Career Exploration Coordinator

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Contributions to Illinois Retirement System(s) may apply

• Strong organizational communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with students staff families employers postsecondary institutions alumni nonprofit organizations and community partners.
• Ability to coordinate programs events and multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to communicate professionally with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with the Lead Career Exploration Coordinator building administrators counselors teachers and district staff.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Google Workspace and web-based applications; willingness to learn district-supported software including SchooLinks.
• Ability to analyze information solve problems and recommend practical solutions.
• Interest in Career Exploration College and Career Readiness community partnerships and student engagement.

The Building Career Exploration Coordinator will:

• Coordinate the implementation of Career Exploration programming at the assigned high school primarily through Glenbard Hour.
• Maintain an annual building Career Exploration calendar and coordinate Career Chats guest speakers career panels professional-skills workshops and other approved Career Exploration experiences.
• Work with teachers counselors department chairs administrators and other staff to identify career speakers community partners workplace visits and career-related activities already occurring within the building.
• Develop and maintain an accurate building-level inventory of career speakers community partners activities staff connections and student participation.
• Establish a clear process for staff to share information about planned career speakers community partners workplace visits and related activities.
• Recruit cultivate and maintain relationships with business industry postsecondary institutions alumni nonprofit organizations and community partners.
• Support staff members seeking speakers partners or other Career Exploration resources.
• Coordinate activity logistics including scheduling partner and staff communication facilities technology student capacity registration reminders supervision arrangements and event preparation.
• Promote Career Exploration opportunities to students and staff through SchooLinks and other approved building communication channels.
• Use SchooLinks and other district-approved tools to publish opportunities manage student registration and communication record attendance and participation and maintain accurate activity and partner information.
• Provide timely preparation communication follow-up and appreciation to participating community partners.
• Collect student staff and partner feedback and use the information to evaluate and improve Career Exploration programming.
• Collaborate with the Lead Career Exploration Coordinator and other Building Career Exploration Coordinators to develop test implement and improve district procedures templates communications SchooLinks workflows partner-tracking practices promotional strategies and approaches to student access.
• Participate in coordinator meetings training planning and shared districtwide Career Exploration activities.
• Help ensure that Career Exploration programming represents varied career areas grade levels postsecondary pathways and student interests.
• Provide periodic implementation updates addressing activities student participation community partners career areas represented promotional efforts successes barriers and next steps.
• Prepare a brief annual summary of Career Exploration activities partnerships outcomes challenges and recommendations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with students staff families and community partners.
• Ability to read analyze and interpret documents such as correspondence surveys and electronic media.
• Ability to write professional communications.
• Ability to present information effectively and to respond to questions from individuals and groups
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and community members
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in written form
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to maintain current job skills as directed especially in technology-related activities
• Ability to perform essential duties with an awareness of school district requirements and School Board policies

• The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand walk operate duplicating machines and computer equipment; reach with hands and arms; and will frequently repeat actions with the same hand arm or finger motion such as when typing.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust addition the ability to withstand long-term use of video display terminals (VDT) is required.
• The employee may occasionally lift up to 30 pounds such as reference books.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The pace of work tasks would be considered as fast.
• Work is usually conducted at one job site however on occasion; this employee will be required to attend meetings conferences or workshops and events at other sites as assigned.