Assistant Dean for Career Planning

The Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development provides leadership, management, and direct student and alumni services in the area of career services. This position oversees efforts to support JD students and alumni in obtaining employment, which is a high priority for the law school. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, managing personnel; developing and managing a departmental budget; managing public relations/marketing/outreach to students, employers, and alumni; generating and providing reports on topics such as employment statistics and service usage; and providing strategic, comprehensive programming and direct services to law students and alumni to assist with their career planning and professional development. 

Service to law students and alumni includes, among others, the following activities:
• Providing guidance and counseling for students and alumni.
• Providing document review of job application materials for students and alumni.
• Serving as instructor of record in required, credit-bearing, first-year Career Exploration course & Professional Planning course.
• Administering a variety of workshops and programs.
• Providing library and web-based resources, including online job listings and newsletters for students.
• Administering mentoring programs that match students with professionals.
• Administering interview programs.
• Administering alumni/student receptions in major cities in and outside of Oregon as appropriate.

The Assistant Dean is a participating member of the law school’s administrative team and will be expected to plan, develop, and implement law school projects, policies, and procedures. The person in this position will be expected to participate in the business and activities of the Oregon State Bar and various professional organizations.

The person in this position will be an energetic professional, whose leadership, creativity, vision, and interpersonal talents will enable her/him to articulate a positive, compelling vision for the office and its programs. It is vital that the person in this position be able to enlist others to help create that vision and to form alliances and work-groups of key law school constituents (including students, student groups, faculty, other administrators, and alumni) to carry out the functions of the Center for Career Planning and Professional Development.

This is a full-time position that reports to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs/Law School Dean of Students. The University of Oregon is committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse institution and seeks candidates with demonstrated potential to contribute positively to its diverse community.