Director Of Career Services And Student Life

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Director of Career Services and Student Life
Duties: Coordinate training. Provide necessary tools to staff to enhance work performance. Delegate projects as needed. Ensure efficient workflow. Counsel students and alumni on an individual and group basis regarding career planning and job search strategies, including self-assessment, networking, 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 the Legal Writing and Research classes, conduct mock employment interviews, and advise law students about interviewing, networking, and job search techniques. Keep abreast of NALP regulations and legal market trends reported by NALP and other related organizations. Advise law students about current market trends regarding legal and alternative employers. Actively encourage law students to utilize the Career Resources Library and guide students to the information within the resources. Review, develop, maintain and administer student life policies, procedures and practices which foster and promote student engagement through social outlets and which support the educational program of the law school. Supervise the preparation of the student government and student organization budgets to ensure available dollars are effectively utilized by each organization. Oversee event approvals, reimbursements, and general operations of the organizations. Plan and direct goals, objectives, and daily activities/events. Lead and direct the Interclub Council, consisting of the executive boards of each organization. Other tasks necessary when dealing with student organizations or SBA Responsible for planning and implementing co-curricular and extracurricular student life programs for all students with the ultimate goal of enhancing student satisfaction and success, including: Family Day. Pro Bono Fair. Professor of the Year event. Semester lunch and dinner events. Organization Fair. 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 handouts regarding various aspects of the career planning process, to be utilized with or separately from programs. Oversee and provide content for social media outlets. 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. 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 activities to promote professional development and enhance the law school’s visibility on the national stage. Gather and prepare employment statistics for internal and external constituencies by managing annual outreach project. Reach out to external legal community (including alumni, legal employers, and recruiters) to develop relationships and facilitate semester recruiting programs and resume collections. Participate in legal field professional associations and regularly attend related events. Direct all aspects of on-campus interviews and resume collection programs. Collaborate with school Marketing Representative to create advertising materials as needed; direct communication campaigns through forecasting target markets, Oversee budget planning for the department by monitoring departmental spending and tracking expenses. Maintain departmental p-card for purchases and reconcile monthly.

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