Boston College IntroductionFounded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.
Job DescriptionAs the new two-year residential college
division of Boston College, Messina College offers an associate’s degree
program for 200 first-generation students annually. The program’s goal is to
prepare students to enroll in a bachelor’s degree program or begin their
professional careers. Messina College students live and study on the Brookline
Campus of Boston College and have full access to BC’s facilities and events.
The Assistant
Director of Career Education at Messina College serves as the point of contact
for industry partners and Messina students for the required internship program
and career development programming at the College. Reporting to the Associate
Dean, the position requires close collaboration with the BC Career Center to
establish a career educational model appropriate to the 2-year-college level.
The incumbent will also support the Pine Manor Institute Academy summer program
by providing career readiness workshops and programs.
As the
on-campus career coach, the Assistant Director is responsible for one-on-one
and group career coaching, coordination and teaching of a required internship
course, and collaborating with partners within and beyond the BC Career Center
on career programming, networking events, creation of online resources, and
other related educational events and employer engagement. With the support of
the BC Career Center, the Assistant Director is responsible for identifying and
maintaining external relationships with internship partners in the four Messina
majors (Applied Data Science, Applied Psychology and Human Development, General
Business, and Health Sciences), as well as identifying opportunities for direct
employment upon graduation with an Associate’s degree.
The Assistant Director should be a strong relationship builder with
multiple stakeholders (including students, alumni, employers, and faculty),
adept at event management and programming, and adaptable to changing market
trends and student interests. The ideal candidate should have
familiarity with serving first-generation students and/or community college
career center experience and be open to creatively supporting students in their
post-Associate’s degree pathways. As a critical member of the Messina College
team, the Assistant Director supports campus life and student success by
facilitating meaningful programs and career advising.
In addition, the individual in this role works closely with the BC Career
Center team and operates within the broader vision and mission of the Career
Center to empower students to pursue careers and lives of meaning and purpose.
The Assistant Director’s work will be informed by a career development model –
Explore, Prepare, Act – which considers the needs of students at each stage of
this process. Though this position resides in Messina College, the person in
this role will also need to align their work and priorities with those of the
Career Center.
Salary commensurate with relevant experience based on the following hiring ranges:
$63,800-$79,750 (0-3 yrs prof exp)
$70,520-$88,150 (3+ yrs prof exp)
RequirementsMaster’s degree plus 1-3 years of experience in a relevant field is preferred.
Demonstrated ability to design, deliver, and present career related workshops and programs to students and colleagues
Closing StatementBoston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:
- Tuition remission for Employees
- Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
- Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Low-Cost Life Insurance
- Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
- Paid Holidays Annually
- Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
- Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook
Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.
Boston College is an equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity.
Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.
