What are the responsibilities and job description for the Career Coach position at Radford University?
Title: Career Coach
Agency: Academic Affairs-10
Location: Radford
FLSA: Exempt/ Not eligible for overtime
Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience.
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Additional Detail
Job Description:
The Career Coach provides multifaceted career development advising services for students both at the undergraduate, graduate and professional school levels and helps students explore a variety of career options aligned with their academic pursuits, teach/ instruct career and professional development courses. Focus will be career coaching in the areas of healthcare, life sciences and STEM to students studying at both the Main campus and Roanoke campuses. The career coach will serve on retention initiatives, connect students to industry experts and cultivate experiential learning opportunities regionally and nationally as needed. The career coach will design and create digital newsletters to post internships and full time jobs with employers representing healthcare and science/ research career pathways. The career coach will cultivate partnerships with faculty and present career related programs and workshops in the classroom and represent CCTD on the Pre-Health/Pre-Med student leadership club. The career coach will be expected to gain proficiency in utilizing software platforms including Handshake, Career Coach, CareerShift, Big Interview and other proprietary technologies.
- Demonstrated track record of innovative thinking and problem solving.
- Demonstrated knowledge of healthcare and science related career paths and recruiting practices.
- Effective interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communications, management and training abilities.
- Advanced project and program management abilities.
- Proven ability to advise students in multiple majors, including the Humanities, social sciences, STEM and business.
- Demonstrated ability to teach and/coach college level students.
- Demonstrated ability to build and nurture relationships with key partners.
- Possess technical skills in Microsoft Office, Handshake, Career Coach assessment software and the utilization of CareerShift and Big Interview.
Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer
