US-DTM - Director , Career Journeys
Title: Director, Career Journeys
Division: Education
Department: Career Journeys
Status: Full-time, Exempt
Level: Director
Total Direct Reports: One (Talent Operations and Systems Coordinator)
Located : Washington, DC, Hybrid- 3 days in office. Only local candidates considered.
Compensation: $110,000 - $115,000 depending on experience. Full-time, exempt level employee are eligible for various benefits including vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, flexible spending plans, employee assistance plan, legal resources plans, tuition reimbursement, and participation in CASE’s retirement plan. CASE is eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
Position Purpose
CASE's ability to strengthen the advancement profession depends on attracting capable people into it, and keeping them progressing once they arrive. The Director, Career Journeys, holds both halves of that responsibility.
The position leads CASE's programs that create entry points into advancement, including the CASE Advancement Internship Program, a graduate-entry pathway, and routes into the profession for people arriving from other fields at mid-career. It maps those programs to the CASE Competency Model and the Career Journey Framework so that participants leave with demonstrated capability and a defined next step. It then owns the relationship with participants after their program ends, ensuring that entry into advancement becomes the start of a career rather than a placement that concludes.
The position is expected to grow the financial strength of these programs while holding to their primary purpose. A pathway program must sustain itself to last long enough to build anything, and it must be managed for mission, not just margin, to build the profession. The core functions of this position include but are not limited to the following:
ENTRY PATHWAYS INTO THE PROFESSION
Directs the annual recruitment and program operations of the global CASE Advancement Internship Program, building the early-career talent pipeline for member institutions across fundraising, alumni relations, and communications and marketing, using internal resources, partnerships, and CASE volunteers.
Develops new programs to promote and develop advancement as a career choice.
Develops routes into advancement for professionals entering from other fields at mid-career, recognizing that entry into the profession happens at more than one life stage.
Identifies and develops partnerships that increase the visibility of CASE's entry programs, including oversight of pilots to expand existing programs and launch them in new regions.
Designs recruitment and program delivery so that CASE's pathways reach the full breadth of institutions, regions, and communities the association serves inclusive of an advancement work force capable of interacting with donors and stakeholders from wide range of backgrounds.
COMPETENCY MAPPING AND FRAMEWORK APPLICATION
Maps every talent management programs to the CASE Competency Model, defining which competencies a participant develops, at what level, and how that development is evidenced.
Applies the Career Journey Framework to program design and sequencing, so that each program has a clear position in the career arc and a clear relationship to what precedes and follows it.
Maintains the mapping as programs evolve and as the Competency Model is updated, and contributes practitioner insight from program delivery back into the division's stewardship of both frameworks.
Produces competency-based reporting on participant outcomes that member institutions, host supervisors, and CASE colleagues can act on.
PROGRESSION AND CONTINUITY
Owns the relationship with participants after their program concludes, maintaining a defined pathway from programs into CASE membership, education offerings, and the wider professional community.
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