Associate Director, Career Exploration & Development (CXD) - Advisor for Science & Healthcare Careers
Full Time
Brunswick, ME 04011
Posted
Job description
Posting Details
Title
Associate Director, Career Exploration & Development (CXD) - Advisor for Science & Healthcare Careers
Posting Number
S01115JP
Department
Career Exploration and Development
Job Summary
This is a great role for someone with experience in science, healthcare, or both to engage with young people with career aspirations in these fields! The Associate Director of Career Exploration and Development (“CXD”) fo rScience and Healthcare Careers will advise students and create programming to serve the needs of those exploring and pursuing careers in healthcare (e.g. medical/dental/veterinary, life sciences consulting, public health, mental health, biotech, pharmaceuticals, clinical/biomedical research) and the sciences (e.g. chemistry, engineering, research, conservation, marine sciences and aquaculture, renewables, biotech and engineering). The Associate Director will not need to have have expertise in this broad set of fields but will build and maintain relationships with alumni and parents who often volunteer to network with students and provide CXD with job and internship opportunities.
This position will work collaboratively with Bowdoin’s Director of Health Professions Advising in the Division of Academic Affairs (which supports candidates with the application process to graduate programs in the health professions). The Associate Director will also work closely with CXD’s Employer Relations Team to build and maintain relationships with employers in these industries. The position will liaise with faculty frequently to collaborate on joint programming and advising and serve as a liaison to Bowdoin student pre-professional clubs in these fields. This position reports to the Director of Career Advising.
Key responsibilities include:
This position will work collaboratively with Bowdoin’s Director of Health Professions Advising in the Division of Academic Affairs (which supports candidates with the application process to graduate programs in the health professions). The Associate Director will also work closely with CXD’s Employer Relations Team to build and maintain relationships with employers in these industries. The position will liaise with faculty frequently to collaborate on joint programming and advising and serve as a liaison to Bowdoin student pre-professional clubs in these fields. This position reports to the Director of Career Advising.
Key responsibilities include:
- Industry advising expert. Provide individual student advising support (both in person and via email) and develop career programs and services to aid students in exploring and pursuing internships and full-time employment in the science and healthcare fields.
- Graduate program advising. Provide support for students and alumni exploring and pursuing Master’s or Ph.D. degrees in science, engineering and math fields.
- Industry liaison responsibilities. Build and maintain relationships with alumni, parents, and other College supporters who work in these fields as well as with employers to grow student access to connections for networking, internships, and job opportunities. Develop and update content for weekly career sector newsletters and related CXD content areas to connect students with up-to-date resources and guidance accessible outside of advising.
- Industry programming responsibilities. Oversee student outreach and education programs for these fields including skill-building workshops and alumni and parent speakers. Serve as advisor to, and collaborator with, student pre-professional clubs. Collaborate closely with faculty in related subject areas.
- Multicultural competence. Work effectively with students, faculty, staff, employers, and alumni representing a variety of backgrounds; review the annual mix of programs and presentations with an eye for equitable access to opportunity (mix of programming, accessibility, and appeal to all potentially interested students).
- General responsibilities.
- Provide general career guidance to students, as member of wider CXD team, to encourage early engagement, review application materials and processes and train on use of Bowdoin career resources. Collaborate with CXD team, faculty, and other staff to produce and deliver career development programming for general student body and communities of affiliation.
- Regular and punctual attendance.
- Work effectively with others and perform to the best of personal abilities to successfully accomplish individual, departmental, and College goals.
- Adherence to and enforcement of College policies as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.
The salary range for this position is expected to be: $70,000 – $73,000/year.
Education/Skills Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, relevant Master’s degree preferred.
- Three to seven years of work experience in at least one of the relevant career fields.
- Experience working with college students or recent graduates is a plus.
Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents
Required:
- Experience working directly in the sciences and deep understanding of healthcare or experience advising students or recent graduates about careers in science and healthcare.
- Proven program planning and execution skills; excellent writing, public speaking, networking and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to build rapport with students, communicate effectively with a wide range of campus constituencies, and leverage relationships with alumni, parents, faculty, and staff; exceptional organizational skills and career counseling skills; facility/comfort with technology-based search and networking tools (e.g. LinkedIn, customer relationship management type databases); and vision, creativity, imagination and a great sense of humor.
Preferred:
- Experience working in the sciences, preferably industry or scientific research.
- Commitment to equity proven by developing or working with initiatives that serve underrepresented or historically excluded groups.
Standard Work Days and Hours
Generally, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm while students are on campus with some night and weekend hours especially during peak periods of semester (September-October and January-February).
- This is a .92 FTE with benefits including vacation time.
- This is an exempt position requiring the time commitment necessary to successfully complete job requirements.
About Bowdoin
Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for more than 225 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rest on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine. Bowdoin’s student body is vibrant and intellectually engaged.
Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students—including first-generation college students—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors. The Class of 2023 at Bowdoin College is, by several measures, the most culturally diverse and socioeconomically representative class in the College’s history.
The College’s commitment to providing an inclusive and equitable experience for all members of the campus community is evident in the significant investments it has made. Bowdoin recently hired its first Senior Vice President for Inclusion and Diversity and launched THRIVE, a college-wide initiative designed to foster achievement, belonging, mentorship, and transition in support of low-income students, first-generation students, and students of color following a generous gift from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings ’83. To best serve the entire student body, the Associate Director will work with colleagues on the advising team and with the Executive Director to ensure that CXD offers inclusive services and programs that meet all students where they are and are appropriate and valuable for all students with a broad set of career interests.
Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston. Bowdoin College is located on the ancestral homelands of the Wabanaki. Today the Wabanaki include the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot nations, who have deep and enduring relationships with Maine’s lands and waterways.
Housed in the Division of Student Affairs, Career Exploration and Development (“CXD”) is responsible for all aspects of career development, from advising on career and graduate study to fostering employer and alumni connections that lead to internships and jobs. The strength of CXD lies in the supportive, individualized advising and programming it provides to students over four years of study; the real-world expertise of staff; deep and broad connections to alumni, parents and employers; and the post-graduate success of students who pursue traditional and non-traditional career paths in every field.
Shift
Employment Category
Full Time Year Round
FTE
0.92
Benefits Eligible
Yes
Pay Type
Salaried
Background Check Package Requirements
Faculty/Administrative
Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Bowdoin vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?
No
Is a pre-placement physical required for this position?
No
Posting Date
05/12/2023
Applications Accepted Until
Open Until Filled
No
Type of Posting
Internal/External
Special Instructions to Applicants
EEO Information
Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses.
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