Career Services Coordinator

**PURPOSE OF THE POSITION**: The Career Services Coordinator is responsible for providing career and employment counselling, facilitating and promoting student placement all in order to secure employment for students/alumni.

**SCOPE**: Career Services Coordinator reports directly to the Campus Manager and is responsible for facilitating student placement and employment initiatives; providing career counselling to students/alumni; identifying and fostering placement and employment opportunities; securing funding for employment activities and programs; and administering and monitoring student/alumni employment programs. Providing adequate services will result in increased placement and employment opportunities which will have a significant impact on the overall satisfaction and well-being of Oxford College’s students and alumni.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- **Assists students with job preparation and job search activities**_
- Interview students/alumni in order to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
- Identify barriers to employment and assist students/alumni with such matters as job readiness, skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
- Provide career education and counselling to students/alumni
- Administer and interpret tests designed to determine the interests, aptitudes and abilities of students/alumni
- Assess the need for assistance such as financial aid or further vocational training and refer students/alumni to the appropriate services
- Provide information on maintaining a job or moving within an organization, dealing with job dissatisfaction or making a mid-career change
- Gather and maintain labour market information for students/alumni regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
- Promote Oxford College’s Career Resource Centre to community groups and agencies, business and industry, and to other organizations involved in providing career planning resources and/or employment opportunities
- **Identify employment/placement opportunities for students/alumni**_
- Identify current and prospective staffing requirements for local businesses and organizations
- Liaise with relevant employers in obtaining job placements.
- Identify current and potential staffing requirements with governments and industries
- Maintain strong contracts and liaise with businesses and industries concerning current and upcoming employment opportunities
- Prepare and post notices and advertisements
- Advise students/alumni on employment requirements and on terms and conditions of employment
- Supervise personnel clerks performing related filing and record-keeping duties
- **Facilitate local employment for major industry**_
- Maintain a database of students/alumni interested in employment with industry partners
- Be familiar with industry employment legal and training requirements
- Be familiar with employment agreements with industry
- Provide advice to students/alumni on industry employment requirements
- Arrange for interviews of students/alumni
- Maintain statistics and records on employment with industry partners
- **Complete administrative functions to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Career Resource Centre**_
- Maintain confidential records and statistics on student/alumni employment
- Report to Administration concerning employment records and statistics
- Submit required reports concerning industry, funding agencies and others
- Host regular in campus workshops related to career services
- Assist with the office operation
- Attend career fairs and promote Oxford College’s students/alumni for career and job opportunities (travelling may be required)
- Attend staff and other meetings as required.
- Organize and facilitate program advisory committee meetings for all individual programs.
- Prepare and administer student exit surveys upon completion of program
- Upon graduation, obtain student testimonials with consent to publish
- Plan and manage graduation and/or other events.

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Vision care

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

**Experience**:

- industry: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person