Career Advisor

The transition from student to skillful and confident professional is integral to the success of University of Virginia’s School of Data Science (SDS) graduates. We are seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated, and student-centered career development practitioner to complement our career coaching team. This individual will serve as a Career Advisor on the Career Services team within the Office of Student Affairs at the School of Data Science.

The Career Advisor will focus on direct service and provide career guidance, professional development, and opportunity search assistance to students and recent graduates. The SDS Career Advisor will play a critical role in helping students and recent alumni articulate and realize their individual career and professional aspirations. They will partner with undergraduate and graduate students to offer strategies, resources and connections that support individual career priorities. The Career Advisor will educate students on the realities of the current hiring landscape. They will also assist students in developing career readiness skills critical for the effective transition from school to career and beyond, to build a foundation for life-long career development and agility.

General Responsibilities:

Career Advising and Professional Development (60%)
▪ Offer individual, drop in and group career advising (virtually or in-person) including career exploration, decision making, navigating workplace transitions, and leveraging life design in career development.
▪ Deliver undergraduate and graduate student advising in support of all stages of career development including topics like career choices, internship/job readiness, resume writing, industry and employer research, interviewing skills, networking, job search strategies, and graduate school preparation.
▪ Leverage professional certifications (e.g., MBTI, Gallup Clifton Strengths, etc.) and conduct related trainings and assessments for students who are exploring career paths.
▪ Connect with newly admitted students to engage early in the career development process.
▪ Participate in self-directed industry education and professional development.

Programming and Projects (30%)
▪ Develop strategic partnerships with student councils, SDS faculty and alumni in service to career education.
▪ Leverage or innovate new career resources as gaps are identified; facilitate engaging career workshops.
▪ Support orientation programs and other anchor SDS events.
▪ Conduct continuous assessment of programs to determine student learning outcomes and program effectiveness.
▪ Support career mentorship-related initiatives (both peer and alumni based).

Data Collection and Reporting (10%)
▪ Along with other coaches, track career-related outcomes data and support student related questions regarding the Beyond Hoos platform.
▪ Support the Associate Director of Career Connections and Community Engagement’s efforts to track alumni career related and mentorship data.
Qualifications: Required
▪ Master’s degree in counseling, higher education, organizational development, or a related industry focus with least 3 years of related experience in career development.

Preferred
▪ Experience with one-on-one career coaching and leading career workshops.
▪ Experience planning events and working with multiple stakeholders.
▪ Comfort with advising various career development levels (undergraduate students to senior-level executives).
▪ Knowledge of data science and analytics careers.
▪ Ability to manage multiple projects (multi-task), solid planning and organizational skills and a high degree of quality and attention to detail.
▪ Exhibit a genuine passion for helping students develop personally and professionally.
▪ Comfortable with, and able to address, the emotional needs and stresses of highly driven students in different stages of their professional journey.
▪ Experience with Handshake, Qualtrics, Zoom, Microsoft Teams.
▪ Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
▪ Flexibility to work occasional evenings or weekends as dictated by program schedules or student demand.

Department Information

The School of Data Science (SDS) - UVA’s 12th school, established in 2019 - is positioning the University as a global leader in efforts to improve society through teaching, research and service based on the powerful, emerging field of data science. SDS is a school without walls and seeks to establish new and exciting types of relationships to achieve excellence in collaborative, open, and interdisciplinary research. SDS helps to meet the soaring demand for qualified data science professionals as responsible and diverse leaders in a field that plays a key role in the global information-based economy. The work crosses disciplines, departments, schools and colleges to leverage UVA’s combined capabilities in data science, and to create meaningful partnerships with government, corporate, and community partners committed to responsible, collaborative, open, and inclusive data science.

Mission Statement
The Office of Student Affairs is committed to developing citizen leaders, engaging students to design their lives, and mobilizing our growing community to foster student self-advocacy and a sense of belonging. We seek to achieve these goals through intentional collaboration and active participation that is focused on student success and well-being.

Values
▪ To ENGAGE thoughtfully and intentionally to serve diverse student backgrounds and priorities.
▪ To DEVELOP career ready competent leaders in data science.
▪ To ACTIVATE our community in promoting a holistic student-centered approach to student success.

This position will remain open until filled. This is an exempt level, benefited position. The University will perform background checks on all hires (if required) prior to employment. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. For this role, the University will not sponsor or consider candidates requiring sponsorship for employment visas now or in the future. For questions about the application process, please contact Daniel Strong, Senior Recruiter at das6zb@virginia.edu. This is a part-time .5 FTE role. Anticipated hiring range of approximately $30,000 per year.

Please apply through the University job board, Careers at UVA , and search for R0073185.

Please submit a resume and a cover letter to be considered for this position, applications that do not contain both pieces of information will not receive full consideration.

Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching ‘Find Jobs’ or through their ‘Jobs Hub’. Applicants must complete an application online with the following documents: a resume and cover letter.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Master's degree
Experience: At least two years of related experience.
Licensure: None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Click here to read more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.