Director of Career Education

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Application Deadline: When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

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Department: Career Development Center

• Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• A resume
• A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

For additional information please contact: Michal Kawka

Job Summary

The Career Development Center is seeking a Director of Career Education. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.

The Director of Career Education is one of the leaders within the Career Development Center (CDC), reporting directly to the Executive Director. In collaboration with the Executive Director and other leaders in the CDC, the Director of Career Education provides leadership and helps support the implementation of Oregon State University's Beyond OSU vision, a university-wide approach that prepares students for meaningful careers, graduate and professional education, lifelong career development, and success beyond Oregon State University. Learn more about Beyond OSU Vision.

The position leads the Career Education Team, comprised of seven college-embedded Assistant Directors of Career Development who provide career education, programming, resources, and holistic career support for students across OSU's colleges. This work includes stewarding partnerships with academic colleges as well as collaborating with university and community partners.

The Director builds strategic partnerships across the institution to ensure career education remains responsive to students' needs, workforce trends, employer expectations, and emerging best practices in higher education and career development. The position champions a student-centered approach that helps all students, including Ecampus students, access high-quality career support throughout their educational journey, regardless of location, college affiliation, educational modality, or career goals.

The Director exercises significant independence and decision-making authority and serves as a key strategic advisor to university leaders regarding career education, student career outcomes, and workforce readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides vision, leadership, and strategic direction for delivering career education and support for undergraduate students across Oregon State University, consistent with the Beyond OSU vision.
• Leads the Career Education Team, comprised of seven Assistant Directors of Career Development embedded in OSU's academic colleges. Provides leadership for the distributed team structure.
• Builds partnerships with associate deans, department heads, faculty, academic advisors, and student success professionals to foster career education efforts across colleges and programs. Ensures that career education is accessible to students across in-person, hybrid, and online modalities.
• Leads comprehensive assessment of career education initiatives and outcomes, including strategies to evaluate quality and equity of access to career education resources and support.
• Partners with the Executive Director to establish departmental priorities and strategic direction. Contributes to department-wide planning, resource management, and decision-making.
• Provides leadership for major initiatives, projects, committees, and workgroups.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, career development, organizational leadership, education, business, or related field.
• Three years of progressively responsible experience in career development, student affairs, higher education, workforce development, recruitment, or a related field that provides the knowledge and skills required for the position.
• Three years of supervisory experience, including experience supporting the professional development and performance of full-time employees.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing strategies, programs, or services at scale, including establishing priorities, leading the implementation, and evaluating progress toward goals.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and sustain collaborative partnerships across organizational lines, including experience working with senior leaders, faculty, staff, employers, community partners, or other diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience using quantitative and qualitative data to assess programs or services, inform decision-making, and program improvement.
• Knowledge of career development, workforce trends, career readiness, or student success practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation skills, including demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of constituents.
• Demonstrated experience developing programs or services that respond to the needs of diverse student populations and promote equitable access.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze complex issues, evaluate alternatives, make decisions, and lead multiple priorities in a collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence across organizational boundaries, build alignment among diverse partners, and advance shared priorities without formal authority.
• Experience leading career education, career services, or related programs that support the career development of students, adult learners, or professionals.
• Experience developing career education or student success programs for diverse student populations across in-person, hybrid, and online educational modalities.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $105,000

Anticipated Start Date: 2027-01-18

Anticipated End Date

When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

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