Career Services Specialist

Career Services Specialist

Arizona College of Nursing is seeking a passionate Career Services Specialist to support graduate career success. This role involves verifying employment outcomes, maintaining accurate placement data, and building relationships with healthcare employers to connect graduates with opportunities. The ideal candidate is people-oriented, enjoys building partnerships in the healthcare community, and is eager to help new nurses launch their careers.

Arizona College of Nursing is a rapidly growing nursing school dedicated to preparing students for successful nursing careers and improving communities. We offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program designed to equip students with relevant skills for today's and tomorrow's healthcare demands, addressing the ongoing nursing shortage.

About Our Culture

Our culture is positive, supportive, and collaborative. We embrace our core values:

• Passion: We love helping others succeed.
• Excellence: We strive to be the best.
• Adaptability: We learn by trying new ideas.
• Accountability: We own our results.
• Integrity: We do the right thing.

Essential Responsibilities

• Verify employment through established policies and procedures to achieve a verified job placement rate of 90% or greater for BSN program graduates each reporting period.
• Collect and record graduate employment information, maintaining data in accordance with College and accreditation standards.
• Proactively contact graduates and respond to them regarding job leads, job placement assistance, and general post-enrollment follow-up for Career Services.
• Provide resources to graduates to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral obstacles affecting their educational or vocational paths.
• Report graduate placement rates and verification status to campuses.
• Develop new partnerships in the medical community through networking and outreach, including hosting campus events.
• Maintain current knowledge of job placement opportunities with local employers and provide key employer contacts with information about the College and opportunities to visit the campus.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent skills and experience required.
• 2+ years’ experience in a registrar, career services, or related department for a post-secondary institution.
• At least one (1) year of experience providing career services or employment assistance required, three (3) years preferred.
• Inside sales and/or sales support skills preferred; ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of successful demonstration of business development and/or sales competencies.
• Excellent communication skills required to effectively communicate general information to students, faculty, staff, externship preceptors, and other stakeholders.
• Results-oriented and able to manage various projects or numerous tasks simultaneously.

Work Hours

This position requires availability during Pacific Time Zone hours. The schedule is Monday through Friday, with flexibility to work between 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM Pacific Time for an 8-hour shift.

Key skills/competency

• Career Services
• Job Placement
• Graduate Support
• Employer Relations
• Networking
• Sales
• Business Development
• Communication Skills
• Data Management
• Post-secondary Education