Summary
The Director of Career Services & Employer Relations is responsible for managing the Career Services Office and
its staff, which creates and implements comprehensive career planning to students and graduates. This position is also responsible for
leading employer relationship strategies and developing and maintaining employer contacts, while identifying opportunities for students and
graduates.
The Director of Career Services & Employer Relations is responsible for managing the Career Services Office and
its staff, which creates and implements comprehensive career planning to students and graduates. This position is also responsible for
leading employer relationship strategies and developing and maintaining employer contacts, while identifying opportunities for students and
graduates.
Supervise Career Services staff:
- Coordinate training.
- Provide necessary tools to staff to enhance work
performance. - Delegate projects as needed.
- Ensure efficient workflow.
- Encourage ongoing and meaningful student and
alumni support. - Consistently evaluate performance and provide coaching opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of team
members.
Provide Career Counseling:
- Counsel students and alumni on an individual and group basis regarding career planning
and job search strategies, including self-assessment, networking, interview skills, and professional skills development. - Create
short and long-term action plans and follow-up with students as needed regarding the steps to complete action plans. - Review resumes
and cover letters for students and alumni, including first-year students through open events dedicated to reviewing the basics of drafting
legal resumes and cover letters, conduct mock employment interviews, and advise law students about interviewing, networking, and job search
techniques. - Keep abreast of ABA and NALP regulations and legal market trends reported by NALP and the ABA and other related
organizations. Advise law students about current market trends regarding legal and alternative employers. - Actively encourage law
students to utilize Barry Connect (12twenty) and guide students to the information within the resources.
External
Outreach:
- Serve as primary point of contact for employer outreach efforts by cultivating employer contacts through attendance at
professional organization events such as bar association luncheons and professional conferences. - Participate in legal field
professional associations and regularly attend meetings. - Marketing law students and alumni to employers in the Central Florida area
and other regional markets. - Developing and implementing the department’s employment relations strategies.
- Research, invite,
and follow-up to create and expand On Campus Interview Program, including providing opportunities for public interest groups to interact
with students and offer pro bono opportunities. - Forge and maintain meaningful connections with alumni.
- Create, maintain, and
expand Employer Database specifically focusing on opportunities to expand the On Campus Interview Program and Career Fair
participation. - Providing content for social media outlets such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
- Collaborate with the
law school’s marketing representative to create advertising materials as needed; direct communication campaigns through forecasting target
markets. - Reach out to external legal community (including alumni, legal employers, and recruiters) to develop relationships and
facilitate semester recruiting programs and resume collections. - Direct all aspects of on-campus interviews and resume collection
programs.
Statistical Reporting:
- Maintaining the integrity and security of information for the online databases as
needed. - Conduct statistical analysis regarding all Career Services efforts to evaluate and plan future goals and programming.
- Processing at-graduation and 9-month post-graduation surveys and other related functions as needed.
- Gather and prepare
employment statistics for internal and external constituencies by managing annual outreach project for purposes of completing the ABA
Employment Questionnaire and NALP ERSS report with minimal oversight. - Approve and track students’ Pro Bono (both legal and
non-legal), PEP, and CCH hours.
Plan and Provide Programming:
- Develop and implement career path and professionalism programs
that support students and alumni with career planning and job search efforts. Programs will include informational sessions, panel
discussions including practitioners, and interactive workshops regarding the private and public sector jobs, judicial clerkships, and
non-traditional jobs. - Draft comprehensive materials regarding various aspects of the career planning process, to be utilized with or
separately from programs. - Plan, oversee, and host Career Fairs on campus.
- Oversee and provide content for social media
outlets. - Ensure that the functionality of Connect (12twenty) is maximized by posting and maintaining up-to-date information about
jobs, internships, and events; encouraging its use by students, alumni, and employers; and effectively using its data collection
capabilities.
Judicial Clerkship Programming:
- Coordinate and implement a judicial clerkship counseling program, including:
publish annual Judicial Clerkship Guide, updating as needed; coordinate and conduct Judicial Clerkship information session and former clerk
panel annually. - Establish and maintain a long-term Judicial Clerkship program by tracking students who are interested in and
pursuing clerkships, maintaining a database of alumni who have completed a clerkship and/or are currently employed as a judicial law
clerk. - Develop an outreach program to foster a pipeline with local, state, and federal courts by attending or participating in
bench/bar conferences, judicial conferences, or other appropriate events involving the judiciary.
Professional
Development:
- Seek appropriate professional development activities related to the role of Director as well as for the department staff
members. - Maintain National Association for Law Placement (NALP) primary membership.
- Participate in NALP and/or similar
activities to promote professional development and enhance the law school’s visibility on the national stage. - Provide student
programming focused on professional development and cultural competency in a professional setting.
Budget:
- Oversee budget
planning for the department by monitoring departmental spending, tracking expenses.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean.
Benefits: Barry University offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees that includes health, dental, vision, life
insurance, retirement, tuition assistance, paid time off and work/life balance initiatives such as wellness programs, spirituality in the
workplace, and training and development.
Barry University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work
environment.
The employment process will consist of the completion of an application, background and reference checks, interviews, and skill assessment testing where applicable.
Barry University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, life, retirement, tuition assistance, paid time off and work/life balance initiatives such as wellness programs, spirituality in the workplace and training and development.
Barry University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Barry University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Barry University does not discriminate applicants or employees for terms of employment on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, familial status, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability status, veteran status or any other terms prohibited under county ordinance, state or federal law.
