Senior Career Development Coordinator for Training and Development

Location: Canyon, Texas, United States; onsite position

Salary: $3,223 per month minimum

Company

West Texas A&M University’s Career & Professional Development department supports students, prospective students, and alumni with career planning and professional development.

What you will do

• Design, coordinate, and implement career workshops, webinars, classroom presentations, outreach initiatives, and special events.
• Provide career advising and coaching on career planning, resumes, job searches, networking, interviews, salary evaluation, and professional development.
• Develop engaging content and communication plans for students, faculty, staff, underserved populations, and online-only students.
• Build collaboration with academic and administrative departments, student organizations, faculty, community leaders, businesses, and employers.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate up to six Peer Career Ambassadors.
• Coordinate event logistics, maintain schedules, support administrative tasks, and complete required university training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least two years of related experience.
• Strong interpersonal, public speaking, written communication, organizational, time-management, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple demanding projects and work collaboratively with students, university personnel, community leaders, and business and industry representatives.
• Computer skills with word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and video-conferencing applications.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout employment.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, or a related specialty.
• Experience in career services training and development, university career centers, advising, teaching, people management, or large-project management.
• Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach qualification or experience with MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, or CliftonStrengths assessments.
• Experience developing innovative programming and educational engagement opportunities.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time schedule of 40 hours per week, generally Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Some evening and weekend work is required.
• Health and welfare insurance plans, health and lifestyle programs, and optional retirement savings opportunities.
• Paid leave and 13–15 paid holidays annually for eligible employees.
• Team-centered, cross-trained, and collaborative work environment.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter, resume, and three references with the application.
• Employment is contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation.