The Assistant Director (AD) is a leadership position in Career Services, providing supervision for four (4) full time Career Consultants (professional staff), a graduate assistant, and student assistant. Additionally, the AD provides career/professional development guidance and support to students enrolled/accepted into the university’s academic programs that span undergraduate, graduate, professional, and medical/doctoral degrees. Reporting to the Director of Career Services, the AD also serves as primary administrator of career services' technology systems and provides leadership and assistance in web-based technology, data collection, management, and reporting. As a part of the Student Success unit inside Enrollment & Student Affairs, the AD partners across other offices to ensure high touch services to support the academic, career, and professional goals of our students. This position is primarily 70% operational and management focused; 30% student facing.

Managerial/Leadership Responsibilities

Manages full-time professional staff, including coordinating daily office operations, project management, staff training, mentoring, and performance evaluations.
• Meets with academic leadership, campus partners, and student support areas to develop and implement initiatives involving the career and professional development of students in and out of the classroom.
• Provides training to professional and student staff on the effective use of educational and administrative systems
• Assists Director in the development and curation of data for reporting, assessment, and measurement
• Manages workflows to ensure compliance with office and university policies, internal and external to the department
• Serves as the go-to lead on office technology regarding trouble shooting, data analysis, promotion and management.
• Develops and/or improves mechanisms for tracking and reporting data/statistics, for both internal and external audiences.
• Serves on various college committees as assigned.
• Facilitates student success initiatives across the division, ensuring case management and coordinated care across our student success and student engagement partners
• Coordinates the data and reporting needs for Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) for the unit
• Partners and collaborates with Assistant Directors across the Student Success units to ensure comprehensive support services for students
• Develop programming that fosters career readiness in and out of the classroom 
• Engage employers regarding our services and recruitment partnerships to ensure prompt service
• Some evening and weekend attendance at college functions as required.
• Establishes positive relationships and administers the planning and promotion of Career Services to students, alumni, faculty, and employers through a wide array of partnerships.
• Assists with refinements of marketing materials, communication plans, office protocols, and benchmarks.

General Responsibilities
• Assist students in clarifying academic and career goals through individual career advisement, and the administration/interpretation of career and personality inventories.
• Participates in the design and delivery of career-related workshops, programs, and panels.
• Helps students develop and refine resume writing, interviewing, job-search, and professional development skills.
• Serves as liaison to student groups, clubs, and organizations requesting programming and partnerships
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Career Services

Candidate Requirements

Master's degree in Higher Education Administration or closely related field w a minimum of two years of experience in career development or related area

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Application deadline: Friday, October 31st, 2025

Questions: contact Julie Goley, jgoley@augusta.edu