Director, Careers in Social Sciences

ESA Deputy Director

The Director, Careers in Social Sciences will have oversight over supporting students interested in careers in the social sciences, including government, non-profits, sustainability, human rights, global health, foundations, and think tanks, among others. They will work closely to administer engaging events, create experiential education opportunities and lead career treks. They will also help support broader team goals, including marketing, communications, and leading student professional development cohorts. This team member will also have responsibility for helping to support students more broadly who are interested in the social sciences through generalist career advising and relationship management for key graduate and professional school partners in the social sciences. This includes also developing collateral, presentations, and materials to help students explore social sciences and social impact careers. This is a multifaceted role that requires an interest and passion in impacting students through employer, stakeholder, and program management.

Responsibilities include managing and stewarding a portfolio of relationships with employers in global health, government, human rights and policy, including non-profits, foundations, and NGOs to promote student recruitment for internships and full-time opportunities. They will manage and administer employer treks, lead day-to-day operations including program planning and execution, budget management and student advising support, and provide project management oversight for Public Policy Leaders Program, Civic Careers Corps. They will serve as Global Health and Human Rights program manager, providing advising, career coaching and developing programming opportunities. They will collaborate with campus partners on career exploration programs and internship development, manage and oversee budgets for cohort programs, and work across Careers In Social Science teams to coordinate programs, provide comprehensive student support, and help create and identify external employment opportunities. They will develop career-oriented guides for industry-specific knowledge, analyze markets and trends as they relate to job searches in the social sciences, social service, and foundations and philanthropy, and support Career Advancement in developing and maintaining relationships with campus partners and registered student organizations. They will conduct job search and career management related large lectures, hands-on workshops, special events, training programs, and one-on-one career coaching sessions, administer programming designed to increase access to UChicago graduate programs for current students, advise and counsel students interested in careers in policy, government and the social sciences, maintain efficient methods of tracking student data, quantify student engagement, and report on student outcomes. They will develop original content for career related publications and assist with the editing and distribution of Career Services communications materials, analyze markets and trends as they relate to job searches, assess student feedback and evaluations, and collaborate with other career services staff members, student organizations, or other staff to determine program offerings and innovations. They will write timely and effective articles about career management topics for a variety of student publications, conceptualize, develop, and deliver career management programming and published materials, and perform other related work as needed.