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Director of MS & MPA Career Education & Coaching, Texas McCombs

The University of Texas at Austin
retirement plan
United States, Texas, Austin
101 East 27th Street (Show on map)
Mar 01, 2025

Job Posting Title:

Director of MS & MPA Career Education & Coaching, Texas McCombs

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Hiring Department:

Red McCombs School of Business

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought-leadership of a world-class faculty. The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is dynamic, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

For more information about Texas McCombs please visit: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/

Purpose

The McCombs School of Business seeks a Director of MS & MPA Career Education & Coaching to join the Career Management and Corporate Relations team. Reporting to the Managing Director, this role will provide leadership for a team of six career coaches supporting seven specialized master's programs. The director will oversee career education programming, student coaching strategy, operational efficiency, and budget management. Additionally, they will collaborate with leadership to drive innovation, enhance career outcomes, and foster a dynamic, supportive career ecosystem for students

Responsibilities
  • TALENT MANAGEMENT: Provide leadership and strategic direction for the specialized master's career coaching team, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and professional development across all coaching roles. Oversee best practices in coaching, identify industry trends, and equip team members with resources for continuous growth. Foster a culture of learning and innovation to enhance advising effectiveness and student outcomes.
  • STRATEGY AND INNOVATION: Drive continuous improvement in the career management experience by identifying opportunities to enhance programming, digital resources, and career tools. Lead the refinement of the Canvas site and implement best practices that align with evolving student and employer needs. Partner with employer teams to support the expansion of the just-in-time hiring strategy across programs, ensuring a scalable and responsive approach. Collaborate with key stakeholders to integrate innovative solutions that strengthen career outcomes and student engagement.
  • CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMMING: Oversee the development and execution of career education initiatives, including orientation, MS career education, and ACE programming, in collaboration with the team. Enhance program impact by integrating industry best practices and exploring new approaches to equip students for career success. Partner with key stakeholders to ensure programming remains responsive to evolving student needs and employer expectations. Leverage data and feedback to refine career education efforts.
  • OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS: Provide strategic oversight of budget management, vendor selection, and operational processes to enhance efficiency and scalability. Evaluate and implement vendor partnerships for specialized programs, ensuring alignment with long-term goals. Lead cross-department coordination to drive operational improvements and optimize resources. Leverage data analytics to assess advising systems, career outcomes, and student engagement, driving continuous improvement and innovation.
  • CAREER COACHING: Provide strategic leadership in career coaching, ensuring best practices are implemented across the team. Oversee training and professional development initiatives to enhance advising effectiveness and staff expertise. Guide the team in managing student coaching loads efficiently through scalable strategies, including group advising and industry career consultants. Establish and maintain benchmarks for coaching excellence, integrating the latest research and self-assessment tools to support student career development. Serve as an escalation point for complex student cases, ensuring a proactive and solutions-oriented approach.
  • EMPLOYER AND ALUMNI RELATIONS: Partner with Employer Engagement and Alumni Engagement teams to strengthen employer and alumni involvement in student career development. Work closely with employer and alumni teams to enhance engagement initiatives, optimize just-in-time hiring strategies, and expand alumni involvement in career education and coaching. Identify innovative ways to scale high-touch connections, fostering a robust ecosystem that supports long-term student and employer success.
  • ADMISSIONS AND MARKETING: Partner with Admissions to leverage data analytics and storytelling, shaping a compelling narrative around student career success across industry sectors. Coordinate with Admissions on student issues related to success in the career search.
  • COMMUNICATIONS AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: Lead career-related communications for specialized master's students, ensuring alignment and effective messaging across the Career Management team and key stakeholders. Foster seamless collaboration with MSPO, Employer Engagement, Recruitment Operations, Business Development, Student Experience, Admissions, Advisory Boards, and Alumni to streamline calendaring, event planning, and scheduling. Establish best practices for cross-functional engagement to enhance coordination and visibility of career programming.
Required Qualifications
  • Master degree in business, education, or a related field (relevant work experience can substitute); minimum of 5 years work experience in a corporate function (e.g., accounting, finance, consulting, marketing, operations) or relevant experience in career coaching/advising, outplacement, recruiting for these industries.
  • A strong desire to work with specialized masters students and knowledge of various career fields for graduates.
  • Experienced leader with a proven track record of success in leadership positions within complex, multi-constituent, fast-paced, and mission-driven organizations.
  • Extensive experience in career and/or leadership coaching, curriculum strategy and innovation, and leading teams.
  • Effective developer of people who can manage a talented and passionate team and portfolio of projects and issues and rapidly assess situations with multiple outcomes and consequences.
  • Flexible problem-solver with the ability to create structured quantitative and qualitative analysis.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate difficult and complex matters effectively to a range of audiences and skill levels.
  • Excellent judgment, discretion, flexibility, and ability to work under pressure in a variety of contexts.
  • Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Teams, Zoom and/or other remote communication technologies as well as webinars.
  • Highly proficient with spreadsheet and presentation software (MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel)
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 5+ years of leading teams, 10+ years of experience in career development, career education and coaching, and business planning in the higher education or corporate sector.
  • Proven success in innovation and creativity in career education and curriculum design for specialized masters students.
  • Clear interest in and/or understanding of higher education ecosystem and culture.
  • Strong analytical background or work experiences.
  • Familiarity with 12Twenty or other career services management systems.
Salary Range

$80,000 - $85,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions
  • May work around standard office conditions with repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
  • Regular weekday hours required. Monday - Friday work hours will flex accordingly and may require evening or weekend availability.
  • This is an Austin, TX-based position
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. This position is not eligible for sponsorship of work visas.
Required Materials
  • Resume/CV

  • 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
  • Letter of interest

Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

  • E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
  • E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
  • Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
  • Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

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