The Manager of Academic Engagement within the University Career Center is a dynamic and innovative role focused on advancing students' career success through collaborations with academic units, faculty, and staff. The incumbent will have a commitment to designing and delivering excellent career education and development to students through partnerships with faculty and staff. This position ensures scalable, and consistent delivery of career services to all students by cultivating strong partnerships with campus partners, playing a critical role in integrating career development into the academic enterprise. As part of the Student Pathways program, this position elevates campus career development programs to ensure broad participation for all KU students in interdisciplinary career engagement experiences. Reporting to the Program Director of the University Career Center, the job will need strategic thinking, adaptivity, and positivity to engage faculty and staff in the development of career development resources and programs.
The ideal candidate will have entrepreneurial acumen to create innovative programs to solve a business problem and an understanding of career development concepts and familiarity with career readiness competencies by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). They will have outstanding interpersonal skills with a demonstrated track record of cultivating and sustaining robust relationships with stakeholders. Unit Overview: The University Career Center (UCC) offers a wide range of quality services designed to support and challenge students at all points of their career development path. The University Career Center serves all KU students with a primary focus on students studying liberal arts and sciences, education, social welfare, music, architecture, and design. Academic Success Overview: Academic Success advocates for and strategically advances education at the University of Kansas. We support students from orientation to graduation, providing them with high-quality, data-driven academic and career advising, targeted academic support systems and networks, and empowering and engaging experiential learning. We serve the university, coordinating with faculty, staff, and students throughout KU to further educational initiatives and strategic goals. Our units include Success Initiatives, Orientation, Academic Advising and Career Advising, and University Academic Support Centers.
If you are looking for a rewarding and dynamic career, look no farther than the University of Kansas. In addition to a competitive salary, KU offers great benefits to employees with up to 176 hours of paid vacation per year, 96 hours of sick leave earned per year, 10 paid holidays plus one discretionary day, a great retirement program, medical and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, other benefit plan options and state of Kansas discounts offered by various vendors. KU also offers employees educational and professional development opportunities. KU is a great place to work!
