Overview
Quinnipiac University invites applications for The Director of Career Development. Serving as a senior member of the Career Development Office team, the Director of Career Development, plays a central role in advancing student career outcomes. The Director provides individualized career advising, cultivates employer and alumni relationships, develops professional-development programming, and expands employment opportunities for Quinnipiac Law students and graduates. Working closely with the Associate Dean of Career Development, the Director helps implement strategic initiatives that strengthen the law school's reputation, employer partnerships, and career outcomes.
About the School
The Quinnipiac University School of Law is a student-centered law school with an outstanding and accessible teaching faculty, a 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio, an impressive range of externship and clinical opportunities, and a focus on collaboration and mentoring. The law school resides in a state-of-the-art facility on the university’s North Haven Campus, with a dynamic community of advanced programs including Quinnipiac’s School of Medicine.
Quinnipiac Law enrolls almost 400 students pursuing a juris doctor degree or one of six joint degrees (combined degrees with other disciplines), including the JD/MBA. The law school offers concentrations in civil advocacy and dispute resolution; criminal law and advocacy; cybersecurity and information privacy; family law; health law; intellectual property; international law and policy; tax law; and workplace law.
The School of Law is deeply committed to student success, bar passage, and career outcomes, and has made targeted investments in academic excellence, experiential learning, and curricular innovation, including expanded integration of skills-based and doctrinal instruction.
Quinnipiac is fully approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. For more information, please visit https://law.qu.edu/
Responsibilities
Career Advising and Student Coaching
- Advise and support students and recent graduates regarding career planning, employment strategies, interviewing, networking, clerkships, internships, and post-graduate opportunities.
- Review application materials, including résumés, cover letters, and writing samples.
- Provide ongoing coaching and mentorship to students across a variety of career paths and practice settings.
- Monitor and participate in the CDO's document-review process through 12Twenty and other career-development platforms.
- Serve as a primary advising resource for students and alumni.
Employer Engagement and Opportunity Development
- Develop and implement strategies to expand employment opportunities for students and graduates.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with law firms, corporations, government agencies, public-interest organizations, and other employers.
- Develop and implement outreach strategies to expand employer partnerships and hiring pipelines in strategic growth sectors, including business law, tax law, insurance law, and other areas identified by the School of Law.
- Represent Quinnipiac Law at employer events, bar association activities, networking functions, and professional-development programs.
- Partner with employers to create internships, externships, summer opportunities, and post-graduate employment pathways.
- Maintain and strengthen key institutional employer relationships currently supported through the Career Development Office.
Professional Development Programming
- Design, coordinate, and support programs that advance student professionalism and career readiness.
- Assist in planning and execution of Bridge to Practice programming, including Integrated Professionalism.
- Coordinate networking events, employer panels, judicial-engagement opportunities, lunch-and-learn programs, and similar initiatives.
- Support major institutional events that connect students with the bench, bar, alumni, and legal community.
- Assist in administration of the Yale Sappern Fellowship and related professional-development initiatives.
Strategic Partnerships and Career Outcomes
- Collaborate with law faculty, administrators, alumni, employers, and university partners to improve career outcomes.
- Participate in strategic planning and assessment initiatives within the Career Development Office.
- Support data collection, reporting, communications, and other activities related to employment outcomes.
- Assist in developing and implementing initiatives designed to improve student employment opportunities and strengthen employer engagement.
- Serve as an ambassador for Quinnipiac Law within the legal profession.
Education Requirements
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years experience working in the legal field in a JD required or JD advantage role.
- Significant experience in career counseling, attorney professional development, JD education, or legal recruitment, preferably within a law school.
- Strong communication, analytical, writing, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent counseling, coaching, and interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport and establish relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Knowledge of the legal job market, legal practice areas, and career paths in the legal profession.
- Facility with computers and learning new systems.
- Imagination, flexibility, and empathy needed to help students “think outside the box” and be thoughtful and active developers of their own careers.
- Ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, students, alumni, employers to serve students and enhance the reputation of the law school.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Applications must be submitted electronically and include a resume, a cover letter detailing how your experience aligns with the position requirements, demonstrated commitment to intentional leadership that values individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and contact information for three references.
The anticipated salary range for this position is $85,000 – $115,000. At the time of offer, the final salary will be determined based on the selected candidate’s qualifications, including relevant education, experience, skills, and competencies, as well as internal equity and market considerations. Quinnipiac University offers eligible full-time faculty and staff a comprehensive benefits package that may include health insurance, life insurance, paid time off, education benefits, and retirement benefits.
