Job Posting Title:
Associate Director of Life and Career Integration
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Hiring Department:
Texas Career Engagement Career Services
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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:
AUSTIN, TX
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Job Details:
General Notes
Career Success at The University of Texas at Austin is a nerve center for the campus career ecosystem that collaborates with career services offices, campus partners and employer partners to develop and provide scalable resources, infrastructure and programming that can be implemented across the colleges and schools towards career success for all students. To learn more about our department, visit https://careersuccess.utexas.edu/.
You'll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of university staff, thereby enhancing the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll enjoy working in our department and for UT Austin. UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:
- Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
- Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
- Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
- Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
- Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
- Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
- Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
- Tuition assistance
- Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
- Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
- Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card
For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards.
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Purpose
The University of Texas at Austin is seeking an innovative and strategic associate director to join the central Career Success team to partner with Colleges, Schools, and Units (CSUs) to integrate a life design framework as part of students’ career success. This role supports a university-wide effort to expand on the university’s definition of student success – we want to help students be able to design lives for themselves that are fulfilling and impactful. The University’s goal is to, within five years, achieve 90% of graduates having a plan for their life and careers. The associate director will report to the director of life and career integration.
Responsibilities
- Implementation with Colleges and Schools: Consult with staff and faculty in the colleges and schools – including career services, student success, and advising units – to integrate life design into the student academic and co-curricular experience. Provide expertise, guidance, and tactical implementation when necessary to develop courses, educational modules, workshops, and online learning experiences that maximize impact. Partner with CSU instructors to find opportunities and solutions for life design implementation within existing and new courses.
- Strategic Engagement: Work closely with the director of life and career integration to develop and manage an institution-level life design strategy and to
ensure campus-wide continuity of the implementation framework. Identify and prioritize opportunities for radical collaboration within CSUs and across units. - Training and Facilitation Program: Lead the development and execution of a training program designed to educate UT faculty and staff about life and career integration and how to most effectively implement the framework with students at scale across the university. Build a calendar of training opportunities for specific constituents, such as staff and faculty.
- Implementation of Assessment Strategy: Develop and administer evaluation surveys to measure effectiveness of life and career integration programs. Manage data and provide regular summaries to director and other leaders. Integrate evaluation data into other reports, educating colleges and schools on the effectiveness of their efforts towards the university’s career success metrics.
- Supervise professional staff: Supervise the manager of training and facilitation and other positions as the team grows.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 4+ years of working in educational environments
- 2+ years of experience implementing projects in higher education settings
- Experience with Qualtrics, Project Management Software, and PowerPoint
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
- The ideal candidate will exceed the required qualifications and have significant experience, preferably at an Assistant Director level or the equivalent.
- Teaching experience in higher education
- Training and/or certifications in life design
Salary Range
$77,000 + depending on qualifications
Working Conditions
- May work around standard office conditions
- Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
- Use of manual dexterity
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:
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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.
