Career Resource Advisor

2 days ago

Peterborough, Canada Trent University Full time

**Job Purpose**

Reporting to the Director of Careerspace, and collaborating closely with university partners and students, the Career Resource Advisor develops and instructs targeted career programming to ensure that Trent students and alumni are career and workforce ready. This includes collaborating with campus partners, academic units and departments, and student service groups to create engaging workshops based on curricular objectives. The Advisor meets 1:1 with students, with an equity, diversity and inclusion lens, to support their job search and career development and advise on best practices for resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, interview preparation, and job search strategies. The Advisor liaises with Trent departments using the Student Experience Portal (Orbis), manages the Trent Student and Alumni Job Board, troubleshoots technical issues, configures new and existing modules for optimal system leverage, and manages the user database. The Advisor is also responsible for hiring, training and supervising Careerspace student staff, supporting with event coordination and execution, representing Careerspace in various university-wide working groups, and the development and maintenance of career-related resources in line with researched and analyzed current market trends.

**Key Activities**:
**_Career Development Programming and Instruction_**

1. Liaises with Trent departments, faculty, student groups to develop and deliver targeted career programming (i.e. in-class presentations).

2. Researches current trends relevant for academic units to create materials that are suitable for curriculum, the labour market, and emerging job search strategies

3. Without a standard process or template, develops customized discipline-specific career and job search readiness workshops for: professional practice courses; placement, practicum, co-op and other EL preparation courses; Trent departments

4. In collaboration with other Trent staff members, develops and reviews course curriculum as it relates to experiential learning and career development.

5. Develops resources and guides for synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

6. Advises Careerspace staff members on the development of new career and workforce readiness programming for students and alumni seeking employment; supports with program and workshop facilitation as required.

**_Student Experience Portal System Administration_**

1. Acts as the Orbis “Superuser,” maintaining complete access to all Orbis functions and permissions, in order to effectively troubleshoot issues, configure modules internally and externally, and communicate software upgrades.

2. Responsible for the following Orbis system functions: configuring appointment, job board and other modules, managing staff and employer account access, assigning roles and permissions, troubleshooting technical problems, and teaching faculty, staff and students how to use the system.

3. Main point of contact for departments who use Orbis for appointments (e.g. Academic Advising, Academic Skills, Student Affairs, etc.); responsible for technical support and assisting with system changes to meet evolving needs of departments.

4. Ensures optimal leverage of Orbis site features within Careerspace and external departments in their use and configuration of modules.

5. Meets regularly with Orbis representatives to troubleshoot technical issues, reconfigure modules, and ensure maximized leverage of available site functions. Represent Careerspace and other internal departments and troubleshoot, communicate issues, and submit tickets as they arise.

6. Manages the Trent Job Board. This includes: making updates to job posting form and module for ease of use and clarity, marketing and communicating with prospective employers, updating and maintaining the Board, identifying fraudulent postings, providing technical support to staff and employers, creating usage reports, and referring job postings to prospective departments and students.

**_Individual Career & Employment Advising_**

1. Ensures that Trent students are career-ready to aid in the maximization of post-graduation employment statistics, and positively impact retention, reputation and funding sources.

2. Advises students and alumni (many of whom identify with underrepresented groups, or who have barriers to employment, such as Indigenous, racialized, and 2SLGBTQ+ students and students with disabilities) with career exploration and employment preparation activities, focusing on summer, part-time and post-graduation employment.

3. Meets with students (individual/groups) for resume/cover letter/LinkedIn critiques and interview preparation.

4. Provides help and advice in a range of ways, including face-to-face meetings such as drop-in clinics, career conversations, and guidance interviews in-person, or remotely.

5. Upholds the positive reputation of Trent students and alumni among employers locally and abroad with high-quality career and workforce re

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