What are the responsibilities and job description for the Expert/Executive in Residence position at Dominican University?
TITLE: Expert/Executive in Residence
FLSA STATUS: Exempt (Salary)
DEPARTMENT: Office of Career Programs & Employer Relations
REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Career Programs & Employer Relations and Project Director of the Title V: El Faro Project
HOURS: 10 hours/week
DEPARTMENT: Office of Career Programs & Employer Relations
REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Career Programs & Employer Relations and Project Director of the Title V: El Faro Project
HOURS: 10 hours/week
DATE AVAILABLE: Semester: Beginning Fall 2024
The Office of Career Programs and Employer Relations at Dominican University is seeking Executives and Experts in Residence (EIR) to link students to community and business organizations, in addition to bringing a recent industry perspective to Dominican University to provide career mentoring services to students. Accessible to students via appointments in Handshake, our career development platform, these organizational leaders are paid a modest stipend in return for sharing their career advice, industry expertise, connections, and networks with the Dominican community.
The hallmark of the career development program is one-on-one career mentoring sessions in which the EIRs advise students on their prospective career choices. EIRs are required to spend at least one day physically on campus, face-to-face, which
facilitates relationship building with students and community members. These meetings, which occur multiple times per semester, are approximately 30 minutes in length and are specifically tailored to the student’s needs and interests.
Discussions typically focus on a student’s interests, background, and experience as they consider a career in a particular profession. EIRs will often advise students on the following:
- Assistance with resume building, LinkedIn, cover letter, and applicable job search materials.
- Job and internship search, interview skills, and strategies.
- Skills and abilities required to succeed in a particular industry or organization.
- Planning a career path beyond the initial position accepted directly after graduation.
- Assistance with graduate or professional school applications.
- Strategies for maintaining momentum once a career path has been chosen.
- Navigating challenging professional or personal issues at work.
This position is funded by Dominican University’s Title V: El Faro grant, which is expanding career development services for students. Specific grant objectives that this position will support are: 1) Increase rate Hispanic and low-income students who
graduate in 4 years, 2) Increase percentage of Hispanic freshman cohorts who narrow career goals. This is a grant-funded position and funding is available until September 2025.
CURRENTLY HIRING FOR EXPERTS/EXECUTIVES IN RESIDENCE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING CAREER PATHWAYS:
- Human Services (Social work, psychology, sociology, criminology, or similar)
- Health Sciences (Nursing, nutrition, PhD or professional, or similar)
- STEM (Biology, chemistry, mathematics, natural sciences, environmental science, or similar)
- Education & Training (Languages, education, journalism, or similar)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The primary role is providing multiple 1:1 career mentoring sessions with students each semester to advise and coach them on their prospective career choices. Other duties include:
The primary role is providing multiple 1:1 career mentoring sessions with students each semester to advise and coach them on their prospective career choices. Other duties include:
- Contributions to special projects assigned by the Executive Director of Career Programs & Employer Relations.
- Guest lectures in undergraduate and graduate courses.
- While practicing an “intrusive advising model,” EIRs will be tasked with communicating to individual students via phone calls and email to build rapport and increase traffic with their appointments.
- EIRs will utilize Handshake, Dominican University’s career development platform, for their appointments. EIRs will promote and encourage students to utilize the platform.
- The EIRs will encourage and support career development events and efforts by promoting these opportunities to students.
- Other duties as assigned.
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REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience as a current/past leader (Executive-level leadership, C-suite, VP, President, etc.) in field/major/career path.
- Experience in career mentoring.
- Flexibility to be on campus at least 1 day per week.
- Ability to meet with students in-person and virtually via Zoom or over the phone.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree preferred.
EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL DOMINICAN EMPLOYEES
To support the University's mission of preparing students to pursue truth, to give compassionate service, and to participate in the creation of a more just and humane world.
To support the University's mission of preparing students to pursue truth, to give compassionate service, and to participate in the creation of a more just and humane world.
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
Dominican University is a Catholic, comprehensive teaching university located in River Forest, a suburb of Chicago. Dominican University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission as a baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degree-granting institution. It is highly regarded for its academic rigor and thoughtful accompaniment of students, its intentional affordability and values-based, relationship-centered learning environment. Dominican currently enrolls over 3,300 students, which includes 2,280 undergraduates and 1,027 graduate students. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of our undergraduate students identify as Latinx, 5% are Black or African American, and 3% are Asian. Under-represented minority students, make up 77% of the DU undergraduate enrollment and 38% of the graduate enrollment. Over 90 percent of undergraduates receive some type of financial aid. Nearly half of all undergraduates are first-generation college students; over half are federal Pell Grant recipients, illustrating their families’ level of income; and 58% are eligible for low-income MAP grants from the State of Illinois. Recognized since 2011 as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), a federal designation of the U.S. Department of Education, Dominican is committed to expanding and enhancing educational opportunities for Latinx students and all students from historically underrepresented groups.
To Apply
Apply online at http://www.dom.edu/jobs. Applicants will be asked to submit a cover letter and resume with a list of 3 references.
A background screening is required.
EEO Statement
Dominican University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to the goal of building an equity-centered faculty and staff committed to teaching, working, and learning in a multicultural environment. Dominican University believes that justice, equity, and inclusion are critical to our growth and development and seek to recruit, develop, and retain from a diverse pool of applicants who bring varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.
If you need accommodations due to a disability, you may contact us at hr@dom.edu for assistance.
