Company Info:

Our vision at NexGenT is to empower anyone, anywhere to access the education they need to develop meaningful careers in the New Economy. We are on a mission to help millions of people transition into tech jobs over the next decade - people who historically haven’t had access to the traditional pathways that funnel into well paying, secure tech work.  In an era where 47% of traditional jobs will disappear over the next 25 years, and millions of technical jobs being unfilled in the next decade, NexGenT has an exciting opportunity to help empower a whole generation of workers to thrive and flourish over the next several decades. 

“Prior to the Zero To Engineer program, I was a forklift driver at a chemical plant” - Keron Taylor, Data Center Engineer at Google. https://zerotoengineer.com/ 

Your mission: 

The Director of Career Services will direct and manage the career services team as it assists all student and employer clients in the development of career education, career identification and search, and pursuit of employment opportunities. 

Location:

Phoenix, Arizona preferred - Remote ok

Type:

Full-time 

How you will do this:

• Serves as the primary liaison between the management team, students and alumni, all career coaches and other NexGenT teams.

• Responsible for fiscal planning and management for career services, including all operations and staffing matters.

• Constantly monitors, analyzes, and evaluates current scope of services offered through career services and plans, implements, and directs new programs in coordination with other directors and student activities efforts. Works with team to continually test and improve processes and services.

• Provides career advising expertise to students and alumni regarding the job-search process, interviewing, resume, and letter writing, and all other facets of career planning. Conducts workshops, seminars, and other presentations to students, internal team members, employers, and alumni groups.

• Facilitates weekly group and 1:1 meetings with the career service team, management team and other meetings as necessary.

• Responsible for outcomes reporting and tracking team KPIs and quarterly OKRs.

• As needed, review students resumes, LinkedIn profiles, cover letters, interview practice, and job success plans and provide personal feedback to help students land their dream jobs

• Design, develop, update, and deliver a variety of personal development and career-related workshops ors, covering all aspects of career development, job search strategies, and effective career planning management for student job success

• Gather and maintain student documentation and data through Hubspot CRM, emails, phone calls, spreadsheets, and surveys

Level of technical/professional knowledge and key skills needed to be successful:

• Experience in, job placement, advising and career services or related environment, and exposure to working with diverse populations. 

• Ability to recognize at-risk students and work to provide support to ensure student retention.

• Great computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Docs, sheets, and presentations.

• Preferred: Knowledge of working with Hubspot, Zapier, Typeform, Slack and Google Suite

YOU:

• You have the drive to want to learn, be challenged, and continually grow.

• You seek feedback to improve yourself instead of shying away from hard topics and conversations.

• Ability to be flexible with processes (we are a start-up!) and take a leadership role when needed.

• You are motivated by student career success.

• Team orientation with the ability to work collaboratively; demonstrated a willingness to take initiative and aptitude to work independently. 

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain professional relationships with students, alumni, employers, colleagues, instructors, and staff.  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking skills.

• Good organizational skills and ability to effectively plan, coordinate, and oversee events. 

• Strong attention to detail and time management skills required.

• Positive and inspirational attitude to help students and our team grow!

**Key Information**

We hire based on attitude and future ability, not necessarily your current knowledge. We believe skills can be taught, but attitude can’t.