MBA Career Consulting Program Director - Consulting

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Job Location (Full Address):

224 Hutchison Rd, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14627

Opening:

Worker Subtype:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Department:

230724 Simon Grad Sch CMC

Work Shift:

UR - Day (United States of America)

Range:

UR URG 115

Compensation Range:

$97,400.00 - $146,000.00

Responsibilities:

To function as an Industry Specialist focused primarily on fostering career preparedness and advancing employment outcomes for MBA Consulting students. The Career Consultant for MBA Consulting will be the primary contact for Simon Consulting students, alumni, faculty, and hiring managers. Manages a portfolio of hiring relationships as well as a caseload of students while contributing to the Benet Career Management Center's mission of preparing students for successful careers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Support employment outcomes through strategic employer engagement

• Meet with hiring managers and senior alumni at major strategy firms that hire MBA students into summer associate and full-time positions.
• Develop strategy for generating opportunities at other firms for students who oriented to other types of consulting or technology firms.
• Segment outreach efforts by domestic and international.
• Visit alumni and hiring managers and interact with them virtually to both surface associate/consultant opportunities and elicit job postings.
• Coordinate outreach efforts with the Corporate Engagement team; maintain employer relationship activity in the school's career management platform; collaborate on group approaches to business development and stewardship of existing employers.
• Manage assigned accounts and generate new accounts strategically and tactically.

Provide individualized career coaching and professional development to MBA candidates pursuing consulting career

• Provide guidance to international and domestic candidates regarding career strategy, professional positioning, and competitiveness in the consulting employment market.
• Advise on skill building and professional preparation needed to be competitive in an aggressive job market.
• Motivate students to quickly move through the search phases and be ready for interviews with prospective top MBA hirers.
• Leverage external resources, employer partnerships, career technologies, and labor market information to prepare students for successful employment in management consulting.
• Conduct and critique mock interviews and arrange for additional interviews to be held with industry experts.
• Train Student Career Advisors to provide basic coaching on resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, networking strategies, social media, and other online career resources and tools.
• Consult and coach candidates on associate and full-time offers.
• Regularly monitor employment status of all assigned students.
• Conduct on-going outreach to students using print, personal and electronic media; track contacts and report activities.

Work as part of a team responsible for large group programming and communication throughout the year to support MBA career strategies and employment outcomes

• Design and deliver workshops and presentations relevant to students' career interests, employer expectations, and market needs.
• Plan for annual career programming such as Day I (online webcasts), Case Interview preparation, Product Management, Analytics and Consulting Boot Camps, certification training, required MBA career workshops, Orientation, TechTreks, corporate tours, and other.
• Engage in on-going assessment of programs to continuously improve and personalize CMC programs for MBA candidates.
• Assist with online and print promotional activities for CMC in the US and in other countries.
• Offer in-service training to staff and student leaders.

Office Management/Other

• Managerial, Strategic Plan and other duties as assigned
• Office and School meetings as assigned
• Admissions/MBA Liaison
• Club Liaison
• Faculty/Area Liaison
• Supervise, train, and mentor student workers

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree and 7 years of relevant experience required
• Master's degree such as MBA preferred
• 10+ years of relevant work experience preferred
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• MBA or degree/coursework in management consulting preferred
• Customer/client-facing work experience such as management consulting, recruitment management, executive search, relationship management, sales, business development, or graduate business career services preferred
• Proven record of involvement in coaching, mentoring or developing others in corporate setting is preferred
• Proven record of business development (in corporate or education setting preferred
• Knowledge of MBA recruiting and hiring practices in consulting highly desirable
• Knowledge of consulting labor markets for international and domestic MBA students strongly preferred
• Experience with dealing with senior management, presentations, project management, Intermediate Excel, PPT/deck building, data collection and analysis, team building, supervision preferred
• Desired attributes include organization, time management, process improvement, customer feedback loop, results orientation
• Experience living or working internationally or working with international students or employees desirable
• Ability to travel in the US and overseas as needed
• Willingness and ability to work nights and week-ends as needed to meet program objectives preferred

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