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When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

1) A resume/CV; and

2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

For additional information please contact:

Johana Hernandez

johana.hernandez@osucascades.edu

Oregon State University-Cascades invites applications for a combined full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month,Assistant Director of Work-Integrated Learning and fixed-termInstructor position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Dean of Academic Affairs.

This position is located in Bend, Oregon.

The Assistant Director of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) supports the mission and strategic plans of the University and of OSU-Cascades as a member of the Career Design Center. The Assistant Director reports directly to the Director of OSU-Cascades Career Design Center and works closely with the Corvallis Career Development team.

As a member of the OSU-Cascades Career Design team, the Assistant Director of WIL supports the Cascades campus with visioning and implementing OSU-C's Career Readiness and Work-Integrated Learning Strategy. This campus wide strategy is designed to expand and elevate career readiness opportunities for students through career readiness and work-integrated learning initiatives. Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) is an educational model that connects classroom learning to real-world professional experience through employer-partnered projects, applied coursework, and experiential opportunities embedded directly into academic programs.

The Assistant Director of WIL possesses a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and growth mindset, with creative energy and enthusiasm for coaching and training students, faculty, staff, student leaders and community partners; attention to detail; an eye for scalable implementation; and the ability to manage simultaneous priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coach and instruct students through the arc of engaging in work-integrated and work-based career readiness opportunities at OSU-C.

• Serve as a work-integrated learning subject matter expert to expand OSU-Cascades work-integrated learning community partner portfolio.

• Collaborate with OSU-Cascades faculty and staff to implement work-integrated learning activities throughout the OSU-C curriculum to enhance student engagement and employability.

• Support and collaborate with OSU-Cascades faculty and staff in their efforts to evaluate current industry, labor market, and employment trends to ensure curricular alignment with evolving professional standards and workforce demands.

Required Qualifications

For both positions:

• Masters' degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five years of experience in related roles (e.g. career development, academic advising, teaching, recruitment/HR, coaching, study abroad, service learning, etc.).
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective strategies for working with diverse faculty, staff and students.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a broad range of constituents, for example, students (first year and transfer), employers, alumni, faculty, and staff.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Successful experience creating and executing programs or managing large projects.
• Demonstrated competency to oversee multiple tasks with attention to detail and ability to prioritize competing needs.
• Experience and interests in using technology and multiple platforms to share information.

For the Instructor position:

• All of the above and minimum of three years of experience in related roles (e.g. career development, academic advising, teaching, recruitment/HR, coaching, study abroad, service learning, etc.).

For the Consultant-Career Counselor position:

• All the above and minimum of five years experience in related roles (e.g. career development, academic advising, teaching, recruitment/HR, coaching , study abroad, service learning etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

For both positions:

• Master's degree from an accredited institution related to Experiential Learning and/or Education fields.
• Ability to adopt new technology and multiple platforms to share information, encourage student involvement, manage data, and make informed programmatic decisions.

For the Instructor position:

• Three or more years in career advising, career counseling or career coaching, or other experiential education activities in a postsecondary environment.
• Experience project and program management and assessment, notably in building and launching new programs.

For the Consultant-Career Counselor position:

• Five or more years in career advising, career counseling or career coaching, or other experiential education activities in a postsecondary environment.
• A progressive track record of leadership experience in project and program management, including oversight of assessment and a demonstrated history of building and launching new programs.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

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OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. If this position has "critical or security-sensitive" responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU's Employee and Labor Relations team at employee.relations@oregonstate.edu.