UCSD PROS Career Coach- Hybrid - 134814

The new Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science is dedicated to health and social equity and has over 80 primary salaried faculty, 25 secondary faculty, 200+ personnel, 200 postgraduate students, and 550 undergraduate majors. The School includes activities in the Public Health disciplines of Behavioral Medicine, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Policy, Health Equity, Public Mental Health, and Environmental and Climate Health. The School administers two PhD programs (Public Health and Biostatistics), a Master of Public Health professional degree program, an MS in Biostatistics, the only Health Sciences undergraduate program (BSPH), an MAS in Leadership of Healthcare Organizations run in conjunction with UCSD Extension, and a Preventive Medicine residency program. The School has strong collaborative research programs facilitated by Research Centers of Excellence focused on Wireless and Population Health Systems, Health Promotion and Equity, Women's Health, and Tobacco Control, and has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, Jacobs School of Engineering, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Moores Cancer Center, the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and with other partners across the UC San Diego campus. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School. The School houses five recharge cores providing services to UCSD and external customers, and the School's faculty and academics hold ~$125M total awarded grants and contracts.

The UCSD PROS Career Coach provides individualized and group career advising to adults impacted by the criminal justice system. The position guides and advises clients in the selection of appropriate career goals via exploration of professional interests, skills, expertise, previous employment background, industry job prospects, and local and global employment opportunities.

The UCSD PROS Career Coach guides clients job search from planning and self-assessment as well as on developing individualized job search strategies and action plans. The position advises on job search activities from program enrollment through job acceptance.

The position tracks clients' progress by keeping meticulous records, and documenting data regarding job search outcomes. The UCSD PROS Career Coach plans and delivers career development/job search programming and workshops focusing on resume writing, interview skills, job search strategies, and other presentations depending on clients' needs. The position may advise clients on additional educational pathways to achieve their career goals. The position also individually coaches on salary negotiation.

The position helps clients understand how to: use technology to seek employment opportunities, apply for jobs online, conduct online video interviews, and download relevant apps for the phone to support employment or educational activities and/or other technological skills relevant to employment seeking.

Spanish language skills are a plus. Strong interpersonal skills and strong organizational skills are needed.

Although the majority of the responsibilities of this position are client-facing, the position also interacts with employers, plans and conducts employer visits, and integrates/invites employer participation in workshops, panel discussions, and conversations.

• Advanced degree in career counseling or related career coaching credential and/or education as it relates to working with adults impacted by the criminal justice system or equivalent experience/training.

• Two (2) years of relevant experience in functional career advising experience or industry experience.

• Strong experience providing one-on-one individualized career counseling, providing career planning and job hunting guidance and advice. Experience providing individual coaching sessions on resume building, job search goal-setting and job search strategies to adults impacted by the criminal justice system.

• Experience developing rapport with clients tracking client progress from initial intake through job acceptance. Experience in a goal oriented career counseling environment; experience monitoring client progress, reaching out to clients to promote job search progress and to express support and encouragement.

• Experience advising clients in the selection of appropriate career goals via exploration of professional interests, skills, expertise, previous employment background, industry job prospects, and local and global employment opportunities. Experience promoting a variety of job search techniques appropriate to career goals; experience researching employment trends in a variety of industries to benefit clients' job search activities.

• Experience quickly and effectively assessing clients' career related needs. Experience providing useful resources and advice within a short time frame in person, online, and in a group setting.

• Experiencing planning, implementing and delivering a wide variety of career development/job search programs. Experience planning and delivering resume workshops, interview skills workshops, job search workshops, and other presentations geared to career development and job/internship searches. Experience presenting in person to small and large groups, in person and digitally/via online mechanisms

• Excellent written communication skills. Ability to write clearly and concisely. Experience editing resumes, cover letters and advising others on how to write effective resumes, cover letters, business correspondence, etc.

• Demonstrated experience making career-related presentations to large and small groups, including in person, online, and video-taped presentations. Experience effectively responding to questions and inquiries in a group setting as well as in a one on one setting.

• Basic knowledge of career development theories, adult development theory, counseling processes, career coaching techniques, career decision making, learning styles, and job search techniques.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills. Rapport-building experience with clients, staff, and business professionals, corporate representatives. Professional, polished, business demeanor.

• Creativity, resourcefulness, and use of original ideas. Ability to interpret trends, define problems, conceptualize ideas and convert to practical solutions. Ability to integrate advanced career management knowledge into programs to meet assessed needs of clients.

• Ability to work with people from diverse cultures. Experience effectively interacting and advising diverse, multi cultural, domestic and international populations, staff, employers, etc.

• Ability to use computer systems and applications, presentation skills, verbal communication, written communication, and organization skills. Proficient in a highly computerized environment (databases, electronic bulletin boards, e-mail, social media, Microsoft Office). Willing to investigate, use and leverage technology to assist clients at all stages of the labor market continuum.

• Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations pertaining to hiring practices. Demonstrated knowledge of private, nonprofit and public sector hiring practices.

• Prioritization and time management skills. Ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate group discussions, interactions and training, using group dynamics theory and experience.

• Experience summarizing and synthesizing information and data. Experience performing market research. Experience generating reports, preparing executive summaries. Experience collecting, documenting, and analyzing data and in order to recommend a course of action.

• Experience interacting with corporate recruiters or employers who are friendly to individuals with lived experience with the criminal justice system, low educational attainment, or limited work experience. Experience in developing or identifying internship opportunities.

• Familiarity with career prospects or job opportunities, for adults with diverse labor market and educational experiences, and may be early career or mid career

• Skill and background in providing career advising to both junior and mid-career adults.

• Basic knowledge of UC programs, career services, recruiting and staffing methods, and employment trends.

• Experience with OPT/CPT process.

• Experience collecting data related to employment and job search activity and can help inform the development of programmatic data tracking system.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check.

• Must be willing and able to travel locally.

• Workshops, special events, career fairs, are occasionally held in the late afternoons or early evenings or weekends, per community partners' schedules. These events are scheduled in advance.