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Assistant Vice President for Life and Career Design

Wheaton College
Norton, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/8/2024

Wheaton College in Massachusetts is conducting a national search for the inaugural Assistant Vice President for Life and Career Design. This is an exceptional opportunity for an innovative and entrepreneurial person to develop a cutting-edge program for students from orientation through graduation. Wheaton’s approach to Life and Career Design is a collaborative model with Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and Advancement and Alumni Relations, to better meet the needs of the community.
The AVP will guide the new Life and Career Design Institute, formerly career services, to develop programs and services for students incorporating internships, service learning, alumni and professional mentoring, and life design principles. The end goal being that all Wheaton students graduate with experiences which enhance career goals, a skill set, and a life plan methodology that they can use to make great choices throughout their lives.
Reporting to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, the new Assistant Vice President for Life and Career Design is responsible for articulating the vision and mission of this area and will oversee all programs that will be organized developmentally around the student progression through their 4 years. The position will be highly collaborative with alumni relations and academic affairs, to engage faculty, alumni, parents, and the external business and not-for-profit communities to offer the Wheaton student exceptional opportunities.

LIFE & CAREER DESIGN INSTITUTE
The vision for the Life & Career Design Institute (LCDI) is to create a holistic experience for students fully integrated with the curriculum that engages all students with the life design method including a bias toward action and prototyping, an emphasis on self-awareness and reflection, and an awareness of the individual interplay of life, family, career, health, wellness, play, and other factors that shape a life of abundance.
Within this framework, the LCDI will ensure that students have many touchpoints with experiential learning and career development. This will happen through work in the LCDI (internship placement, funding, Sophomore Experience, for example) but also through work in academic departments and classes that can be supported by the staff of the LCDI. Through a close collaboration between Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and Advancement, our goal is for students to seamlessly integrate this work throughout their classes, student employment, student clubs, internships, and post-Wheaton planning.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/PRIORITIES
  • Provide effective and measurable career advising, career education and outreach programming and career exploration that encompasses internships and experiential educational opportunities. Provide entrepreneurial insight and innovation, utilizing formal and informal methods of life and career design.
  • Lead the institute with a framework of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
  • Strengthen and cultivate partnerships with employer representatives in business, industry, not for profit and education sectors and work collaboratively with area colleges. Streamline the process for posting new opportunities.
  • Collaborate with academic and student affairs in cultivating partnerships that offer experiential learning through curricular and co-curricular opportunities.
  • Work closely with colleagues in advancement and alumni relations, and annual giving to develop and implement mentoring, networking, internships and/or position shadowing opportunities by alumni for students.
  • Create a staffing and hiring plan, according to an outlined structure for the Life and Design Institute to provide sustained support for experiential learning.
  • Develop a team that communicates critical information with measurable results and cultivates relationships across campus to effectively champion and advocate for the student’s career and life experiences.

To Apply:

Applications should be in PDF format and submitted through the AGB Search portal at: Wheaton AVP Life & Career Design.
Please direct any nominations, expressions of interest or questions regarding the application process to WheatonAVP@agbsearch.com or to the AGB Search team below.
AGB Search is assisting with this search. Nominators and prospective applicants may
contact the executive search consultants for additional information:
Dr. Jean Kim, Executive Search Consultant
jean.kim@agbsearch.com / 303-678-7811
Mr. Lou Stark, Executive Search Consultant
lou.stark@agbsearch.com / 319-389-2413

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Ideal candidates will be innovative and entrepreneurial and must have experience with career program design and implementation; and must demonstrate a clear understanding of personal development from a diversity, equity, and inclusion perspective.
  • Candidates must have experience developing strategic partnerships through collaborations with diverse constituencies, both inside and outside the organization, such as faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and external business partners.
  • Candidates must be knowledgeable of the changing needs of employers, early entry employees such as students, and graduate/ professional programs. Candidates must be able to demonstrate innovation and implementation of changes in the career field.
  • A master’s degree is required.
  • Candidates must have a proven track record of increased responsibility and staff management in higher education, business or not for profit environments with 8 to 10 years of experience.
  • Candidates must have excellent communication and organizational skills and be a team player.

Preferred Qualifications:

Compensation and Benefits
To attract and retain the most talented individuals, Wheaton College maintains a flexible and competitive staff compensation and benefits program.

When determining and establishing hiring rates or recruitment ranges for a position, the College considers a number of factors including the budget for the position, the range of the grade, the external market for the position or similar positions, level and scope of responsibilities, required education, skills and relevant experience as well as internal equity. All salary offers must have the prior approval of the Office of Human Resources.

The salary for this position will be commensurate with the qualifications, education and experience.

Physical Demands

ADA Statement:

Individuals must possess these knowledges, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.



Eeo Statement
Wheaton College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or disability. In a continuing effort to maintain and enrich an intellectually diverse learning environment, the Department and the College actively encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented groups.

Wheaton’s core belief is that valuing diversity is pivotal to personal development, intellectual expansion, and societal equity. Our community is united by a shared dedication to equity and access that is essential to providing a transformative education in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Posting Date:
12/13/2023

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled
Yes

Contact(s):

Office of Human Resources



Contact Phone/Extension:
508-286-8206

Contact Email:
careers@wheatoncollege.edu

Contact Fax

Special Instructions to Candidates:
The federal government and the state of Massachusetts have made the decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency. Effective June 1, 2023, the college will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for members of our community. Rather, we strongly recommend that everyone stay up to date on their vaccinations, including boosters, as recommended by their health care provider.

While we will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations, we strongly encourage members of our campus community to adhere to public health recommendations for vaccination to protect against COVID-19, as well as influenza and other diseases.

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