Career Development and Relationship Manager

**Regular/Temporary** - Temporary **Job Title** - Career Development and Relationship Manager - SCEC **Job ID** - 70458 **Location** - Central Campus **Open Date** - 07/10/2025 **Job Type** - Limited Term (>12 months) **Close Date** - 07/24/2025 **Employee Group** - Unifor Unit 1, Staff **Favorite Job** **Department** - Science Careers & Exp Centre **Salary Grade/Band** - Grade 9 **Salary Range** - $30.84 - $47.65 (hourly) **Contract Duration** - 24.3 Months **Hours per Week** - 35 **Posting Details** **Schedule** - Hours of work are 7 hours per day, 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday to Friday, including a 60-minute unpaid meal period. The University is supportive of exploring flexible work arrangements that effectively balance operational needs and employee interests. **Education Level** - Bachelor’s degree in a related field. **Career Level** - Requires 4 years of relevant experience. **Job Description #** - JD00147 **Anticipated Fill Date** - Mid August Should the successful applicant be a Unifor Unit 1 bargaining unit member, who meets the eligibility conditions of Article 19.02 of the Unifor Unit 1 Collective Agreement, then the Limited Term Assignment will be defined as a Career Growth Opportunity in accordance with Article 19 of the Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. **Unit/Project Description**: As the largest Faculty, with approximatley 8,000 undergraduate student, enrolled in 100+ undergraduate programs and 215+ faculty members, the Faculty of Science is an integral part of McMaster University. The Science Careers & Experience Centre is dedicated to helping students develop professional skills, gain experience, build networks, and design their careers, enabling them to leverage their education and create an authentic future. Our goal is to empower our students, equipping them with the skills and confidence needed to thrive as they transition from their studies to the next chapter of their professional journey. At the Science Careers & Experience Centre, our career educators offer science students expert guidance, training, and resources to explore postgraduate options and future career opportunities. We help students reflect on their interests, strengths, and values to find a path that aligns with their goals, values, and interests. We guide students through the journey from school to work or further education, ensuring their success every step of the way. We provide career advising and exploration, cover letter, resume, interview and personal statement guidance, career information sessions and workshops with key employer partners, science professional competency development and Stanford inspired, Design Your Science Career training. We have an opening on our Career team where we are looking for an experienced career education professional who is passionate about student careers success. Currently enaged in a service re-design and development phase we are looking for someone who is interested in helping us shape the future of career education. Our goal is to ensure our students are prepared to create lives and careers that are meaningful to them If this sounds like something that excites you and you have the experience we're looking for, we would love to hear from you. **Compensation & Benefits**: **Job Summary**: Responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating career development placements. Promotes student development, success and retention, and encourages career achievement by conducting interviews with students dealing with career choice, educational direction and goal progress. **Purpose and Key Functions**: - Identify, develop, and cultivate strategic employer relationships in the business community. - Interview students to assess suitability and make decisions on admittance to the program. - Interview employer partners to understand recruitment needs. - Provide individual coaching services and guidance in developing self-marketing and branding tools including, but not limited to, job search strategies, resume critiques, preparation of cover letters and personal statements, interview skills, networking, portfolio development, and negotiation skills. - Conduct mock interviews by creating specific questions that are relevant to the field of employment students are pursuing, and then provide constructive feedback to students. - Conduct post-work placement interviews with students to discuss experiences and future goals. - Write career and skill development materials, and design interview tools. - Write a variety of documents including, but not limited to, reference letters, correspondence and workshop plans. - Create, implement and maintain policies and procedures related to the program and career services offered. - Facilitate or lead career development workshops. - Coordinate and accompany students on site visits and discuss work objectives. - Create promotional materials to market program to potential applicants, visitors, and representatives from other instit