Assistant Director Of Career Services - Thomas R. Kline School Of Law

Assistant Director of Career Services - Thomas R. Kline School of Law

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Benefits: Generous benefits include paid time off including holidays and vacation, retirement match, and tuition remission for employee and dependents. Details at www.duq.edu/benefits

Location: Thomas R. Kline School of Law

Position Status: Full-time

Hours: Varied

Position Number: 234803/10-957

FLSA Status: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Assistant Director will be part of a Career Services Office whose primary purpose is to provide guidance and support to law students regarding career planning, job search strategy, and professional development. To that end, the Assistant Director will be a dedicated career counselor to graduating students, concentrating on their post-graduate career objectives. The Assistant Director will dually focus on employer outreach and recruitment initiatives, while contributing to the overall objectives and goals of the Career Services Office.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Counsels students during their 3L/4E/4P year as they prepare to graduate and, as necessary, immediately after they graduate and take a bar exam. Work with the students to develop a strategic and targeted job search plan that they will employ throughout their last year of law school and continue with after graduating and taking the bar exam. Develop programs and resources that address post-graduation job search strategies and encourage individual counseling meetings and communication with the students.

Develops and maintains relationships with traditional and non-traditional legal employers, such as law firms, corporations, government agencies, non-profit organizations, judicial chambers, and educational institutions, in order to foster recruitment opportunities. Create employment opportunities in two distinct categories: those that require bar passage and those where the Juris Doctor degree is an advantage to the position.

Engages with employers in the Pittsburgh legal market and other locations, as identified by students' interests and as informed by the CSO's employment outcome goals and strategies, NALP, the Pittsburgh City Group, and POWER Consortium. Coordinate and assist with recruitment events, including the Fall and Spring Recruitment/ On-Campus Interview (OCI) Programs and Small Firm Interview Weeks.

Creates, organizes, executes, and attends networking events and informational programs for all law students. This includes Lawyers on Location events that are held off-campus, as well as other events and programs that bring employers, alumni, and other visitors to campus throughout the academic year and during summer months.

Assists with the data collection, documentation, analysis, and submission of employment outcomes reported to the ABA, NALP, and U.S. News on an annual basis.

Understands and uses the career services management software, currently 12Twenty. This includes creating customized reports in order to inform outreach efforts, posting jobs and recruitment information, creating counseling notes, and advertising programs and events.

Create content for website and social media platforms used by the School of Law.

Performs other duties as assigned. Evening and weekend hours required.

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited institution.

5 years of relevant experience.

Budget management experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Juris Doctorate from an accredited institution.

1-3 Years of related experience.

Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

The ability to set goals, establish priorities, and work on simultaneous assignments.

Must have or be willing to build relevant professional knowledge, including knowledge of traditional and non-traditional legal employment opportunities, practice areas, employment settings, and hiring methods.

Experience with Microsoft Office and Outlook, along with the ability to learn job specific applications and systems such as 12Twenty.

Must be forward-thinking and open to continuous learning.

Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.

Strong communication skills and basic knowledge of office equipment.

Work experience that involves prior career services, recruiting, or legal marketing experience.

Commitment to the University's values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity and respect consistent with the University's Mission. Demonstrated experience with, and understanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students, faculty, staff and others).

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Catholic in its mission and ecumenical in spirit, Duquesne University values equality of opportunity as an educational institution and as an employer. We aspire to attract and sustain a diverse faculty and staff that reflects contemporary society, serves our academic goals and enriches our campus community. We particularly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups and support dual-career couples through our charter membership in this region's HERC (http://www.hercjobs.org/oh-western-pa-wv/).

We invite applicants for this position to learn more about our university and its Spiritan heritage by visiting http://www.duq.edu/about/mission-and-identity/mission-statement. Those invited to campus for an interview may be asked about ways in which they see their talents contributing to the continued growth of our community and furthering its mission.

Duquesne University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Motivated by its Catholic identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.