Senior Associate Director, Career Exploration and Development - Business Careers

Posting Number S01369JP

Department Career Exploration and Development

Job Summary

This is a great role for someone with experience in college career advising, professional services (human resources, consulting), financial services, or as a hiring manager, recruiter or trainer of interns or entry-level professionals. The Associate Director of Career Exploration and Development (“CXD”) for Business Careers will advise students and create programming to serve the needs of those exploring and pursuing careers in business, whether in well-established industry vertical roles in finance or consulting, or business roles such as operations, risk management, strategy, financial analysis, sales, market research or project management to name a few.

The position will build and maintain relationships with alumni and parents who often volunteer to network with students and provide CXD with job and internship opportunities and serve as recruiting partners. The Associate Director will also work closely with CXD’s employer relations team to build and maintain relationships with employers in these industries. The position will also liaise with faculty to collaborate on joint programming and advising. The Associate Director will serve as an advisor to Bowdoin student pre-professional clubs in these fields. This position reports to the Director of Career Advising.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Career field advising expert. Provide individual student advising support (both in person and via email) and develop career programs and services to aid students in exploring and pursuing internships and full-time employment in business fields.

• Graduate program advising. Provide support for students and alumni exploring and pursuing Master of Business Administration degrees and other business-related graduate programs.

• Industry liaison responsibilities. Build and maintain relationships with alumni, parents, and other College supporters who work in these fields as well as with employers to grow student access to connections for networking, internships, and job opportunities. Develop and update content for weekly career sector newsletters and related CXD content areas to connect students with up-to-date resources and guidance accessible outside of advising.

• Career field programming responsibilities. Oversee student outreach and education programs for these fields including skill-building workshops and alumni and parent speakers. Serve as advisor to, and collaborator with, student pre-professional clubs. Collaborate closely with faculty in related subject areas.

• Multicultural competence. Work effectively with students, faculty, staff, employers, and alumni representing a variety of backgrounds; review the annual mix of programs and presentations with an eye for equitable access to opportunity (mix of programming, accessibility, and appeal to all potentially interested students).

  Education/Skills Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree

• Proven program planning and execution skills

• Excellent writing, public speaking, networking and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to build rapport with students, communicate effectively with a wide range of campus constituencies, and leverage relationships with alumni, parents, faculty, and staff

• Exceptional organizational skills and career counseling skills

• Facility/comfort with technology-based search and networking tools (e.g. LinkedIn, customer relationship management type databases)

• Vision, creativity, imagination and a great sense of humor.

Preferred

• Relevant Master’s degree

  Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents

• Seven or more years of work experience in at least one of the relevant career fields.

• Experience working directly in recruiting, training or supervision of entry level professionals or employees, managing large graduate or undergraduate internship programs or serving as an advisor to students or recent graduates.

Preferred:

• Commitment to equity proven by developing or working with initiatives that serve underrepresented or historically excluded groups.

• Experience working with college students or recent graduates.

  Standard Work Days and Hours

• Generally, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm while students are on campus with occasional night and weekend hours especially during peak periods of the semester (September-October and January-February).

• This is a 0.92 FTE (working 11 of 12 months).

• Work takes place in person, on campus, while the College is in session, with flexible/hybrid work possible when the College is not in session.

  COMPENSATION

• The salary range for this position is expected to be: $68,300 – $77,300.

  BENEFITS AND PERKS

• A variety of health insurance plans (Medical, Vision, Dental)

• Generous Retirement Plan – 10.12% annual compensation contribution, no match or vesting required

• Life and Disability Insurance

• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per calendar year, 12 days of personal/sick time

• Paid Holidays and Special Days Off: https://www.bowdoin.edu/hr/our-workplace/college-holidays-and-special-days-off.html

• Paid Parental Leave (Available after one year of service)

• Household access to many of the College’s facilities including the gym and pool

• Free fitness and wellness classes!

• And more: https://www.bowdoin.edu/hr/benefits-perks/index.html

  About Bowdoin

Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors.

We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We value a community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly welcomed and encouraged to succeed.

Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine.

Bowdoin’s campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting. Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston.

Shift

Employment Category Full Time Year Round

FTE 0.92

Benefits Eligible Yes

Pay Type Salaried

Background Check Package Requirements Faculty/Administrative

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Bowdoin vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job? No

Is a pre-placement physical required for this position? No

Posting Date 01/10/2025

Applications Accepted Until

Open Until Filled No

Type of Posting Internal/External

Special Instructions to Applicants

EEO Information

Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses.

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