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Manager, Career Education

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada💼 Full-time💰 $95,538–$95,538🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the design and delivery of career development education and services for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc students, integrating career readiness into the academic and co-curricular experience.

Role type

Manager, Career Education (Staff)

Builds

Career development programs, strategic plans, and team operations for student career readiness

Domain

Higher Education / Career Development / Human Services

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Strategic planning, team management and coaching, stakeholder relationship building, project management, program design and implementation, labour market trend analysis, performance management, inclusive service design

Preferred skills

Master's degree in leadership, education, or counselling, experience in human services settings, experience with work-integrated learning frameworks

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Design and execute strategic career development plans; lead and manage a career advising team including hiring and performance reviews; build strategic partnerships with faculty, co-op, and student success offices; chair CCD leadership meetings and represent the department on campus committees; develop and implement projects to advance student career readiness; stay current on labour market trends and career development theories

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership

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