New England HERC

Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement best practices for career development, employer outreach, and experiential learning opportunities.
• Driving Student Engagement: Design and deliver innovative programs, resources, and advising that actively engage students in career planning and job search strategies.
• Team Management: Lead, train, and supervise team of career services professionals to provide exceptional student support.
• Partnership Building: Cultivate relationships with alumni, employers, government agencies, and other organizations to expand internship and employment opportunities.
• Collaboration: Work closely with school leadership, faculty, and counterparts across Tufts and peer institutions to align career services with academic and industry trends.
• Operational Oversight: Manage budgets, facilities, technology planning, and long-term strategic initiatives in partnership with school leadership.
• Representation: Serve as the School's ambassador at university-wide and external events to promote career services and student success.
• The Director plays a critical role in ensuring every student is engaged, prepared, and connected to meaningful career opportunities.
• Creates overall program strategy and marketing plan for career services. Manages design and participates in the delivery and evaluation of programs, workshops and networking events on career exploration and development with staff.
• Plays leadership role in educating university leadership and constituents on industry trends, employer culture and hiring processes. Cultivates relationships and collaborates with faculty, university administrators, alumni and industry employers to provide targeted programming and messaging to students. Attends and presents information at regional and national conferences to network with potential employers and increase awareness of Tufts brand.
• Conducts individual career advising appointments (in-person and virtual) with in-person and online students and alumni. Oversight of individual career advising of the professional career services staff.
• Oversees strategy to initiate corporate outreach and maintain relationships to increase internship and employment opportunities. Promotes Tufts graduates and represents the university to industry employers and other external constituents.
• Oversees management of website and career services print collateral and marketing materials. Manages production of web-based career services and events; evaluates use of new technology in the delivery of services to constituents. Manages information technology systems and databases to support career services and programs.
• Hires, trains and manages career services staff; evaluates employees and oversees professional development opportunities.
• Manages development and monitoring of career services budget; conducts long term financial planning and analysis; oversees major/capital expenditures and provides reports to management. Manages space and facilities planning for career services.

About Tufts University

This is Tufts. Tufts is a student-centered research university with a constellation of world-class schools encompassing undergraduate, graduate, professional, and lifelong learning programs. Across the university, students satisfy their intellectual curiosity, jump-start rewarding careers, and unlock bright, promising futures. Through rigorous academics, groundbreaking research, and a commitment to civic engagement and leadership, our community of students, faculty, and staff collaborate across four Massachusetts campuses to build a brighter world (Medford/Somerville, Grafton, Boston-Chinatown, and Boston-Fenway). Our employees light the way. Tufts develops innovative solutions for the most complex global challenges of our time through teaching, research, and an unparalleled investment in civic engagement. In administration and operations, in dining centers and in labs, every employee plays a role in our mission for a better, brighter world. At Tufts, the work you do matters. So do you. Enjoy flexible and remote opportunities, innovative benefits, and an inclusive, welcoming, collaborative culture that supports you. Develop your skills. Take classes. Advance your career. ...Do work that makes you proud in a community you love. All while taking great care of yourself and the people who matter most. We’re all in on creating an anti-racist culture of belonging. Across Tufts, we’ve deepened our commitment to making the university a truly inclusive place. Where every member of our community contributes and feels like they belong. Where diverse perspectives are seen as our strength, and great ideas are always heard. In offices, labs, classrooms, and beyond, we’re doing this work together, knowing it is the foundation of our mission to create a brighter world. An innovative university needs resourceful people who make things happen. Here, collaboration isn’t just a buzzword, colleagues actually care, and community means everything. Sound appealing? Come join us. Choose a campus and find the role that fits you. Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff and fostering their success when hired. Members of underrepresented groups are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply. See the University’s Non-Discrimination statement and policy here https://oeo.tufts.edu/policies-procedures/non-discrimination/. If you are an applicant with a disability who is unable to use our online tools to search and apply for jobs, please contact us by calling the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at 617-627-3298 or at oeo@tufts.edu. Applicants can learn more about requesting reasonable accommodations at https://oeo.tufts.edu/

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