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Position Overview
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The Director, Business Career Center role has oversight responsibility for formal career and professional development programming in the College of Business Administration, including oversight of the Business Career Center. The Director, Business Career Center provides leadership and coordination for student and alumni appointment service, the LEAD curriculum, college-level career development efforts, talent-related employer relations, and career education and recruitment events.
This position has potential for a hybrid work arrangement after successful orientation and sufficient on-the-job proficiency.
This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees’ career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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1. Oversee the Business Career Center (BCC) that works to provide career development and recruitment support to undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni. Coordinate short- and long-term planning for the BCC, including strategic collaborations and partnerships with faculty, departments, centers and campus colleagues/offices and related to budgets, personnel, technology/other equipment, and space. Apply understanding of current career services practices, career development theory, and recruiting trends of various industries. Lead employer relations strategy and identify staffing alignments in support of employer services. Establish an annual group of Employer Engagement Program partners, maintain agreement activities, and support collection and recording of partnership payments. Overall accountability for the internship for credit program for the college including maintaining employer relations and reporting on the progress of the internship program. Collaborate with leadership in the college to lead and manage student engagement initiatives targeted to all undergraduate business students through the Swift Student Center.
2. Lead annual fall and spring recruitment events and fairs with BCC and College of Business Administration (CoBA) colleagues. Continue communication and collaboration with the Career Services Center on career fairs. Co-lead COBA Career Events Committee to coordinate career education, recruiting event pricing, and best practices. Record event revenue and manage revenue-sharing through department transfers to partnering Centers or Departments.
3. Identify strategies for office communications: providing or delegating responsibility for the BCC website, newsletter, social media and employer communications. Ensure regular communication is provided to COBA and GSM students, faculty, staff, and employer partners about upcoming career-related programs and events. Assist in representing the college in professional organizations and events to raise the visibility of the college and its BCC programs. Represent the BCC as needed at college-wide events.
4. Oversee relationships and cooperation with other university departments/offices, including maintenance of partnership agreements with COBA, the Office of International Education, and other campus partners with efforts related to career development. Serve as the colleges lead in the coordination of cooperation between the Business Career Center and Career Services Center. Collaborate with the business director to manage the BCC budget through tracking, strategic resource use and relationship support to employers providing funding and gifts to the BCC and/or College/University.
5. Responsible for the supervision of staff, which includes but is not limited to hiring, delegation, performance management, staff development, disciplinary actions, etc. Delegate responsibilities to, and train when needed, an administrative staff member shared with the Graduate School of Management (GSM).
6. Oversee career content covered in the LEAD 1050, 2000 and 3000 courses and coordinate LEAD content revisions with LEAD instructors. As needed, teach the LEAD 2000 or 3000 course in rotation or collaboration with other BCC staff. Support curriculum and operations that align with best practices.
7. Assist students and alumni through appointments, walk-ins, presentations and written communication to support career decision-making, job/internship search processes and accessing career resources.
8. Lead BCC data collection efforts, overseeing and delegating responsibility for First Destination collaborations with the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis (OIRA) and the Career Services Center and internship data collection. Organize COBA First Destination data each cycle for use in college presentations and recruitment materials, and AACSB reporting.
9. Oversee hiring efforts and ongoing supervision of student employees including graduate students which includes but is not limited to hiring, training, disciplinary actions, and if necessary, ending the student’s assignment, etc.
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Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Master’s degree in higher education administration, student affairs in higher education, college student personnel, counseling (or equivalent), or business
A minimum of 8 years of related experience is required
Interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, administrative, presentation and supervisory skills
An understanding of career development theory and student needs related to academic and career preparation
Progressively responsible professional experience in the field of career services, with preference given to higher education settings
An understanding of early talent and experienced hiring recruitment processes, including the perspectives of employer partners
Ability to successfully build relationships and ongoing collaborations with a variety of constituencies including students, faculty, employer partners, University colleagues, etc.
Excellent listening and communication skills
Advanced MS Office software (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), PeopleSoft, Career Management databases and online survey tools such as Qualtrics
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities and responsibilities with accountability
Ability to motivate, collaborate, organize, and delegate work by leveraging the strengths of individuals
Exercise sound reasoning to analyze issues, synthesize information, make decisions and solve problems
Engage and respect the viewpoints of those from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, religions and lifestyles to build collaborative relationships and communicate effectively
Understanding and commitment to the goals and mission of Marquette as a Jesuit Catholic university
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Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Experience seeking and securing external resources
Experience in curriculum development, assessment, learning outcomes, and career development
Experience with university employer relations programs
Experience and ability in utilizing social media as marketing and networking tools
Strong presentation skills with expertise in customizing presentations to different constituencies
Demonstrated and successful experience working with people from diverse backgrounds
Experience with Handshake
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EOE Statement
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It is the policy of Marquette University to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable federal or state-protected classification.
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