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CNAS Career Specialist

Job Number Full/Part Time Schedule Salary
23993150 Full Time 8AM - 5PM $59,000 - $92,300

Position Information

The CNAS Career Specialist serves as part of the Student and College Engagement team at the UC Riverside Career Center. The incumbent is assigned primary responsibility for career counseling and career readiness programs that support natural and agricultural sciences (CNAS) students. The incumbent develops, improves, and leverages relationships with Deans, Associate Deans, Department Chairs, Faculty, and Students Organizations to accomplish career readiness goals and objectives. Develops and leverages relationships with natural and agricultural sciences alumni. The budgeted salary range for this position is $53,000.00 - $87,200.00.

Education

Education Requirements

Degree Requirement
Advanced degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Required

Experience

Experience Requirement
Previous experience providing career services for a university career center. Preferred
4 - 7 years of related experience. Required

Minimum Requirements

Strong knowledge of career development theories, adult development theory, counseling process, career coaching techniques, career decision making, learning styles, and job search techniques.
Ability to work with people from diverse cultures.
Thorough knowledge of needs assessment theory, processes, and practice; workshop and program design.
Ability to work well under pressure, with the flexibility to respond to changing priorities and fluctuating workloads. Proven skills on organizing work, defining tasks, prioritizing assignments, and follow through.
Ability to administer and interpret vocational tests as appropriate.
Ability to design and modify computer applications to meet program needs, problem identification, presentation skills, verbal communication, written communication, and organization skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Must effectively be able to deliver information in a clear, concise and articulate manner to both students and employers. Experience delivering presentations to both small and large groups.
Ability to collaborate across campus by serving on task forces and committees as assigned by direct supervisor.
Ability to serve as Career Center and UCR representative at on and off campus events, professional meetings, and conferences.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of Handshake CSM.

Ability to select and use appropriate technology to accomplish a given task.

Knowledge of UC programs, career services, employer, alumni, and faculty needs and expectations, recruiting and staffing methods, and employment trends.

Demonstrated knowledge in evaluating and using social media for student engagement.

Additional Information

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

  • UC Riverside is proud to be ranked No. 12 among all U.S. universities, according to Money Magazine's 2020 rankings, and among the top 1 percent of universities worldwide, according to the 2019-20 Center for World University rankings.

  • UC Riverside is the top university in the United States for social mobility. - U.S. News 2020

  • UCR is a member of the University Innovation Alliance, the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to improving student success for low-income, first-generation, and students of color.

  • Among top-tier universities, UC Riverside ranks No. 2 in financial aid. - Business Insider 2019

  • Ranked No. 2 in the world for research, UCR's Department of Entomology maintains one of the largest collections of insect specimens the nation. - Center for World University Rankings

  • UCR's distinguished faculty boasts 2 Nobel Laureates, and 13 members of the National Academies of Science and Medicine.


The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

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