About Fordham:

Department: Gabelli Graduate Professional & Personal Development

Campus: Lincoln Center (LC) - NYC

Position Summary:

Essential Functions:

• Sets the overarching strategy and implements the template for providing career-development
  programs for graduate business students in programs including F/T MBA, P/T MBA, EMBA, and
  Specialty Masters programs both on-campus and virtually. Supervises the work of the career
  advising team delivering programs and the supporting staff in employer relations, technology, and operations.
• Develops the strategic corporate outreach plan to continually expand the relationships of
  domestic and international companies recruiting students for internships and full-time jobs, and oversees the corporate partnerships team in its execution. This plan covers building new
  relationships across a diverse set of industries and expanding existing relationships to additional business lines and functions to meet the needs of domestic and international students as well as university relations.
• Actively involved in sourcing and managing key corporate, alumni, and other strategic external
  strategic relationships that benefit Gabelli School students and faculty.
• Work closely with the Dean's Advisory Board on a continuous basis to identify opportunities for engagement to assist students in their professional development, job and internship searches, and with employer development. This includes reassessing current opportunities of engagement to see where improvements can be made or for further opportunities to arise.
• Develops the Gabelli School's approach to student career development into a nationally regarded model for improving outcomes. Stays current on best industry standards for career programming, candidate workshops and technology through active engagement with the MBACSEA and regular benchmarking against other graduate business school career centers.
• Implements a metrics-based system to track progress monthly and quarterly in improving
  student placement and assesses the effectiveness of advising, programming, recruiting,
  and technology.
• Acts as a partner with Director of Admissions, Senior Assistant Dean of Academic Advising,
  faculty program managers, and key faculty to holistically and comprehensively serve Gabelli
  students.
• Oversees the selection and implementation of technology platforms that will improve the
  execution of career-development programs and improve employment outcomes.
• Oversees the graduate employment survey and reporting process.
• Closely monitors the career-services metrics used in the major rankings surveys—among them
  Bloomberg, U.S. News and World Report, and Financial Times—to ensure that processes
  support the best possible rankings outcomes.
• Partners with the Director of Gabelli Undergraduate Personal and Professional Development
  (PPD) and the Office of Career Services to identify opportunities to collaborate on recruiting and programming.
• Identifies opportunities to advantageously position the Dean in the corporate community.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree required, such as an MBA or MS in a relevant business field
• 10+ years of management experience, including the capacity to manage a staff of specialists in
  various functions. Corporate HR or recruiting experience a plus. Experience in a high-level
  career management or career advising capacity at the university level a significant plus.
• Strong understanding of current global recruiting and employment trends across a variety of
  functions, including accounting, finance, marketing, technology, business analytics, consulting
  services, and sustainability related careers.
• Extensive professional network across various industries, focused in New York City but with
  broader reach considered desirable. Successful candidate will demonstrate the interpersonal
  skills, persuasiveness and dedication that will enable him or her to expand the Gabelli School's
  roster of employers in the United States and internationally through existing and new
  relationships.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with various internal and external stakeholders, including students, faculty, administration, and alumni.
• Strong interest and ability to drive innovation.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Familiarity with and interest in infusing career development programming with Jesuit principles.
• Meets the highest standards of ethical business practices and decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding and experience with program design concepts and theory

Minimum Salary: $140,000

Maximum Salary: $175,000

About Fordham University

Fordham Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its 9 colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United kingdom.

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