Career and Internship Program Advisor

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Occupational Summary:

The Career and Internship Program Advisor plays a central role in guiding students through career exploration, internship preparation, and professional development.

This advisor supports students across all class years through one-on-one advising, career education workshops, and experiential learning opportunities, with a special focus on managing and teaching within the Impact Beloit Concierge Internship Program.

The advisor builds strong relationships
with campus partners in Student Life, maintains career development resources and digital platforms, and oversees marketing and outreach efforts to ensure inclusive, accessible, and high-impact programming.

This is an 11-month position.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

1.

Career Development Advising (40%)
● Advises students in areas related to career development (including professional portfolio, graduate school, job searches, etc.) and experiential learning (including volunteering, college funding, experiential learning requirements, etc.).
● Uses the career management database and the college’s student database to report on student engagement with the Center and experiential learning opportunities.
● Refers students to workshops, other advisors, and/or resources as appropriate.
● Maintains up-to-date knowledge and information about career development, experiential learning trends, and best practices.
● Creates monthly reports summarizing students’ engagement with appointments and events.

2.

Internship Program Management (25%)
● Manages the Concierge Internship Program, including identifying and retaining employers, recruiting and selecting student participants, and managing alumni mentor connections.
● Teaches PRAX 352: Impact Beloit Concierge Internship course.
● Maintains documentation for student participation in on-campus and off-campus internships.

3.

Career Development Programming & Outreach (25%)
● Plans and leads career development workshops tailored to the specific needs of various student groups, including clubs, campus organizations, athletic teams, and residence halls.
● Coordinates resources to support programming and ensure independent student accessibility.
● Builds relationships with student organizations, faculty, and staff to encourage student involvement with the center.
● Plans and conducts tailored single-session workshops for the Advanced Mentoring Program (AMP), Connections sessions or similar first-year student programming.

4.

Operations (10%)
● Serves as the main point of contact and office specialist for all online tools (career management software, alumni networking platforms, supplementary aggregate sites, etc).
● Participates as a team member in activities related to the Center’s goals and objectives.
● Supervises the Marketing and Outreach student paraprofessionals.
● Oversees the Center’s social media and marketing efforts.

5.

Perform other similarly related duties as assigned.

Credentials and Experience:

1.

Bachelor’s degree in counseling, human resources, or related field.

(Master’s degree preferred.)
2.

Experience designing curricula and college-level academic instruction.
3.

2-4 years’ experience in career advising and employer relations/community partnerships or equivalent higher education experience.
4.

Experience developing relationships with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders.

(Experience working with students from low-income backgrounds or populations; Black, Indigenous and/or Students of Color; students with disabilities; and/or LGBTQ+ students preferred.)
5.

Experience with independently conceiving and completing projects.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

● Ability to understand and promote the mission of a residential, liberal arts college and to work well, in a fast-paced office, with diverse alumni, employers, faculty, staff, and the general public in a variety of situations.
● Commitment to serving students from historically marginalized populations.
● Oral and written communication skills, including the ability to make effective group presentations and to describe programs and provide information with clarity.
● Knowledge of the job market and employers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois.

(Focused knowledge of southern Wisconsin job markets and employers preferred.)
● Knowledge of current and emerging trends in alumni and employer relations, including national and regional job markets, college recruitment strategies and programming, career management systems/employer databases, alumni mentoring platforms, .
● Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and implement individual events and ongoing programs.
● Excellent problem solving skills, with the ability to think critically, effectively prioritize, plan, and organize multiple tasks and projects and meet set deadlines with minimal supervision.
● The ability to communicate effectively with and serve as a resource for external and internal stakeholders.

The intent of this job description is to provide the general nature and level of work required of employees who are assigned to this classification and shall not be constructed as an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities.

Employees may be instructed to perform job-related duties and responsibilities other than those specifically presented in this description.

How to Apply

To apply send a cover letter, resume, and names and contact information of three professional references.

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