This position coordinates Innovation Scholars Career Exploration Program a (first year mentor program), exploratory internships and other career experiences for the Center for Career & Professional Development at USF St. Petersburg campus. This role’s primary duties include managing the Innovation Scholars, along with Exploratory Internship program and Job Shadow program. The coordinator will liaison with academic programs for development of internships and employment opportunities.

• Assist with career events including career fairs and expos, information sessions, panel discussions, on-campus recruiting, mock interviews, and related events.
• Serve as a Career Coach/Counselor to students and recent alumni including providing career consultations on major exploration, career development and planning, job and internship search, and interview preparation.
• Serve as instructor of record for All Major Internship course, permitting students into course, and grading assignments
• Facilitate career experience events such as field trips, job shadow, and networking events
• Maintain center management database, and develops reports on campus wide internship data.
• Manage student employees/interns for programming efforts and marketing/social media

Organizational Unit

The USF St Petersburg campus Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) empowers students to navigate their distinctive professional identity by integrating career development into their educational journey. We cultivate partnerships with campus and the community while creating innovative and agile services to equip our students with the skills, confidence and experiences necessary to succeed.  

The USF St Petersburg campus Center for Career and Professional Development is a small team of dedicated individuals that work together to provide quality programs and services to help students achieve career success. These programs include orientation programming, a first-year professional mentoring program, employer connection events such as job fairs and spotlights, career carnival, career cruises, and many more. The office uses tools such as Focus2 Assessments, Clifton Strengths, Handshake, Big Interview, Microsoft (Teams, Outlook, Planner, and Forms), canva design, and Canvas LMS.  

Apply by Nov. 12

Minimum Qualifications:  This position requires a Master's degree in College Student Personnel, Career Counseling, Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, College Student Affairs, or related field and one year of working experience in an academic or student affairs office.

Preferred Qualifications:   Master's degree in College Student Personnel, Career Counseling, Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, College Student Affairs and professional experience in career services, employer relations, recruiting, internship programs advisement or college student affairs.

About University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus

University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus is Pinellas County’s only residential, public research institution. Located on Bayboro Harbor and in the heart of the city’s Innovation District, the USF St. Petersburg campus offers more than 40 undergraduate and graduate programs. USF's St. Petersburg campus has many of the advantages of a large public university while maintaining the ability to offer small class sizes in a close-knit learning environment. Enrollment is around 4500 students.

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