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About the Role

Gladstone Institutes is seeking a Career Services Specialist/Manager to lead, innovate, and manage all career services and programs for graduate students, postdocs, research associates, and alumni within the Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Education and Research Development Affairs unit. The ideal candidate is a collaborative team player with expertise in modern, digital career service delivery and experience building successful collaborations.

Responsibilities

Develops, designs and builds content for career development services including Career Exploration, Assessment, and Planning; Career Readiness and Job Search Tools, Resume Writing, Interview Preparation and Negotiation.
Leads and organizes career development events for academic career pathways, industry research positions and science related careers.
Provides individual advising appointments, professional networking resources and events for all early career scientists.
Creates and presents workshops to meet professional development and learning outcomes in partnership with the Director.
Contributes to sustaining and enhancing an inclusive working and learning environment.
Coordinates career support services with partners and affiliates and conducts post-surveys for effectiveness evaluation.
Tracks and maintains the alumni network of early career scientists for reporting purposes.
Provides individual career counseling and coaching, advises on job presentations, provides professional development support, networking opportunities, walk-in advising, open office hours, and mock interviews for graduate and professional school, internships and full-time employment.
Represents Gladstone at associations and meetings.
Curates and maintains career opportunities resources.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science and 5+ years of experience in higher education, professional schools, career services, advising, recruiting, training, and professional development.
Master's degree or PhD preferred with 2+ years of experience in career development and planning, and career advising.
Proven ability in program planning and implementation, communication and teamwork, with an ability to create recognizable series and events that create value and impact beyond Career Services.
Demonstrated advising skills and cultural competence to work with a diverse range of students/postdocs, with the ability to support graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and alumni who are applying to a variety of careers.
Outstanding presentation skills in different formats and for different audiences, with comfort creating digital content (e.g., social media) and resources.

Skills

Modern, digital methods of career service delivery
Building successful collaborations
Program planning and implementation
Communication
Teamwork
Advising
Cultural competence
Presentation skills
Digital content creation
Relationship-building
Networking

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

5+ years of experience
2+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
Master's degree or PhD preferred

Salary/Compensations

$85-$100K

Benefits

Generous medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, paid vacation, commuter benefits, access to free shuttle transportation.

About the Company

Gladstone Institutes is a world-renowned independent, nonprofit biomedical research organization dedicated to solving challenging diseases affecting humanity.
Scientists are leaders in neuroscience, cardiovascular disease, immunology, stem cell biology, and emerging areas of biomedical innovation.
Located in San Francisco's vibrant Mission Bay research hub.
Fosters a collaborative, inclusive culture where employees are encouraged to grow professionally while contributing to work that truly matters.
Approximately 600 employees.

Equal Opportunity

Gladstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other non-job related characteristic. We make all employment decisions so as to further this principle of equal employment.