The Director, McDonough Career Center - Graduate and Executive Degree Programs is a key member of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Providing leadership and support for the Graduate and Executive Degree Program students enrolled at Georgetown McDonough, they monitor and track career trends and maintain close attention to evolving employment trends in various business fields and distilling career-relevant information for students seeking to join related industries and organi... more details
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Director, McDonough Career Center - Graduate and Executive Degree Programs - McDonough School of Business - Georgetown University
Job Overview
The Director, McDonough Career Center - Graduate and Executive Degree Programs is a key member of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.
Providing leadership and support for the Graduate and Executive Degree Program students enrolled at Georgetown McDonough, they monitor and track career trends and maintain close attention to evolving employment trends in various business fields and distilling career-relevant information for students seeking to join related industries and organizations.
The Director also takes the initiative to connect with organizations and businesses outside of Georgetown to gather information and insight on trends in business industries to prepare students for the appropriate career outcomes, and develop and coordinate career events.
The core responsibilities are as follows:
Communications
- Establish, drive and strategically advance the mission of students’ career outcomes by developing communication strategies to impact a diverse set of internal and external audiences (employers, students, prospective employers, prospective students, alumni, faculty and staff)
- Lead projects for employment outcomes reports for Graduate and Executive Degree Programs with highly visible, annual marketing pieces
Career Programming
- Partner with various members of the McDonough Career Center to design and execute a set of comprehensive and effective career programming offerings for working professional students, ensuring that students are employer-ready in the competitive global recruiting environment
- Equip our emerging business leaders with advanced career development frameworks, practices, and support - creating a positive distinction for the Georgetown Graduate and Executive Degree program students over its competitors
- Serve in an interdisciplinary role, working with various McDonough Career Center team members, multiple departments across the McDonough School of Business (Program Offices, Admissions, Marketing & Communications, and Alumni Offices), and current students to ensure the development experience is comprehensive; and interact with other Georgetown Career Centers for joint programming with dual degree programs
Onboarding Manage the large-scale career onboarding of admitted students - working closely with the McDonough Graduate and Executive Programs Admissions team to ensure that all matriculating students are aware of their career resources
Coaching & Special Program Management Create and maintain special expanded program career services - such as specialized coaching and career exploration programs
Programming & Digital Resource Management Oversee and audit digital resources (e.g., Canvas) to improve the quality of presentations. Managing annual student testimonials and success story collection - and in partnership with career colleagues, implementing appropriate digital resources for students
Work Interactions and Work Mode Designation
Reporting to the Assistant Dean, McDonough Career Center - Graduate and Executive Degree Programs, the Director takes the initiative to connect with organizations and businesses outside of Georgetown to gather information and insight on trends in various business industries to prepare students for appropriate career outcomes.
As well, they build relationships with alumni and employers who are interested in recruiting students from McDonough into their organizations.
This position has been designated as Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations for staff positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources website: https://hr.georgetown.edu/mode-of-work-designation.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Higher Education, Business, Human Resources or a related discipline
- 5 to 7 years of progressive experience in Career Development - preferably in a business school setting), Recruiting or Human Resources field
- Career development expertise with specific insights into job search and promotions strategy, tools and practice
- Strong collaborative skills with a strategic mindset and attention to detail
- Exceptional executive-level presentation design and delivery skills
- Expert interpersonal and workplace communication, teaching, and diplomacy skills, and knowledge of effectively conveying messages to key stakeholders, with high-level competency with integrated communications
- Strong public speaking ability, and excellent professional writing and editing skills both to inform and influence across digital and traditional print media
- Ability to think strategically and develop new programs to address needs of stakeholders; proven leadership
- Experience utilizing virtual content delivery platforms and other digital systems, including but not limited to Zoom, WebEx, Go To Webinar, Qualtrics, Salesforce, Basecamp, and Dreamweaver
- Demonstrated ability to provide thoughtful, developmental career coaching in one-on-one, small, and large group settings; and strong leadership, coaching/advising skills are required
- Understanding of adult learning styles
Preferred Qualifications
- Career Coaching certification
- Extensive experience in course development and deployment
- 2 years of college-level instruction/teaching experience
- Competent with online media to include databases, inter and intranet, social media sites, and campus recruiting software
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
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Benefits:
Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.
