POSTED: 11/09/09
DIRECTOR, CAREER SERVICES (#110609-61702)
Student Services
Bucks County Community College
Close Date 12/15/09
Position Description:
Administrative level 16. Full-time position responsible for managing the operations of Career Services.
Duties:
This position oversees the College's Career, Job, and Experiential Learning resources programs and services which are available at all three campuses and on the web; maintains budgets; supervises staff; counsels students on career and academic related issues; trains counselors to administer and interpret assessment tools; collaborates with faculty and staff; facilitates workshops and classroom presentations; plans and initiates new types of service delivery based on changing student needs, researching and maintaining information base pertaining to career and job specific exploration, implementing technological resources as necessary for career and personal exploration.
Required Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Counseling, Student Services or related field; knowledge of and coursework in the field of career development; experience with counseling in a college setting; excellent interpersonal and listening skills; demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with faculty and staff; demonstrated experience using technology in program oversight (including new media, web applications, Windows, and Outlook); experience with program assessment.
Application Process:
Send cover letter/resume to:
jobs@bucks.edu
fax: 215-504-8506
Institutional Information:
Bucks County Community College
275 Swamp Road
Newtown, PA 18940
POSTED: 10/07/09
Educational Advisor
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Close Date: 11/17/09
Position Description:
Under the direction of the Program Manager, responsible for providing individual educational advising and arranging educational opportunities for approximately 25 scholarship recipients who are gifted high school students from low-income to moderate-income families throughout the US.
Required Qualifications:
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree; Master's degree in school counseling, school psychology, or gifted education preferred. Minimum of four years of experience in a counseling, educational, or other relevant setting required. Experience working with low-income and high-achieving students and families preferred.
Application Process:
E-mail your cover letter and resume to: resumes@jkcf.org and note "Educational Adviser position (source: NACADA)" in the subject line. See full listing at www.jkcf.org. No phone calls please.
POSTED: 9/25/2009
Assistant Director for Advising
Outreach
Penn State
Close Date: Open Until Filled
Position Description
If you are a proven academic advising leader who is passionate about changing the lives of online adult learners and redefining what it means to be an academic advisor, we want to talk with you! We are looking for strong, forward-thinking administrative leadership for a growing team of professional academic advisors serving Penn State adult learners studying online through Penn State World Campus (in all fifty states and around the world). You will play a key role in developing team strategies for converting accepted applicants into matriculated learners and retaining learners through successful completion of academic goals, using data and trends related to advising online adult learners and Millenials. This is a fixed-term appointment for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding.
Duties
You will be responsible for managing the budget associated with advising operations and evaluating advising operational policies and procedures to ensure continuous quality improvement. In addition, you will be an active participant in building annual data-driven staffing and strategic plans. Finally, you will provide input/guidance into the Advising and Learner Success team's creative development of online academic support resources for distance learners, through the creative use of Web 2.0 technologies.
Required Qualifications
Requires Master's degree or equivalent, plus two years of work-related experience. Competencies critical to success are performance coaching and team building; exceptional external and internal customer service instincts; enthusiasm for strategic planning and numbers; fiscal management; follow through and attention to detail; thriving in a large, change-based, fast-paced organization; excellent verbal and written communication skills; a sense of humor; proficiency with Web 2.0 technologies; a demonstrated commitment to diversity; and personal accountability. Computer competencies needed are: MS Word, Excel, Web 2.0 technologies, chat, database software, and e-mail.
Application Process
Electronically submit a cover letter and resume to www.psu.jobs or mail to Employment & Compensation Division, Job #: A-30842, The Pennsylvania State University, Fifth Floor, James M. Elliott Building, University Park, PA 16802 or fax to 814-865-3750. Resumes accepted until position is filled.
Institutional Information
Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.
