Department:

OSU-Cascades

Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

 

1) A resume/CV; and

 

2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

 

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

 

For additional information please contact:

Johana Hernandez

johana.hernandez@osucascades.edu

Job Summary:

Oregon State University-Cascades invites applications for a combined full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, Assistant Director of Work-Integrated Learning and fixed-term Instructor position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Dean of Academic Affairs.

This position is located in Bend, Oregon.

The Assistant Director of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) supports the mission and strategic plans of the University and of OSU-Cascades as a member of the Career Design Center. The Assistant Director reports directly to the Director of OSU-Cascades Career Design Center and works closely with the Corvallis Career Development team.

As a member of the OSU-Cascades Career Design team, the Assistant Director of WIL supports the Cascades campus with visioning and implementing OSU-C’s Career Readiness and Work-Integrated Learning Strategy.  This campus wide strategy is designed to expand and elevate career readiness opportunities for students through career readiness and work-integrated learning initiatives. Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) is an educational model that connects classroom learning to real-world professional experience through employer-partnered projects, applied coursework, and experiential opportunities embedded directly into academic programs.

The Assistant Director of WIL possesses a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and growth mindset, with creative energy and enthusiasm for coaching and training students, faculty, staff, student leaders and community partners; attention to detail; an eye for scalable implementation; and the ability to manage simultaneous priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coach and instruct students through the arc of engaging in work-integrated and work-based career readiness opportunities at OSU-C.

• Serve as a work-integrated learning subject matter expert to expand OSU-Cascades work-integrated learning community partner portfolio.

• Collaborate with OSU-Cascades faculty and staff to implement work-integrated learning activities throughout the OSU-C curriculum to enhance student engagement and employability.

• Support and collaborate with OSU-Cascades faculty and staff in their efforts to evaluate current industry, labor market, and employment trends to ensure curricular alignment with evolving professional standards and workforce demands.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

For both positions:

• Masters' degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five years of experience in related roles (e.g. career development, academic advising, teaching, recruitment/HR, coaching, study abroad, service learning, etc.).
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective strategies for working with diverse faculty, staff and students.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a broad range of constituents, for example, students (first year and transfer), employers, alumni, faculty, and staff.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Successful experience creating and executing programs or managing large projects.
• Demonstrated competency to oversee multiple tasks with attention to detail and ability to prioritize competing needs.
• Experience and interests in using technology and multiple platforms to share information.

For the Instructor position:

• All of the above and minimum of three years of experience in related roles (e.g. career development, academic advising, teaching, recruitment/HR, coaching, study abroad, service learning, etc.).

For the Consultant-Career Counselor position:

• All the above and minimum of five years experience in related roles (e.g. career development, academic advising, teaching, recruitment/HR, coaching , study abroad, service learning etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

For both positions:

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution related to Experiential Learning and/or Education fields.
• Ability to adopt new technology and multiple platforms to share information, encourage student involvement, manage data, and make informed programmatic decisions.

For the Instructor position:

• Three or more years in career advising, career counseling or career coaching, or other experiential education activities in a postsecondary environment.
• Experience project and program management and assessment, notably in building and launching new programs.

For the Consultant-Career Counselor position:

• Five or more years in career advising, career counseling or career coaching, or other experiential education activities in a postsecondary environment.
• A progressive track record of leadership experience in project and program management, including oversight of assessment and a demonstrated history of building and launching new programs.

Working Conditions/Schedule:

Typical office environment, Monday – Friday. May have events in evenings occasionally.

Salary Range:

$57,472- $75,000

Anticipated Start Date:

2026-10-01

Anticipated End Date:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at

employee.relations@oregonstate.edu

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