Job Title: Career Coach
Location: Indianapolis
Job Type: Full-time
Classification: E-1
Salary Range: $40,000 - $47,000
Reports To: Exec. Director of Career Link Student Programs
*Cover Letter Preferred (Include with Application)
Who We Are:
We are a diverse open-access college that fuels Indiana’s economy through excellence in teaching and proactive engagement with industry and community partners, embedded in a culture of innovation that empowers all students to learn and succeed. We are “higher education at the speed of life!”
Our Values:
• Empathy: We stand with our students, partners, and communities.
• Integrity: We treat all with dignity and respect.
• Accountability: We deliver on our commitments.
• Agility: We innovate, iterate, and transform.
• Connectivity: We connect with partners to strengthen communities and ensure
student success for all.
About the Role:
The Career Coach provides coaching services to assist students in completing their Career Development Portfolios (CDP). This position reports to the campus Executive Director of Career Link Student Programs and works collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders to ensure students meet career planning goals and campus metrics.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Ability to work collaboratively and must demonstrate ability to promote an environment that reflects the broad backgrounds represented by our students and employees in which every individual feels respected and valued.
- Strong organizational and time management skills to handle multiple tasks and priorities.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Ability to deliver clear and relevant career presentations to student groups.
- Willingness to travel to campuses and professional events.
- Ability to scale projects within an entrepreneurial framework.
- Active listening skill to effectively conduct Career Coaching sessions individually and in groups.
- Customer Service skill to work with various backgrounds represented by our student body, faculty, staff, and external stakeholders.
- Technology skill to work with multiple computer software programs.
- Empathy skill to provide a safe, authentic coaching environment for student interactions.
The following is not to be construed as an exhaustive list. Other duties logically associated with this position may be assigned. All responsibilities will be conducted within the parameters of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), other applicable regulatory requirements, and professional standards.
Key Responsibilities and Skills:
1. Strategic Planning and Collaboration
- Skills Needed:
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop campus career coaching strategies and plans in alignment with college goals.
- Collaboration: Work with the Executive Director of Career Link Students Programs, Systems Office Assistant Vice President of Career Coaching, Employer Consultants, Talent Connection Managers, Advisors, and faculty to deliver effective career planning services.
- Action: Develop strategies for meeting or exceeding College goals and ensure alignment with campus-wide initiatives.
2. Student Coaching and Career Development
- Skills Needed:
- Coaching: Skilled in providing one-on-one and group coaching to students.
- Tracking and Organization: Ability to monitor and track student progress in implementing their Career Development Portfolio (CDP), ensuring that students complete key milestones such as resumes, LinkedIn profiles, mock interviews, and work-and-learn experiences.
- Action: Guide students through career development steps, ensuring they meet key academic and experiential milestones, such as employer connections or mock interviews.
3. Career Exploration and Employer Engagement
- Skills Needed:
- Teamwork: Expertise in collaborating with colleagues to ensure students engage with employers through mock interviews, career fairs, and work-and-learn opportunities.
- Career Coaching: Maintain current knowledge of labor market data, wage information, and career exploration tools.
- Action: Partner with campus stakeholders to facilitate student participation in career exploration activities, pre-Ivy Tech experiences, and career-specific orientations.
4. Program Promotion and Campus Integration
- Skills Needed:
- Marketing and Outreach: Strong communication and promotional skills to raise awareness about career coaching services and career development programs on campus.
- Stakeholder Management: Ability to build relationships with various campus groups to promote a career development culture; such as enrollment, advising, and faculty.
- Action: Lead initiatives to promote career coaching services and programs, working closely with key campus partners to deliver workshops, events, and presentations.
5. Data Analysis and Strategy Development
- Skills Needed:
- Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills to review student activity and placement data, employment trends, and other pertinent metrics.
- Problem Solving: Ability to assess and recommend strategies to improve student employment and engagement outcomes based on data analysis.
- Action: Collaborate with leadership to assess employment trends and develop strategies for enhancing student career outcomes. Track and report on the impact of career coaching.
6. Workforce Connections
- Skills Needed:
- Workforce Development: Partner with Indiana Department of Workforce Development staff and the College’s executive leadership to understand workforce needs. Work with colleagues to learn about employer needs that can be matched to students’ interests.
- Collaboration: Work with Talent Connection Manager and Employer Consultant to establish and grow a consistent operational model for the delivery of work-and-learn and other skill-based practicum experiences.
- Action: Assist to help connect students with employer work-and-learn experiences, improve student usage of internship placement tools, and increases the number of students placed in such programs.
7. Professional Development and Continuous Learning
- Skills Needed:
- Continuous Improvement: A commitment to staying current on best practices in career coaching and workforce development.
- Professional Development: Willingness to participate in training and workshops to improve coaching skills and industry knowledge.
- Action: Participate in professional development activities to refine career coaching expertise and stay updated on trends in employment and student success.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 2+ years of related experience in career development, coaching, or advising.
- Proficiency in career assessments (e.g., Myers-Briggs, Strong Interest Inventory, Clifton StrengthsFinder) preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
Work Environment:
- The role may require travel to various campuses and professional development events.
- Flexibility in work hours may be required to meet the needs of the students and campus programs.
*Cover Letter Preferred (Include with Application)
Ivy Tech Community College is an accredited, equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or veteran status. As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Ivy Tech Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admissions. Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the College’s Title IX Coordinator or to the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.
