Career Resource Specialist

Job Posting Title:

Career Resource Specialist

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Hiring Department:

Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

Purpose

To develop and deliver a dynamic career and internship resource program that responds to job market trends and the evolving employment needs of students and alumni. Coach students on career planning and job search strategies. Create relationships with recruiters to raise awareness and positively impact placement rates.

Responsibilities

• Career Coaching - Provide individual and group career coaching in the areas of job search skills, negotiation, and career management. Conduct workshops, presentations, and other career coaching activities to increase student success in networking, resume and portfolio building, interviewing, and other activities that enhance student and alumni success in the internship and job search process. Work with students to develop personalized career plans.

• Career Services Program Implementation Support - Support director and assistant director with all phases of an advanced career development program and delivery of professional career services. Develop programming and execute general workshops and career fairs. In conjunction with leadership and other career management colleagues, build out robust career services strategic plan and implement. Provide career search strategies and assistance to students and alumni seeking internships and professional positions.

• Promoting Employers to Students - Oversee collection and dissemination of information about employers and employment opportunities to students and ensure that all job postings are accessible in real-time. Maintain LBJ Careers database with up-to-date postings, applications, and employer information. Inform students and alumni of all career opportunities. Develop and implement a comprehensive internal and external marketing and communications program to market all career related events and services, including but not limited to alumni involvement, email communications, social media, website updates, etc., to promote and increase participation in career coaching services. with student groups to promote all events.

• Employer Relations Outreach Support - Provide excellent customer service to all external inquiries from potential employers and support assistant director in employer relations tasks. Build and maintain updated employer relations pipeline and database. Create and implement a robust employer outreach and communications plan to keep employers informed and excited about LBJ. Hold company information sessions, meet-and-greets and other recruiting events. Collaborate on the development and execution of an annual career fair and introduce other beneficial events that increase awareness of the LBJ School and email, social media, website updates, to promote and increase participation in career services.

• Event Marketing - Maintain an easily accessible calendar for all career services opportunities for students and employers. Employer Relations - Cultivate and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with domestic and international employers in order to increase a varied and robust employer base. Work closely with LBJ leadership to cultivate and maintain relationships with potential employers.

• Internship Tracking - Track and maintain student internships and evaluations. Keeps updated database of internships to share with students. Leads educational programming and both internal and external reporting for internships.

• Career Professional Development Program Track - Lead career readiness track in professional development certificate program. Assists in finding, vetting and creating career readiness programming for program.

• Other related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling or similar program and four years of work experience in career services; OR a bachelor's degree and six years of experience in career services.

• Excellent resume writing, interviewing, and job search skills.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, effective oral and written communication.

• Event planning and project management skills, including effective prioritizing, managing timelines, and coordinating resources in dynamic environments, while managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, or similar program.

• More than the required years of work experience in career services.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective rapport with students and employers.

• Experience coaching, advising, or mentoring, including building trust, identifying needs, providing support, offering actionable guidance, and ensuring follow-up.

Salary Range

$53,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

Usual office environment.  May perform work on concurrent multiple projects.  Extended work hours may be required.  Travel may be required.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer , complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031 .

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.