COE Graduate Career Strategist chez University of Texas at Austin

Job Posting Title:

COE Graduate Career Strategist

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Hiring Department:

Graduate School

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

10

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FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Oct 06, 2025

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue Until May 15, 2026

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

The Graduate Career Strategist for the College of Education works with the Assistant Director for Career Education in the Office of Career & Life Design and the Director of Career Engagement in the College of Education to build and tailor career content, resources, and programming for graduate students and postdocs in the College of Education (COE). The goals of this position are to increase overall awareness and utilization of career and professional development resources and services for graduate students in COE. Selection made by committee and hiring supervisor based on review of on-line applications and results of personal interviews.  Hiring decision contingent upon applicant clearing security background check. Work schedule will be determined by discussion with supervisor. This position will end Spring 2026.

Purpose

The purpose of this role is to increase awareness, engagement, and utilization of career and professional development resources among graduate students in the College of Education (COE), and to provide feedback to enhance and tailor services to better meet their needs.

Responsibilities

•    Support and lead the development of a dedicated Canvas page for COE graduate students featuring career resources, event announcements, and professional development tools.
•    Create and update career development content such as career/industry guides, networking and negotiation guides, example job documents, and other relevant resources.
•    Conduct a gap analysis comparing the career and professional development needs of COE graduate students to existing resources, services and programming.
•    Collect feedback and lead a needs assessment to better understand the career interests of COE graduate students and postdocs to inform continuous improvement of career services and programming.
•    Assist in the planning and execution of workshops, panels, and other career-related events tailored to graduate students in COE.
•    Raise awareness of graduate student-specific programming and resources through collaboration with departments and graduate student organizations within COE.
 

Required Qualifications

•    Advanced experience with Microsoft Suite.
•    Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
•    Strong interpersonal communication and teamwork skills.
•    Strong research skills – finding quality career education resources and translating program feedback into ideas for new career education programming.
•    Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and organize information in a way that can be communicated with alumni, industry experts, university staff, and students/postdocs.
•    Attention to detail, with the ability to review documents and presentations and provide suggestions for corrections and improvement.
•    Ability to attend monthly team meetings, support in-person workshops and events, and communicate regularly with team members.
•    Master’s or PhD students enrolled in at least 9 credit hours.
•    Must be in good academic standing with advisor approval.
 

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

•    Familiarity with career education resources, both internal and external to the university.
•    Experience developing and utilizing Canvas.
•    Interest in learning more about career development, professional development, and life design.
•    Experience with outreach to various campus partners and stakeholders, including students, departments, alumni, industry experts, etc.
 

Salary Range

$20 per hour -10 hours per week

Working Conditions

• Use of manual dexterity.

• May work around standard office conditions.

• Repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation

Work Shift

To be determined through conversation with supervisor.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Please confirm your eligibility for this position here: http://www.utexas.edu/hr/student/student_acad_employment.html

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

Students in this position may choose to enroll in the UTSaver voluntary retirement programs.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

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