Career Education Manager, Career Center and College
colorado state universityFort Collins (CO)
Career Education Manager, Career Center and College
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colorado state universityFort Collins (CO)
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsColleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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Manager
About the role
Career Education Manager The Career Education Manager is a full-time, year-round position that serves as the Career Center's lead for career education in the College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS). The Career Education Manager designs, coordinates, and delivers career curriculum to educate all CSU students (with a focus on CAS students) about career paths; engage them in experiential learning opportunities and career planning; prepare them for their job search; and connect them with potential employers. The Career Education Manager establishes and maintains successful relationships with colleagues and employers in order to lead people toward a common vision of supporting student career readiness, connects multiple offices and departments together to accomplish program goals, maintains relevant industry knowledge, and operates within a framework of building structures and systems to support students in reaching career readiness. This position functions as a key member of the university-wide Career Center and the College of Agricultural Sciences Dean's Office. The role dually reports to the Senior Director of Career Education and Student Success in the Career Center and the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs in the College of Agricultural Sciences. For full consideration, please apply by Sunday, November 22, 2026, 11:59 PM (MT).
Essential Job Duties:
Develop and lead an inclusive career education strategy tailored to College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) students and aligned with Career Center priorities. Design and deliver career programs, workshops, presentations, and events that reflect CAS students' interests, identities, and career needs. Build and sustain employer relationships to expand student access to industry insights, career events, internships, jobs, employer visits, and experiential learning. Strengthen partnerships with CAS faculty, staff, and internship coordinators to integrate career education and connect students with relevant internships and other opportunities. Cultivate relationships with alumni and donors, in collaboration with CAS partners, to grow the alumni network, create student connections, and support college-to-career initiatives. Advise students individually and in groups on career exploration, job and internship searches, applications, interviewing, negotiation, and graduate school. Develop and maintain career resources, online learning, communications, and CAS outcome data to inform students, faculty, employers, and other partners. Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate student staff and the CAS Career Education Coordinator, including managing related HR processes and performance feedback.
Conditions of Employment:
- Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for all new hires).Supervision:
- The position directly supervises:
- Career Education Coordinator for CAS.3–4 student staff members.
Supervisory responsibilities include:
Full-cycle supervision (hiring, onboarding, training, evaluating).Providing coaching, performance feedback, and intervention.
Managing HR processes, documentation, and approvals.
Delegating tasks, providing developmental opportunities, and monitoring quality of student services.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree.
Minimum of two years of full-time, relevant experience in career education, career services, career counseling, higher education, agricultural sciences, or related fields.
Experience managing large-scale programs (one year of professional experience or two years of graduate assistantship experience).
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree.
Experience in visioning, planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative career programs.
Understanding of how various identities impact career choices and development.
Two years of experience providing career-related coaching/advising.
Experience working in a higher education career services environment.
Experience working in agricultural sciences or related fields.
Experience creating and delivering presentations to various stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to build partnerships across a university campus.
Demonstrated ability to build partnerships with external partners, such as employers or alumni.
Experience directly supervising professional or student staff (one year of professional experience or two years of graduate assistantship experience).
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