Associate Director, McDonough Career Center – McDonough School of Business - Georgetown University
Job Description
Located in a historic neighborhood in the nation's capital, Georgetown offers rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, exciting ways to take advantage of Washington, D.C., and a commitment to social justice. Our community is a tight knit group of remarkable individuals interested in intellectual inquiry and making a difference in the world.
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Associate Director, McDonough Career Center – McDonough School of Business - Georgetown University
Job Overview
The Associate Director, McDonough Career Center - MBA Programs is a key member of the Career Management team responsible for developing career management strategies and counseling students on their careers. Additionally, this person will manage the employer relationships and assist with the design of marketing strategies for a group of employers within specified MBA Industry Segments. This person contributes career advice and industry expertise to the development and delivery of value-added, client-focused career management services for the 500 full-time MBA students, 380 evening MBA students and MBA alumni. The Associate Director is expected to be familiar with the MBA curriculum and, in conjunction with the faculty and student services, advise the students on the applicability of the curriculum in their chosen career path. This person supports the admissions process by interviewing prospective candidates, conducting career management presentations at admissions events, and/or providing employer-focused counsel to the Admissions team.
The Associate Director focuses on international opportunities and management development programs, and coaches students whose focus is on a specific function vs. an industry or who are uncertain of their career focus. The Associate Director focuses on all Corporate Functional areas within assigned Industries. This role/Associate Director may focus on (but not be limited to): Consulting Industry, Venture Capital Industry, Strategy Function, and Entrepreneurship.
Work Interactions
This position reports to an Assistant Dean. This person also provides leadership and support to Industry Team members. This person will have primary responsibility for external relationships and account management on behalf of career management. This person may interact closely with McDonough and Georgetown faculty and administrators, alumni, employers, and McDonough Board members, and serve as key liaison between employers and students.
The Associate Director works closely with faculty, McDonough staff, students, employers, alumni, and other stakeholders who may influence the career path of the students. All Associate Directors will have Student Peer Advisors assigned, who are industry experts and provide career management advice and recruiting guidance to students and employers, respectively. A Recruitment Coordinator will be required as a team member where the number and complexity of industry segments covered is disproportionately high.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Industrial Psychology, HR, Higher Education, Counseling, or equivalent degree required.
- 5+ years in very polished, demanding corporate environment is required.
- Experience and or strong knowledge of higher education are desired.
- Experience within MBA recruiting process and management experience in a Human Resources environment.
- Extremely strong interpersonal communication abilities and strong team orientation.
- Proven experience handling corporate and/university relationships.
- Proven leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-task environment with tight deadlines.
- Experience coaching and mentoring junior staff on professional development and career skills.
- Must be strategic and innovative and focus on holistic, systemic solutions.
- Strong leadership, coaching/advising skills.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and deliver results by working with others.
- Must have significant experience/expertise in Consulting and functional experience in project management. Must have recruiting experience as a hiring manager, interviewer, or recruiting/HR professional.
- Experience with case interviews.
- Strong attention to detail, high productivity and results-oriented work ethic, positive attitude, passion for relationship building and people development, bias for action and taking ownership of tasks.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft (word, xls, ppt), understanding of general recruiting databases and budgeting experience are preferred.
- Highly organized and creative.
- High level of flexibility and innovation
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Georgetown University is an
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fully dedicated to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation), disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic
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.Benefits:
Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the
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