Director of Life & Career Navigation

The new Life and Career Design Institute (LCDI) is committed to assisting each student reach their full potential, while fostering the institution’s mission of providing a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practices, for intellectually curious students in a collaborative, vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an equitable and just world.
The Director of Career Navigation will report to the inaugural Assistant Vice President for Life and Career Design.
The Director of Career Navigation stimulates high quality career, life, and graduate programming that engages students and challenge students to develop high level personal and professional competencies.
Essential Functions: Provide leadership and supervision for the Career Navigation team in the Life and Career Design Institute, which will offer a broad array of life and career design programs.
Develop comprehensive life and career design programs for the classroom and extra curricular experience.
Provide life and career counseling to students that align with the Compass Curriculum.
Collaborate with the Assistant Vice President in developing a innovative vision, and oversee the day to day functions of LCDI.
Work with the AVP to develop a strategic plan for the Life and Career Design Institute.
Develop assessment, evaluation, and analysis of programs that lead to the creation of new concepts, practices, that amplify the impact on student success and retention.
Oversee the administration of Handshake with the Director of Experiential Learning and Employer Relations for internship and job postings.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with faculty and staff to meet student needs.
Represent Life and Career Design to a broad range of constituents, including students, parents, and members of the faculty and staff, alumni and benefactors.
Partner with offices within the Division of Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and Institutional Equity and Inclusion to develop programs that encompass diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Collaborate with the AVP and Director for Experiential Learning and Employer Relations in hosting the annual career and graduate school fair.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities The successful candidate must be innovative, decisive, proactive and solution oriented.
Knowledge of liberal arts education and how it can be transformative to the student experience.
Knowledge of models for and practices in life and career design career design Ability to plan, organize and implement programs related to students’ job needs Demonstrated competence in strengthening and expanding internal and external relationships Proven ability to work effectively with students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
Strong advising, counseling and interpersonal skills.
Excellent written and oral communications.
Minimum Qualifications: Masters Degree Required Preferred Qualifications: Compensation and Benefits To attract and retain the most talented individuals, Wheaton College maintains a flexible and competitive staff compensation and benefits program.
When determining and establishing hiring rates or recruitment ranges for a position, the College considers a number of factors including the budget for the position, the range of the grade, the external market for the position or similar positions, level and scope of responsibilities, required education, skills and relevant experience as well as internal equity.
All salary offers must have the prior approval of the Office of Human Resources.
The salary for this position will be commensurate with the qualifications, education and experience.
Physical Demands ADA Statement: Individuals must possess these knowledges, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
Eeo Statement Wheaton College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or disability.
In a continuing effort to maintain and enrich an intellectually diverse learning environment, the Department and the College actively encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented groups.
Wheaton’s core belief is that valuing diversity is pivotal to personal development, intellectual expansion, and societal equity.
Our community is united by a shared dedication to equity and access that is essential to providing a transformative education in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Posting Date: 04/23/2024 Closing Date: Open Until Filled Yes Contact(s): Office of Human Resources Contact Phone/Extension: 508-286-8206 Contact Email: careers@wheatoncollege.
edu Contact Fax Special Instructions to Candidates: The federal government and the state of Massachusetts have made the decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Effective June 1, 2023, the college will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for members of our community.
Rather, we strongly recommend that everyone stay up to date on their vaccinations, including boosters, as recommended by their health care provider.
While we will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations, we strongly encourage members of our campus community to adhere to public health recommendations for vaccination to protect against COVID-19, as well as influenza and other diseases.