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The Life Design Lab seeks an **_Assistant Director, Life Design - Access & Opportunity (FLI Focused)_** who will report to the Senior Director of Life Design and will execute on the Lab’s vision, strategy, and objectives to strengthen professional development, career advancement, and life design outcomes for first-generation and limited-income (FLI) undergraduate students, with an integrated focus on underserved students who experience overlapping and persistent career outcome gaps.

As an equity-oriented office, we believe all students deserve the same opportunity to pursue purposeful work—regardless of background, field of study, or social capital. While all Life Design Educators are expected to support the full student population, this role will have primary accountability for improving measurable career outcomes for FLI students, and for supporting underserved students whose experiences significantly intersect with FLI status.

This role will drive internship access, mentorship pipelines, employer connectivity, and measurable career readiness, grounded in data-informed equity practices. The Life Design Educator will leverage the expertise with the Center for Diversity & Inclusion (CDI) for identity-informed belonging support, while the Life Design Lab leads the work of employability and socioeconomic mobility.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

_Outcome-Based Equity_

+ Advance career readiness, internship participation, and job placement outcomes for FLI students, with intentional and integrated support for underserved students, given population overlap and shared barriers to mobility.

+ Define, track, and report outcome metrics such as

oFirst-destination outcomes

oSalary benchmarks

oMentorship engagement

oParticipation in work-based learning

oTime-to-offer to be built out in partnership with ODT

oInternship participation and conversion rates- to be built out in partnership with ODT

+ Use data to identify gaps and drive continuous improvement.

_Foundational Responsibilities_

_Program Design & Scalable Support_

+ Design scalable workshops and digital content that strengthen professional readiness and connect FLI and underserved students to meaningful internships, research experiences, and full-time opportunities.

+ Develop programming that addresses recurring equity gaps in career readiness, professional identity formation, and access to networks and employer opportunities.

+ Strategically manage student communication to increase engagement with life design resources, employer events, and mentorship programs.

_Coaching & Student Support_

+ Provide strengths-based, identity-conscious individual and group coaching supporting life design exploration, professional development, and career decision-making.

+ Integrate equity-informed life design mindsets and methodologies into all student interactions.

_Curriculum Development & Facilitation_

+ Deliver and customize Life Design curriculum to address the needs of FLI and underserved students.

+ Facilitate or support credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing Life Design courses (e.g., FLI Internship Academy, Arrive & Thrive, Map the System, Life Design Practicum).

_Project Management_

+ Support the execution of equity-focused programs, mentorship pipelines, and career readiness initiatives by adhering to established project timelines and collaborative workflows.

+ Coordinate cohort-specific services and interventions designed to increase access to internships, research experiences, employer engagement, and high-impact learning opportunities for FLI students.

+ Manage logistics, communication planning, and follow-through for workshops, cohort meetings, employer events, and student-facing programming to ensure high-quality, consistent implementation.

_Strategic Partnerships_

_Campus Partnerships_

+ Work closely with the FLI Network, academic departments, advising, and student success units to align programming and strengthen student pathways to impactful experiences.

+ Leverage the expertise of CDI on identity-informed belonging work while maintaining accountability for career outcomes and employability.

_Alumni & Employer Engagement_

+ Cultivate relationships with alumni and employer partners to expand mentorship pipelines and internship-to-employment pathways for FLI and underserved students.

+ Collaborate with Employer Engagement and Alumni Relations to connect students to career pathways with historically unequal access.

_Data, Measurement & Assessment_

+ Use institutional data systems to track student engagement and outcomes.

+ Develop assessment plans that measure the impact of interventions and inform future strategy.

+ Produce reports and insights that tell a clear story about progress toward closing equity gaps in career outcomes.

_Departmental Contribution_

+ Serve as an active member of a Life Design Lab committee and contribute to strategic initiatives across the Lab and the broader Student Affairs division.

+ Participate in institution-wide efforts that advance equitable student success and mobility outcomes.

_Behavioral Competencies_

_Inclusive Communication_

+ Communicates clearly, empathetically, and effectively across diverse groups.

_Collaborative Relationships_

+ Builds productive partnerships with students, staff, faculty, alumni, and employers.

_Initiative & Follow-Through_

+ Demonstrates ownership, reliability, and strategic problem-solving.

_Adaptability_

+ Responds flexibly to changing priorities, student needs, and institutional direction.

_Equity-Centered Practice_

+ Applies an equity lens to all programs and decisions, ensuring inclusive access and measurable outcomes.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

+ Evidence of ability to design and scale programs that improve measurable student outcomes.

+ Demonstrated success working with diverse populations, particularly FLI students.

+ Strong ability to use data to inform decisions and evaluate outcomes.

+ Proficiency with career and instructional technologies (Handshake, Salesforce, PeopleGrove, Blackboard, Zoom, Teams, etc.).

+ Experience in selective university environments and knowledge of barriers facing FLI students in career mobility.

+ Experience building employer and alumni networks.

+ Experience designing programs aimed at closing outcome gaps (internships, job placement, mentorship).

+ Demonstrated ability to translate student experiences into employability outcomes.

+ About Working in the Imagine Center

+ Educators work across multiple spaces on campus. Rather than assigned offices, we operate through a flexible, mobile model with assigned laptops and phones. Success in this environment requires strong relationship-building skills and comfort engaging students through in-person, digital, and social platforms.

Minimum Qualifications

+ Master’s Degree.

+ Three years of experience in higher education, nonprofit, government, or employer-facing roles focused on student success, equity, or workforce readiness.

+ Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Life Design Educator

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Assistant Director, Life Design - Access & Opportunity, FLI Focused (Life Design Lab)

Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD

Starting Salary Range: $55,800 - $97,600 Annually ($65,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30-5, some nights and weekends as student programming demands

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department name: Life Design Lab

Personnel area: University Student Services

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.