Career Coach and Talent Development Lead - (Full- or Part-Time, Remote Contractor - Seoul, Korea)
About Minerva University
Minerva University is a non-profit, U.S.-accredited institution of higher education that prepares students to become innovators and global leaders in various disciplines. In June 2023, Minerva was ranked #1 most innovative university in the world for the second year in a row by World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI), an organization whose partners include the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. We have reimagined higher education at every level, from how we equalize access to talented students from around the world, how we leverage the possibilities of global immersion, and how we teach. We are well known for our undergraduate program where students live together in residence halls, traveling to 7 different cities around the world over their four years of study. We teach using Forum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz9UV4eXbJ8&feature=youtu.be), a web-based platform that supports real-time, synchronous seminars (ranging from 15-19 students) with high levels of student-faculty interaction. All Minerva classes are seminars, not lecture courses, and use active learning to help students learn to think critically and creatively as well as to communicate and interact effectively with others. The majority of our students are undergraduates pursuing four-year degrees. Minerva offers a Master of Science in Decision Analysis, as well as other programming for professional learners, which we are actively looking to scale over the upcoming few years.
About Coaching & Talent Development and the Role
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The Coaching & Talent Development (CTD) team supports Minerva's mission by empowering Minerva students to create and pursue meaningful lives and careers by exploring, identifying, testing, and developing the skills and characteristics that will support them thrive personally and professionally. Our programs and services encourage students to develop mindsets & behaviors that enable success in the short and long term; understand and articulate their values, interests, and strengths; identify market realities and needs in the world and engage authentically with others to further their professional development in a global, ever-changing context.
We are looking to hire a student-centered, results-driven, and experienced Career Coach who aims to help young people grow personally and professionally and achieve their desired career outcomes. In this role, you will guide students through the appropriate mix of 1-1 coaching and group workshops, leveraging your skills in coaching, rapport-building, workshop design and facilitation.
You will have the opportunity to shape a new approach to how universities prepare students for the Future of Work, while engaging with an intellectually diverse, mission-driven group of students that come to Minerva from around the world (our undergraduate population has included students from over 100 countries).
During their four years at Minerva, students live and study in seven cities around the world. In their first year, students are assigned to a Coach who will support them navigate this experience across their four years and beyond, as alumni. As a Coach, you will work with a portfolio of students, allowing you to develop and maintain relationships with students over time, helping them to navigate transitions and draw connections as they engage in diverse academic and professional experiences around the world. As a Talent Development Lead, you will also partner closely with faculty and city staff to ensure there is a feedback loop and programming offered that aligns with what students need for their professional development at every stage.
Depending on your background, you may also be working with a group of our graduate students, the majority of whom have been working 5-10 years. These will also be mostly virtual 1:1 or group sessions.
Given Minerva's geographically distributed model, this means you will work on a small team of remote Coaches and Professional Success experts with students across multiple time zones. As a result, a significant amount of your work with students will occur virtually.
Location and Travel: We are hiring a Coach based in Seoul. This role may require some international travel, likely 1-2 trips during the academic year to the other rotation cities in order to add an in-person component to your work with the students and participate in milestone events with our students and professional partners.
Focus Areas: While we believe coaching does not require domain expertise (e.g., academic discipline, industry or job function), we are looking for a Coach who has experience, expertise, or strong interest in working with students pursuing careers in the Natural Sciences, and/or in Business.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide students in navigating their college experience and early career exploration through reflection, self-assessment, goal setting, research, and the internship/job search process
- Motivate students to get both strategic & tactical and prioritize their pursuit of professional opportunities, in ways that are aligned with their values, goals and constraints
- Provide 1:1 coaching to students & track their progress towards their goals
- Design and implement a variety of talent development workshops and programs
- Collaborate with Minerva's teams (e.g., Academics, Student Life) to create sessions that help students understand the connection between their academic course of study, their global rotation experiences, and their career goals
- Develop meaningful relationships with recruiters and hiring managers to deepen, broaden, and diversify internship opportunities and new grad professional pipelines
Required Qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- 5 years of professional experience, including a minimum 1 year of relevant coaching experience
- Enthusiasm for designing and delivering career-centric workshops and programs both in-person and virtually
- An understanding of and ability to build rapport with individuals, especially young adults, from diverse cultural backgrounds
- Excellent interpersonal skills that will enable successful collaboration with a variety of stakeholders including faculty, students, employers, graduate schools and partners
- Pro-active team player who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment
- Comfort using and learning new technology; tech-savvy and eager to adopt new tools to better serve student needs
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional experience advising on career issues and opportunities, or recruiting undergraduate students into highly desirable roles, specifically in the US jobs market
- Knowledge of career development theories, adult development theory, career decision-making frameworks, learning styles, and job search techniques
- A strong network to continually access trends on employer recruiting strategies, job market trends, career and employment information sources as well as the application process for graduate and professional school
- Experience working with a globally diverse population
Length of contract: September 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 (10 months), with the possibility of renewal
Salary range: Depends on experience, based on $4,000-$5,500 monthly full-time salary
Minerva's Values and Commitment to Diversity and Belonging
Minerva University reflects and celebrates human diversity. We encourage all members of our community to engage deeply with one another, with open hearts and minds, to learn and grow together from both our shared and individual experiences, knowledge, and perspectives. Furthermore, Minerva confronts and rejects all manifestations of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or citizenship, religious or political beliefs, social class, or any of the other differences among people that have been excuses for conflict, exclusion or hatred. We also take these values outward to further our global mission of Nurturing Critical Wisdom for the Sake of the World.
Minerva is an equal opportunity employer and honors our values and commitment to diversity and belonging in our hiring practices.
To apply, please submit by July 7, 2023:
- Your resume
- A cover letter, (please include any relevant experience/ rationale for preference to work with Natural Sciences and/or Business students, if any)
- A 60 second video with your definition of career development support and career coaching
