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Associate Director for Career Exploration and Development

Posting Number S01499JP

Department Career Exploration and Development

Job Summary

The Office of Career Exploration and Development (“CXD”) is seeking to hire a career advisor with professional experience working in any of the following fields: arts, communications, marketing, tech, media, or entrepreneurship. In addition to professional industry experience, this is a great role for someone with experience in college career advising, as a hiring manager, recruiter or trainer of interns or entry-level professionals. This role will advise a portfolio of students and create programming to serve the needs of those exploring and pursuing careers in those fields.

The position will build and maintain relationships with alumni and parents who often volunteer to network with students and provide CXD with job and internship opportunities and serve as recruiting partners. The Associate Director will also work closely with CXD’s employer engagement team to build and maintain relationships with employers in these industries. The position will also liaise with faculty to collaborate on joint programming and advising. The Associate Director will serve as an advisor to Bowdoin student pre-professional clubs in these fields. This position reports to the Director of Career Advising.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

+ Career field advising expert. Provide individual student advising support (both in person, via zoom, and via email) and develop career programs and services to aid students in exploring and pursuing internships and full-time employment in relevant fields.

+ Industry liaison responsibilities. Build and maintain relationships with alumni, parents, and other College supporters who work in these fields as well as with employers to grow student access to connections for networking, internships, and job opportunities. Develop and update content for weekly career sector newsletters and related CXD content areas to connect students with up-to-date resources and guidance accessible outside of advising.

+ Career field programming responsibilities. Oversee student outreach and education programs for these fields including skill-building workshops and alumni and parent speakers. Serve as advisor to, and collaborator with, student pre-professional clubs. Collaborate closely with faculty in related subject areas.

+ Inclusive competence. Work effectively with students, faculty, staff, employers, and alumni representing a variety of backgrounds; review the annual mix of programs and presentations with an eye for equitable access to opportunity (mix of programming, accessibility, and appeal to all potentially interested students).

The hiring range for this position is expected to be: $67,500– $72,500.

BENEFITS AND PERKS

+ A variety of health insurance plans (Medical, Vision, Dental)

+ Generous Retirement Plan – 401(a) and 403(b)

+ Life and Disability Insurance

+ Paid Time Off: vacation and personal/sick time

+ Paid Holidays and Special Days Off: https://www.bowdoin.edu/hr/our-workplace/college-holidays-and-special-days-off.html

+ Paid Parental Leave (Available after one year of service)

+ Household access to many of the College’s facilities including the gym and pool

+ First-time homebuyers program

+ Free fitness and wellness classes

+ And more: https://www.bowdoin.edu/hr/benefits-perks/index.html

Education/Skills Requirements

+ Bachelor’s degree required.

+ Exceptional interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to build rapport with students, hold a coaching conversation, and demonstrate active listening.

+ Proven program planning and execution skills, demonstrating excellent organizational skills.

+ Excellent writing, public speaking, and networking skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of campus constituencies, and leverage relationships with alumni, parents, faculty, and staff.

+ Facility/comfort with technology-based search and networking tools (e.g. LinkedIn, customer relationship management type databases).

+ Vision, creativity, imagination, and a great sense of humor.

Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents

+ Four or more years of work experience in at least one of the relevant career fields (arts, communications, tech, media, marketing, entrepreneurship).

+ Experience working directly in recruiting, training, or supervision of entry level professionals or employees, managing large graduate or undergraduate internship programs or serving as an advisor to students or recent graduates.

Preferred:

+ Master’s Degree or equivalent professional experience.

+ Experience working with college students or recent graduates.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications in this posting to be considered for hire.

Standard Work Days and Hours

Generally, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm while students are on campus with some night and weekend hours especially during peak periods of semester (September-October and January-February). This is a full-time, .92 FTE (40/hrs for48 weeks per year) . This is an exempt position requiring the time commitment necessary to successfully complete job requirements.

We regret that Bowdoin College is unable to provide visa sponsorship for staff positions.

Employment at Bowdoin College is contingent upon satisfactory completion of applicable background checks including but not limited to: criminal records, educational verifications, driving records (when job-related), and/or credit history (when job related).

About Bowdoin

Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors.

We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We value a community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly welcomed and encouraged to succeed.

Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine.

Bowdoin’s campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting. Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston.

Shift

Employment Category Full Time Year Round

FTE 0.92

Benefits Eligible Yes

Pay Type Salaried

Background Check Package Requirements Faculty/Administrative

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Bowdoin vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job? No

Is a pre-placement physical required for this position? No

Posting Date 11/11/2025

Applications Accepted Until

Open Until Filled No

Type of Posting Internal/External

Special Instructions to Applicants

If selected as a finalist, you will be required to submit information for three references, including name, email address, phone number and how you know the reference.

EEO Information

Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses.

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