The Assistant Director of Student Employment contributes to the overall mission of Carleton College by leading the student employment function within the Career Center, which includes but is not limited to supporting the collection and posting of student employment positions, designing and delivering professional development for student staff supervisors and student employees, and reporting on student employment activities and student learning outcomes. The Assistant Director ensures seamless integration of student employment into the Carleton experience and helps to ensure that nearly 80% of Carleton students who participate in student employment are prepared to leverage their experience toward their post-collegiate goals.
The Assistant Director reports to the Director of the Carleton Career Center and serves as a member of the Career Center’s leadership team, providing direct supervision to the staff assigned to the student employment functional area. The Assistant Director will collaborate closely with other campus offices, including the Student Work Coordinator within Financial Aid and Human Resources, to provide a robust and valuable student employment experience.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:
Program Management and Student Employment Operations
In consultation with the Director of the Career Center, Director of Student Financial Aid, and Human Resources, the Assistant Director will:
- Benchmark, design, and oversee the implementation of Carleton’s Student Employment program in alignment with college policies and applicable employment laws.
- Oversee the collection, review, and maintenance of student employment job descriptions for all student employment positions, providing guidance to supervisors and departments as necessary to support the goal.
- Lead the campus-wide job posting process, maintaining appropriate technology tools (e.g. Handshake, WordPress, Google Forms) to support the process.
- Develop opportunities to provide employer and graduate insights to the campus community, highlighting key opportunities to help students develop and translate key skills from their student employment experiences to life beyond Carleton.
- Collaborate with Student Financial Aid to facilitate the placement of first-year students into campus roles aligned with their skills, interests, and financial aid awards.
- Establish standards for student evaluations, working closely with campus partners to create a culture of feedback and professional growth for students and supporting supervisor training to support the evaluation process.
- Identify, evaluate, and lead Carleton participation in any strategic programs such as Work+, Iowa Grow, or similar to ensure that Carleton student employment practices are aligned with best practices in the field of higher education.
- Maintain accurate records for student employment and lead efforts to report on established metrics.
Student Professional Development and Programming
- Establish and deliver a series of student professional development resources and workshops to support students in developing career-readiness competencies aligned with NACE recommendations.
- Oversee engagement tracking for student professional development and related career development activities to support the goals of student employment and Carleton’s Four Year Career Development Plan.
Additional Job Responsibilities: n/a
Supervision Received and Exercised:
Supervision and Management
- Provide direct supervision to professional or student staff in the student employment functional area with a focus on team-building and development.
- Foster a systems approach to student employment, working to integrate the work of the team such that resources and time are used intentionally and efficiently to support students and student staff supervisors.
Education/Experience/Skills:
Required Education and Experience:
- Master’s Degree, plus three-five years of professional work experience in a higher education or human resources setting, with a preference for prior experience in student employment
- Demonstrated experience employing strong interpersonal skills to build networks and relationships, particularly with internal constituencies
- Experience with strategic planning or program design, including the ability to forecast needs and implement an outreach and engagement strategy
- Experience supervising professional staff, with a commitment to developing individuals and teams
- Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and mail merge, with a preference for experience with online recruiting or personnel management platforms such as Handshake or Workday
- Familiarity with NACE Career Competencies and strategies for fostering the development of key skills among a student population.
- A deep interest in a liberal arts education and commitment to student life and learning
Physical Requirements: None
Must have the ability to understand and follow written and oral work instructions, operations, safety procedures, and hazardous labels.
Note: This position description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete. We accept only online applications.
Carleton also offers a robust suite of benefits, including: A generous 403(b) retirement plan with a 10% employer contribution and 2% employee contribution. Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. Paid time-off, including 25 annual leave days, 8 paid holidays, and extra days at the end of the calendar year to make a continuous week off before New Year’s. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees. A dependent tuition program after six years of service.
Founded in 1866, Carleton College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of roughly 2,000 students located in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota. Carleton College occupies more than 1,000 scenic acres of campus, arboretum, over 100 campus buildings, and athletic fields. Located 40 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Carleton offers access to the cultural advantages of a major metropolitan area.
Carleton College aspires to provide a liberal arts education that equips students with the skills to lead a fully realized life in a diverse and changing world. A Carleton education recognizes that the world’s people differ in their race and ethnicity, culture, political and social worldviews, religious and spiritual understandings, language and geographic characteristics, gender, gender identities and sexual orientations, learning and physical abilities, age, and social and economic classes. It is essential to our high academic standards that we be committed to creating a diverse campus community.
A community that fosters diversity of thought and an open exchange of ideas can only emerge from the participation of individuals with different backgrounds and worldviews. Because creative and talented people come from many places and have many backgrounds, Carleton College is dedicated to attracting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff, student body, and Board of Trustees and sees this as among our highest priorities. Carleton’s commitment to diversity will sustain and enrich the learning and living environment that defines the institution and its place in the world.
