This position is located on the Cornell University Campus in Ithaca, New York. You will be expected to work on the Ithaca campus, although you may be permitted to perform a portion of your work remotely.
Note: No Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Who we are:
Located in Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University is a bold, innovative, inclusive, and dynamic teaching and research university where staff, faculty, and students alike are challenged to make an enduring contribution to the betterment of humanity. Cornell University is one of the largest and most diverse institutions in the Ivy League. We are a community of 22,000 students and more than 10,000 faculty and staff members representing more than 80 countries and hundreds of disciplines—global cultures, backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ideas.
We strive to be a welcoming, caring, healthy, and equitable community where students, faculty, and staff with different backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn, innovate, and work in an environment of respect, and feel empowered to engage in any community conversation. As a member of the Cornell University community, it is important to recognize our shared responsibility to each other to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all. Cornell Core values .
The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy harnesses the University’s broad disciplinary excellence in public policy, along with its innovative teaching, research, and engagement programs, to solve pressing global challenges. The school’s faculty applies an interdisciplinary and problem-oriented focus to wide-ranging public policy issues as they explore how government choices intersect with people’s lives.
The Brooks School is home to approximately 50 staff members, more than 75 tenure stream and teaching faculty, and a distinguished group of part-time faculty who are leaders in public policy and healthcare, bringing real world expertise into the classroom. The school enrolls over 700 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students across its programs in Ithaca, at its Washington, DC facility, and online in partnership with eCornell.
An innovative and growing school, the Brooks School has recently launched new undergraduate experiences and professional degree programs. It is also making significant investments in expanded and enhanced facilities in both Ithaca and Washington, DC, to support robust enrollments, program growth, and new strategic initiatives. More information on the Brooks School’s Career Development Office here: Brooks School Student Services Team - Cornell Brooks Public Policy .
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Director of Career Development, the Associate Director will be responsible for planning, developing, and overseeing student career coaching and preparation of career programming for the Brooks student population. This position will work closely with faculty, student services and administrative staff as well as the Cornell Career Network to create and promote courses, programs, workshops, information sessions, and other recruitment activities to support and educate students on critical aspects of career development as they relate to the fields of public policy.
Responsibilities Include:
Providing one-to-one career advisement to undergraduate and masters students within the Brooks School community, focusing on the MS and MPA programs. This includes drop-ins, in person and virtual scheduled appointments.
Supporting delivery of a Brooks career development curriculum and delivery of career courses, programs, and events.
Effectively collaborating with administration, faculty, and students to ensure that program goals are met.
Building and maintaining relationships with alumni to support the career aspirations of Brooks School students.
Monitoring career programming success through the tracking of employment outcomes.
Develop metrics to assess the quality and effectiveness of career development programs and activities and…