Job Number: JR101558
Location: Cambridge,
MA
The Opportunity
Lesley University is seeking a Career Services Coordinator to support our Threshold
Program. Reporting to the Director of Career Services, the Coordinator will play a key role in designing and facilitating skill-building
workshops that align with students’ evolving needs and progress toward employment readiness. In this position, the Coordinator will deliver
skill-building workshops about employment, create detailed internship plans tailored by industry, place students at internship sites, visit
internship sites, and oversee student’s development through collaboration with site supervisors.
This role also involves presenting
the Threshold internship program to partner organizations, maintaining strong external relationships, meeting regularly with program
administrators, attending weekly staff meetings and program-wide events, and providing one-on-one advising to assigned students each
semester to support their internship and employment goals. This position is ideal for a student-focused professional with a passion for
career development and inclusive education.
Qualities and Capabilities
A successful candidate will
have:
- Bachelor’s degree in vocational rehabilitation, special education, business administration, or a related field required;
Master’s degree preferred - 2+ years of experience working in vocational rehabilitation, integrated employment, case management, or
special education - Demonstrated ability to understand individual students’ skills and adapt workshops
appropriately - Experience working with adults with special needs
- Travel to local employment sites regularly; Ability to work
occasional evening and weekend hours if needed - Demonstrated success using digital technology and the internet to achieve program
goals
Why Lesley
Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly
regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a
highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni
are empowered to improve and enrich communities.
We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and
long-term disability insurance. In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that
enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.
Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic
diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at
Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity
for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual’s capacity to confidently and
competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our
country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an
institution.
Expressing Interest
A letter of interest, CV/resume, and a statement addressing past
and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, professional activity, and/or service must be included
for full consideration.
At Lesley University we strive for a supportive and equitable environment where people — regardless of race,
ethnicity, color, sex, physical ability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, genetic information, veteran or military status, membership in uniformed services, and all other categories protected by
applicable state and federal laws — can participate equally and fully as their true selves in all aspects of university life. Accordingly,
the University prohibits discrimination based on these protected categories in any education program or activity that it operates, including
in admission and in employment. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution. Individuals
may submit concerns or questions related to discrimination to the University’s Director of Equal Opportunity. Please visit the Office of
Equal Opportunity’s webpage for the University’s
entire notice of nondiscrimination and for additional information.
Base Pay Range: $58,656 – $65,774 annually
Lesley University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to increasing the diversity of the university community and the curriculum. Candidates who believe they can contribute to this goal are encouraged to apply.
