DIRECTOR / CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Manages the operational, budget, and personnel functions of the career development center. Provides career development programming and internship, mentoring, and employment opportunities for the students at Central Michigan University at the main campus in Mount Pleasant and at any off-site locations around the US. Serves as a leader in the Division of Student Recruitment and Retention responsible for operating a unit that enhances student learning, retention, and successful outcomes.

Master’s degree in business, educational administration, counseling, college student personnel, or related field required.
A minimum of five (5) years of experience in career planning and employment work, preferable in a centralized operation.
Experience in program development, supervision and evaluation, and budgeting.
Ability to use current technology and adapt to emerging technologies
Ability to interact effectively with people, possess excellent communication skills and leadership ability, and be dedicated to the University’s Leadership
Standards and the National Association of Colleges and Employer’s principles and practices of career planning, employment, and recruitment.

Experience working with campus partners to raise funds to support initiatives

Leads operations of the career development center to ensure efficient, timely, and effective services and initiatives in line with leading-edge practices in career education and workplace learning.
Leads in the development and articulation of the vision and mission of the university’s career development center. Provides strategic vision and planning for career development, including internal and external initiatives and programs. The strategic direction will be based on career development research, economic and workforce conditions, current trends and issues in today’s and tomorrow’s work world, and benchmarking our programs and services with key educational institutions. Goals and initiatives will be aligned with the overall department, division, and campus strategic goals.
Develops short and long-range operating plans, including budgets, programs and services, personnel, technology/other equipment, and space.
Supervises staff, including training (as needed), staff evaluation, professional development, and related personnel matters.
Provides career development programming as well as internship, mentoring, and employment opportunities for the students at Central Michigan University at the main campus in Mount Pleasant and at any off-site locations around the US. Plans, coordinates, and conducts all university events that prepare students for employment and provide employment opportunities.
Collaborates with faculty and other stakeholders to ensure all CMU students are provided access to resources that help them explore potential careers, engage in the right kinds of experiences that will help them prepare to enter the workforce or further education, and develop a personal brand so they can articulate the value of the marketable skills they have developed in their time at the university.
Leads change to remain responsive to student career development needs and evolving market trends.
Oversees develops and ensures timely and accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting for assessment of the CDC initiatives and services, as well as tracking of career-related outcomes.
Develops strong, ongoing relationships with regional/national employers that hire recent college graduates and alumni. Promote career services’ employment-related services to this constituency.
Participates in professional development activities to ensure professional growth and knowledge needed to provide effective leadership and program development.
Develops and strengthens networks between CMU and various professional organizations, including, but not limited to NACE, CLC, MwACE, and MCEEA.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisors are expected to support the Leadership Standards of Central Michigan University and foster a culture that inspires excellence. The Leadership Standards define how we lead and treat others in our teams. As leaders, it is our responsibility to seek input from our teams to continuously improve leadership abilities and demonstration of the standards. Additionally, it is our responsibility to encourage and support the growth and development of those whom we lead. At CMU, we encourage employees to grow both personally and professionally, and thus advance CMU’s culture of excellence.

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering a broadly diverse and inclusive campus that respects all social identities, experiences, and perspectives. In an effort to further this initiative, we are especially interested in candidates who will advance and promote an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our university community.

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials by October 1, 2024.

Professional & Administrative -Salary

1

$92,000 - $105,000

Student Recruitment & Retention

Career Development Center

Regular

Full-Time

1.0

12 month

Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as required.

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.