Career Advisor - Career and Professional Development

Category : : Professional

Subscribe : :

Department : : Career &

Professional Development -

05003

Locations : : Albany,

NY

Posted : : Nov 19,

2025

Closes : : Open Until

Filled

Type : : Full-time

Ref. No. : : WF250166

Position ID : : 194906

About University at

Albany : Established in 1844

and designated a University Center of the State University of New

York in 1962, the University at Albany's broad mission of

excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and

public service engages a diverse student body of approximately

17,000 students in nine schools and colleges across three

campuses.

Located in Albany, New York, New York

State's capital, the University is convenient to Boston, New York

City, and the

Adirondacks.

Job

Description : The purpose of

the role is to assist with the education of all students on what

they need to plan and succeed in their chosen career after

graduation. This person will create education materials and deliver

them in one-on-one appointments, workshops, and events. They will

also develop and maintain content for the career website that

delivers career education materials 24 / 7. They will collaborate

with all stakeholders to support integration of career education

materials in all areas of campus life, especially the

classroom.

Primary

Responsibilities : Career

Advising

Provide advice and guidance in career

planning and development to undergraduate students, graduate

students, and alumni in individual

appointments.

Career

Champions program support

Support the Career

Champions program by creating resources for faculty to include in

their curriculum.

Data

coordination

Coordinate the collection of

engagement data for the department. Collect engagement data for the

Career Education

Team.

Develop and deliver

workshops

Develop and conduct workshops on

various career-related

topics.

Content

Creation

Develop content for the website,

including blog posts, how-to guides, and educational

videos.

Collaborate with other departments to

reach more students with career education

materials.

Event

support

Develop and support events to promote

the services of our office to current and potential

students.

Other

reasonable duties as assigned

Functional

and Supervisory

Relationships : Reports

to Assistant Director Career

Education

Supervises the following positions :

None to start

May supervise student employees

as assigned (if no direct reports at time of filling

position)

Job

Requirements : Superior

interpersonal skills : Ability to advise students and manage

emotions such as frustration and anxiety.

Broad

knowledge of career topics, including resumes, cover letters,

interviewing, job searching, graduate school applications,

networking, and professional etiquette. Knowledge of career

development models and theories. Ability to continuously work to

keep information current. Broad knowledge of university majors and

graduate programs. Current knowledge of employer hiring

practices.

Relationship-building skills and

ability to collaborate with different types of

people

Presentation skills. Must be able to

develop and deliver engaging presentations on a wide variety of

career topics.

Knowledge of Microsoft office

suite, Handshake, UConnect, and other career development software

tools.

Demonstrated ability to adapt to

changes in the work environment, manage competing demands, and be

able to change approach or method to best fit the

situation.

Time management and project

management.

Requirements : Superior

Qualifications : Bachelor's

degree from a college or University accredited by the US Department

of Education or internationally recognized accrediting

organization.

A minimum of 1 year of full-time

experience working with students in a higher education

setting.

Applicants must demonstrate an ability

to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse

campus community

Applicants must demonstrate an

ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and

belonging relative to their

role

Preferred

Qualifications : Bachelor's

students in career topics.

Master's degree in

counseling, higher education, social welfare or related

field.

Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel

or similar product.

Experience with assessment

in higher education.

Experience with Handshake

and EAB.

Knowledge of college student

development and experience advising undergraduate students,

graduate students, and alumni.

Experience using

social media to highlight career resources and building online

engagement with the student

community.

Working

Environment : Typical

office environment

Ability to work some

evenings and weekends for presentations and other

events.

Additional

Information : Professional

Rank and Salary Range : Career Planning and Development Associate,

SL-2, $52,000-$54,000

Special Notes :

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you

currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to

maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility

requirements. Additionally, please note that UAlbany

is not an E-Verify

employer.

The Jeanne

Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime

Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV

institutions, without exception, prepare, publish, and distribute

an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts :

disclosure of the University's crime statistics for the past three

years; and disclosures regarding the University's current campus

security policies. The University at Albany's Annual Security

Report is available in portable document format [PDF] by clicking

this link

http : / / police.albany.edu / ASR.shtml

Pursuant

to NYS Labor Law 194-A, no State entity, as defined by the Law, is

permitted to rely on, orally or in writing seek, request, or

require in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his

or her current wage, or salary history as a condition to be

interviewed, or as a condition of continuing to be considered for

an offer of employment, until such time as the applicant is

extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation, and

for the purpose of verifying information, may such requests be

made. If such information has been requested from you before such

time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at

(518) 474-6988 or via email at

info@goer.ny.gov.

THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY IS AN

EO / AA / IRCA / ADA EMPLOYER

Please apply

online via

http : / / albany.interviewexchange.com / candapply.jsp?JOBID=194906

Application

Instructions : Applicants

MUST submit the following documents :

• Resume / CV

Cover

letter stating all the required minimum qualifications and any of

the applicable preferred qualifications

Contact

information for three professional

references

Note :

After submitting your resume / CV, the subsequent pages give you

instructions for uploading additional documents (i.e. cover letter

etc.).

See the FAQ for using our online

system. Please contact us if you need

assistance applying through this

website.

Returning

Applicants - Login to your UAlbany Careers Account

to check your completed

application.

A review of

applications will start on December 2, 2025 and the search will

remain open until the position is

filled.