Job Details

Career Navigator

Position Number: 6081589
Location: Madison, WI
Position Type: Career Counseling and Placement

Career Navigator

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Job Posting Date:
March 14, 2025

Application Deadline:

Salary Information:
$22.15 - $27.13

Department:
School of Academic Advancement_PT Faculty

Job Description:

Madison College is seeking a Part-time Career Navigator to join their team in a Limited Term Employment (LTE) opportunity. This position is part of the School of Academic Advancement and focuses on developing and delivering comprehensive support services to assist students with foreign diploma recredentialing, academic planning, professional development, and career navigation. The primary responsibility of this role is to manage a cohort of students, guiding them through Madison College processes while providing academic and career coaching.

Additionally, this position supports students districtwide, ensuring that special cohorts receive the appropriate level of coaching based on their need.

The Part-time Career Navigator collaborates closely with internal Madison College stakeholders and external community partners to enhance student success. This role reports to the Associate Dean of the School of Academic Advancement (SAA).

This is 20-hour a week position with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm. While occasional evening and weekend work may be required, it is not typical. This position has the option to perform work remotely, with the expectation for in office work four (4) days a week. Subject to change per Madison College policy.

This is a limited-term employment opportunity through December 31,2025.

Madison College offers an excellent benefits package including vacation, holidays, health/vision/dental/life insurance options and participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS).

Madison College's dedication to promoting equity, inclusion, and diversity is reflected in our Mission, Vision, and Values. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. Therefore, we seek applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits of diversity in a higher education community. Hiring a diverse workforce that mirrors our student population is more than just a commitment at Madison College-it is the foundation of what we are striving to do. Come be part of our great team!

This position will be open until filled, with a first consideration date of March 30,2025, at 11:59 pm. After this date, the recruitment may close without further notice. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Required documents (1)

Resume

*Failure to include this document by the first consideration date will RESULT IN THE DISQUALIFICATION OF YOUR APPLICATION.

Essential Responsibilities:

Coaching Duties

Provides individual and group academic and career coaching specific to immigrant and refugee populations (recredentialing of foreign diplomas, transfer, transition to Madison College, career exploration, employment and professional development opportunities, and decision making using a variety of resources appropriate to the students' needs) and other student populations needing these services.
Assists in the development of public relations materials, recruitment, and promotional activities that articulates the purpose and intent of career navigation role in the District and in the community.
Keeps accurate records of student participation and outcomes; collects participant data to support program evaluation and reporting processes.
Participate in monthly trainings throughout the year and attend biweekly community of practice meetings.
Monitors student progress and intervenes with students in academic jeopardy by helping them to make appropriate decisions and persist towards their goals. Creates academic success plans.
Communicates regularly and effectively with students through personal contacts, small group settings and online technology.
Participates and supports learner success strategies, programs, and courses advocating for the needs of students' cultural differences and uniqueness.
Works collaboratively with internal and external partners to coordinate services to students.
Collaborates with SAA staff and faculty to strategize ways to ensure student success when students are having trouble in selected courses.
Researches, develops, and collects online and printed resources related to academic success for reference in appointments and shares these resources with students and other SAA staff.

Intake & Assessment Duties

Provides a positive first point-of-contact experience and completes an intake.
Responds promptly to in-person, telephone and written (including electronic) inquiries received from students, faculty, staff, prospective students, and external stakeholders.
Provides assistance in helping students to understand procedures and access appropriate forms, teaches students how to navigate the Madison College website, use their student center to register, run advising reports, set up accounts, request transcripts, etc.
Uses a student administration system, imaging, and communications management software to assist students and document services such as PeopleSoft, On-Base, Microsoft Teams and EAB Navigate.
Maintains confidentiality on all matters as required by state/federal law and Madison College policy.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Ability to work with students and internal/external partners as well as students from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Skill in communicating effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing.
Demonstrated skill in communications and human relations with populations of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and persons with disabilities.
Knowledge of academic, personal and career coaching techniques as well as developmental advising skills and academic and career advising skills. Knowledge of Student Development theory and principles as well as students' needs and intervention strategies.
Ability to plan, organize, promote, and implement events, education workshops, in-services, and programs.
Knowledge of college enrollment management and student administration tools (i.e. PeopleSoft). Knowledge of CAS standards for academic and career advising and NACADA core values.
Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative, team-oriented environment with the ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with individuals at all levels in the organization, with students, staff, and the public.
Ability to organize, analyze and present data related to the retention program services and outcomes.

Minimum Requirements:

Associate degree (Preferred in Education, Human Services or Social Sciences) or equivalent working experience. *Experience used as an equivalent of an educational requirement is in addition to any experience required by the position.
Two (2) years of directly related experience with a minimum of one (1) year of successful training or experience with high school students or in a related coaching/tutoring/advising, retention or enrichment program that focuses on academic and personal.
Bilingual in Spanish, French or Arabic.

Madison College does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term.

If you are experiencing application issues, please contact us at the Talent Acquisition email Talent@madisoncollege.edu or HR hotline (608) 246-6900.

To ensure that emails from us regarding your application do not go to your spam folder, please add the @madisoncollege.edu domain as a safe sender in your email.

Madison Area Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in employment, admissions or its programs or activities. Madison College offers degrees, diplomas, apprenticeships and certificates in Architecture & Engineering; Arts, Design & Humanities; Business; Construction, Manufacturing & Maintenance; Culinary, Hospitality & Fitness; Education & Social Services; Health Sciences; Information Technology; Law, Protective & Human Services; Science, Math & Natural Resources; and Transportation. Admissions criteria vary by program and are available by calling our Enrollment Office at (608) 246-6210 or (800) 322-6282 Ext. 6210. The following person has been designated to coordinate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and to handle inquiries regarding the college's nondiscrimination policies: Lisa Muchka, Director, Civil Rights and Compliance, 1701 Wright Street, Madison, WI 53704 (608) 246.5221

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As part of the application process, finalists will undergo a background check including criminal history, educational verification, and references. Criminal history will not automatically disqualify you from employment. All cases are considered on an individual basis, and the offense will be compared to the position for which you are applying.