report on all assigned activities back to the CDC and to UHR partners.
5% Additional Duties as Assigned:
Participate in CDC activities including, but not limited to, staff meetings, events/workshops/career fairs/info sessions/on-campus recruiting programs/tabling. Help staff career fairs each term and other all-team large events and retreats.
Participate in University Human Resources events and activities as a representative of UHR.
Participation in annual performance evaluation process.
Professional development activities including on-campus trainings/workshops, webinars, career development conferences, and other opportunities; including at least one workshop/activity/training annually (as approved by supervisor) that enhances commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusions. Provide updates to supervisor on how new knowledge will be applied to day-to-day work.