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Associate Director of Experiential Education and Career Development

Job Summary
Reporting to the Senior Director of Experiential Education and Career Development, the Associate Director ofExperiential Education and Career and Development, serves as a career specialist and team leader on the NYC campus. A core member of the Experiential Education and Career Development team, the Associate Director brings current knowledge of the labor market to every dimension of student career development from first-year exploration through offer negotiation. This role designs and delivers high-impact programming, cultivates active employer relationships, and leverages labor market data and AI-enabled tools to give students a meaningful competitive edge.

The Associate Director has a clear-eyed understanding of how AI is reshaping hiring from changes in recruiting processes and evolving skill profiles to the emergence of hybrid roles across industries, and translates that intelligence into practical, outcome-focused advising and workshops. In addition to direct student work, the Associate Director supervises and develops the Assistant Director of Career Education, serving as a coach and thought partner who builds a high-performing, student-centered advising practice.

This role is ideal for an experienced career professional who is energized by helping students land meaningful experiential opportunities across some of the most sought-after career paths in the economy, and who is ready to step into a leadership role on a campus that is actively building toward its full potential.

Minimum Qualifications
The successful candidate will bring substantial experience in career services or a related field, demonstrated people management skills, strong employer engagement instincts, and a sophisticated understanding of how today's labor market is evolving.

• Bachelor's degree required; minimum 4–6 years of progressive experience in career services, recruiting, workforce development, or industry, with demonstrated understanding of current hiring practices and emerging roles
• Experience advising students or early-career professionals, with the ability to translate complex industry dynamics including recruiting timelines, credentialing norms, and evolving employer expectations into accessible, actionable guidance
• Demonstrated experience managing others, including regular coaching and feedback, structured professional development, performance management, and the cultivation of a high-performing, student-centered advising practice
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain employer relationships and convert those relationships into experiential learning and recruiting opportunities for students
• Proficiency with career management platforms (e.g., Handshake), labor market intelligence tools (e.g., Lightcast, LinkedIn Talent Insights), and AI-enabled career development tools
• Data fluency: ability to interpret employment outcome data, labor market trends, and program metrics to evaluate effectiveness and continuously improve programming
• Strong presentation, coaching, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with students across varying levels of experience and career readiness
• Collaborative orientation and ability to work effectively across departments, colleges, and administrative units in a matrixed university environment• Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and culturally responsive advising practice
  
  Key Responsibilities
  
  Career Advising & Student Coaching

Provide individualized career advising and coaching to students pursuing internships and other experiential learning opportunities across a broad range of industries and functions. Guide students through job search strategy, resume and application development, interview preparation, and offer evaluation. Supervise and develop up the Assistant Director of Career Education, providing coaching, structured feedback, professional development support, and ongoing guidance. Maintain a current, sophisticated understanding of how AI is transforming early career hiring practices including AI-assisted screening, evolving skill expectations, and shifts in recruiting timelines, and incorporate that intelligence into every advising interaction.

Programming Design & Delivery

Design, deliver, and continuously improve a calendar of career programming that addresses the full arc of the student job search: industry and career exploration, professional networking, interview preparation, career fairs and employer showcases, and offer and salary negotiation. Develop programming in partnership with faculty, student organizations, and employer partners to ensure relevance and reach. Evaluate program effectiveness using attendance, engagement, and downstream employment outcome data, and iterate accordingly.

Employer Engagement 

Cultivate and steward relationships with a targeted portfolio of employer partners across industries and functions, with the explicit goal of generating internship and full-time opportunities for Northeastern students and graduates. Collaborate with the Employer Partnerships team to coordinate on-campus recruiting, information sessions, and hiring events. Track employer pipeline health and proactively identify gaps in industry coverage, functional representation, or geographic reach.

Labor Market Intelligence & Data-Informed Practice

Monitor labor market trends including hiring volumes, emerging roles, compensation benchmarks, and geographic hiring hubs, and synthesize this intelligence into programming, advising content, and student-facing resources. Maintain employment outcome data, contribute to the center's reporting cadence, and identify opportunities to improve student success rates. Share market insights with colleagues, academic partners, and students through regular communications and resources.

Experiential Program Administration 

• Oversee the effective administration of internship and experiential programs, including, but not limited to, the Credit Internship Program, Internship Stipend Program, and On-Campus Internship Program.
• Maintain accurate and current databases of student interns; manage assessment processes for students and internship site supervisors; and liaise with on-site and faculty supervisors to ensure program quality and integrity.
• Administer the Internship Stipend Program, including development and management of application materials, review of submissions, and coordination of stipend disbursement.
• Design and implement the On-Campus Internship Program, including position creation, student recruitment, syllabus distribution, assignment collection and assessment, and academic credit processing.
  
  Please send applications to Robin Nackman at r.nackman@northeastern.edu

Pay Range: $83,970 - $118,608

With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.

Additional Information

Northeastern University offers benefits-eligible employees a competitive and comprehensive package designed to support your health, financial security, and overall well-being. Employees joining our New York City campus will begin with benefits equivalent to those of the institution formerly known as Marymount Manhattan College until benefits transition to Northeastern's full plans effective January 1, 2027. Northeastern will provide further information in advance of that transition.

Current NYC campus benefits include:

• Medical and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid vacation, sick time, leave of absence, and other applicable paid time off
• Tuition benefits for employees, dependents, and spouses