General Purpose: Provide internship education through coursework and manage contracts while providing training and communication
between students, faculty, and employers regarding internships. The Assistant Director will oversee the MICAnetwork job and opportunity
database management and conduct technology systems integration and vendor communications for the Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career
Development.
Major role functions:
- Advise and coach students, collaborate with faculty and staff members, and
work directly with employers regarding internships - Provide career advising to students and alumni up to 10 hours per week and class
presentations as needed - Facilitate MICA’s for-credit internship program, including management of the Internship Orientation,
internship agreements, and the Canvas Course INT402, including assignments and grading - Manage design, functionality, and system
integration of MICA network job and opportunity database - Communicate effectively with both external and internal constituencies,
including employers, faculty, and students
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide internship and
career development advising and programming through scheduled/drop-in appointments, email/phone calls with students, class presentations,
and group programs - Design and facilitate in-person group and online training sessions for students regarding internships and
MICAnetwork - Revise online Internship Orientation with quiz for approving students to begin an internship as needed
- Create,
manage, and approve all incoming internship agreements electronically through MICAnetwork, facilitate internship approval process with
faculty and employers, and register students for internship credit with the Registrar - Develop and co-teach the internship course
INT402 in Canvas, and monitor all student assignments toward completion - Manage student and employer concerns that arise during
internships and determine solutions that keep all parties in compliance with MICA policies and federal laws - Oversee Internship
Fellowship program, including donor relations, student promotion, selection, disbursement, and tracking of funds, and intern site
visits - Track all internships on campus, whether for credit or not, to provide accurate reporting and data collection on internship
completion for MICA students - Coordinate with academic departments to provide past internship data and current resources specific to
their major around internship opportunities to encourage more students to complete internships - Assist with acquiring partnerships
with national and international internship sites and maintain positive working relationships with existing employer partners, including
assistance with employer and networking events. - Design, maintain, and write copy for all internship websites, including Internship
Histories, Internship Blog, Find an Internship Microsite, and mica.edu/internships - Serve as Career Development’s liaison to
Academic Advising, keeping advisers updated with student internship records, internship planning, and career development resources - Maintain ongoing collaboration with key partners (Academic Programs, Office of International Education, Registrar, Graduate Studies) to
develop a culture of all students reporting internships as a requirement - Manage the MICAnetwork job and opportunity database,
including design, functionality, system integration, upgrades, and data accuracy - Develop queries between PeopleSoft and MICAnetwork
and manage migration of data between systems - Vet, build, and sustain relationships with technology vendors for Career Development,
including but not limited to: Interstride, Behance, Canvas, and Calendly. - Troubleshoot and maintain business processes
- Maintain employer, student, and alumni database MICAnetwork, update student and alumni information each semester, and train staff on how
to add and extract information, and gather statistics - Work with Career Development team and partners around campus to create new
online content as needed, and explore new technological platforms to ensure Career Development remains a dynamic and innovative
resource - Gather information and statistics on student/alumni usage of Career Development, including assessment of services, to
assist in office reports - Serve on Student Affairs and campus-wide committees
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with collegiate internship and/or data management systems
experience - Advanced Excel experience
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication, and sound judgment
- Possess effective organizational skills, attention to detail, and an ability to multi-task
- Ability to work independently while
part of a team, and take initiative when necessary - Computer skills, including proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office
Suite, and databases and web research.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in a related field
- Experience in an art and design environment or career development
- Experience working with college students
- Supervisory
experience
Conditions of Employment:
- Satisfactory background check
Reporting to this
position: None
Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described
here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel
objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and
the ability to adjust focus. - Work environment: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is exposed to weather
conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. - Required training: Handbook
orientation, Anti-Harassment, Hazard Communication, Emergency Plans & Fire Prevention, Personal Protection Equipment.
MICA is an equal opportunity employer. As an educational institution dedicated to individual development in the visual arts, MICA nurtures, supports, and celebrates diversity in all of its forms including aesthetic, cultural, and philosophical and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, socio-economic status, and marital status. This requires that the College develop and maintain a diverse community of trustees, administration, staff, faculty, and students; and that diversity is a fundamental philosophic value that informs the content of all of its programs and activities. MICA’s commitment to diversity prepares its graduates to excel professionally and assume leadership roles in a global context.
