Student Career Services Associate I – Career & E3 Development Associate

Student Career Services Associate I – Career & E3 Development Associate

The Career & Engaged, Experiential and Entrepreneurial (E3) Development Associate will primarily support the Career & E3 Development team by providing basic career support, including advising students on career development and job search needs, career planning, job search strategy, interview skills and feedback, job offer evaluation, salary negotiations and resource referrals. The position also focuses on helping students gain transferable career skills as they participate in engaged learning experiences, study abroad, and research. The position and the work will allow CALS to meet the commitment of the recently awarded Cornell Einhorn Center for Community Engagement Grant that recognizes CALS as an Engaged College.

The Career & E3 Development Associate will also focus on managing the asynchronous review of the student peer advisors' resumes and cover letters, overseeing the Career Canvas Module, and creating and managing the Career Newsletter, including collaborating with the Career team to source timely topics. This role will serve as the point of contact with the Career Development team for marketing on Handshake of E3 and career-related programming.

To achieve the CALS goal of integrating career development into experiential learning, study abroad, and undergraduate research, adopting a fresh approach to career readiness is essential. Collaboration across teams within CALS Student Services will be crucial in this endeavor. The Career & E3 Development Associate will be working collaboratively with the Registrar team and the E3 Assistant Director, to create, manage updates to, and review and approve the E3 form to verify students have met the E3 graduation milestone. This role will also enter manual exceptions in Stellic for non-course E3 milestones, assist in identifying course and non-course based E3 opportunities for students, and attend monthly CALS curriculum committee meetings when the Assistant Director is unable.

This role will serve as the primary contact for E3 with the Registrar, which includes attending E3 meetings. The Career & E3 Development Associate will have primary responsibilities for study abroad and providing opportunities for students to develop valuable skills valued by employers while abroad. This includes—but not limited to—answering general student questions, overseeing study abroad course approval forms, maintaining an updated course approval database, ensuring transcripts are received from study abroad, and consulting on study abroad course exceptions for Stellic. This also provides an opportunity to advise students on the career preparation benefits of these global experiences in a more strategic and visible way.

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Department Background

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and home to Cornell University's second-largest population of students, faculty, and staff. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education, and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: natural and human systems; food, energy, and environmental resources; and social, physical, and economic well-being. CALS is fundamentally invested in improving the lives of people, their environments, and their communities both in New York State and around the world.

Department Statement: Our vision: to empower CALS students and alumni to pursue the skills, knowledge, and experiences that drive personal and professional success.

Function Statement: Our mission: holistic, student-focused career services including experiential and entrepreneurial learning opportunities, timely career programming, specialized workshops, and personalized career advising, building real-world connections into the college experience.

Our Commitment: to foster career readiness, support lifelong learning beyond the classroom, and provide equitable, inclusive, and innovative programming and resources to every student. Our Goal: to teach students how to use tools, resources, and connections to navigate their unique career journey; resulting in skills and knowledge that will be Life. Changing.

What We Need

• Bachelor's degree and up to 2 years relevant experience or equivalent combination.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Software knowledge: Stellic, Microsoft Office, Excel, Canva, Salesforce application, CLSS
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with a proactive approach to work responsibilities.
• Proven ability to navigate complex projects with all stakeholders.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of people.
• Project management skills, ability to bridge between academics, students and experiences.
• Must be able to work independently while supporting the efforts of the overall team.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influence skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it's ok if you don't.

• Bachelor's degree
• 1-2 years of experience in business, a corporate setting, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Rewards and Benefits

• This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. The university reserves the right to modify, suspend, revoke or terminate the hybrid work arrangement at any time.

Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program.

Cornell is an equal opportunity employer. For more information, visit hr.cornell.edu/eeo.