Managing Director, Office of Career Services

University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, MD

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Overview

The University of Maryland, College Park is a Top 20 research university and the flagship university of the University of Maryland system. With an enrollment of 25,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate students the University offers doctoral, masters, and bachelor degrees to students from all over the United States and 133 different countries. The Robert H. Smith School of Business, a top ranked business school serving 1,000 undergraduates and 1,350 MBA students, has become one of the world's leading business schools in transforming its curriculum to reflect the needs of leadership for a global economy powered by technology and entrepreneurship. The Smith School's strengths in both academics and research are reflected in its rankings and other accolades. The Financial Times ranks the School's full-time MBA program twentieth in the U.S. The School's part-time MBA program is also ranked among the nation's best and is annually rated first in the Washington, DC-Baltimore region by U.S. News & World Report. University of Maryland is an AA/EEO Employer.

The Position

Reporting to the Dean, the Managing Director oversees a staff of 19 responsible for employer relations and outreach, career development, student coaching, and career-enhancing programmatic events for full- and part-time MBA students and undergraduate business majors. The Managing Director serves as the primary liaison between the Career Services office and a range of multinational companies, developing strong partnerships between the Smith School and employers. The Director anticipates, responds to, and recognizes trends that impact national and global rankings and works to enhance the Smith community and promote the Smith School brand. The successful Director will be an outstanding collaborator who works with alumni, corporate relations, faculty, MBA and undergraduate program heads, and the larger community in developing and implementing programs and services that address the needs of the School's student populations in the current economic climate, and will lead the alignment of the Office of Career Services with the Dean's strategic objectives for the School. The Managing Director also must have the ability to establish and maintain strong trust and rapport with Smith's undergraduate and MBA students in order to understand and respond to their needs while sharpening their knowledge about, and expectations of, the intersect between those needs, career services, and employer job opportunities. The new Director will be joining Smith School at an exciting time in the history of the School as the Office of Career Services has received a $5 million gift that is targeted to renovating and building out a new state of the art career services space.

The Qualifications

The successful candidate will possess a master's degree with a strong record of experience and achievement in career services, human resources, or human capital management. The new Director will demonstrate broad experience and skill in managing a staff and a budget, and will have excellent relationship management, customer service, and strong leadership skills. The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of the student career experience, undergraduate and MBA curriculums, and the employment marketplace. The Director will lead the day-to-day operations of a busy and complex career services office and will need to possess a high level of energy in order to build strong relationships with different constituencies while jointly analyzing existing practices in order to impart the highest level of quality for all operations in pursuit of influencing a customer service-oriented culture.

Applications and Nominations

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. To apply for this position please click on the link below, complete the brief application form, and upload your resume and position-specific cover letter. If you are unable to submit materials electronically, or would like to make a nomination for this position or a confidential inquiry about this search, please contact Ellen Heffernan at eth@sjgsearch.com or call 413-529-2895.

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