SUMMARY: Queens University of Charlotte seeks an experienced and innovative Associate Director to support a university-wide career development office.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Career Development, the Associate Director will lead the development, implementation, execution, and assessment of an employer relations plan that supports student and alumni employment. The Associate Director’s efforts will directly impact our five colleges and schools, and other units on campus. Together with the Executive Director, the Associate Director will regularly work with employers, deans, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and various administrative units to deliver recruitment related programming and resources. This is a full-time, benefits eligible position.

This position is exempt from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• With guidance from the Executive Director, create and execute an innovative and strategic approach to engaging employers to develop talent pipelines and engagement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain relationships with employers from all industries to understand and support talent recruitment needs.
• Develop, implement, and execute a plan for sharing career opportunities and employer insight with internal stakeholders, including, but not limited to faculty, career office staff, campus partners, and students.
• Provide oversight and execute recruiting events and related employer programming.
• Stay up to date on employment policies and best practices related to internships and campus recruiting.
• Support the execution of the mock interview program and collaborate on career readiness related work informed by employer participation and insight.
• Regularly work with the job board platform to understand usage, job posting and application metrics, stay abreast of new platform features and make regular recommendations for usage and data informed strategies.
• Assess employer relations strategy against key metrics.
• Maintain regular involvement in associations related to career services and employer relations.

Non-Essential Duties

• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned to meet departmental or University needs.

Required Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

• 2-3+ years of direct experience in career services within higher education, university recruiting or related field.
• Client relations and account management experience.
• Ability to interpret and analyze qualitative and quantitative data.
• Experience in developing and using measurements of success to benchmark programs and initiatives.
• Knowledge of trends in diverse employment sectors.
• Skills in event planning and program management.
• Ability to interact well with employers, students, faculty, parents, staff, administrators, and in public settings.
• Ability to work well individually and in team settings.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in unusual/new situations.
• Ability to work with a diverse population.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to multitask efficiently with excellent attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field required. A Master’s degree is preferred; equivalent professional experience will also be considered

Application Process

If this position sounds like a great fit, please submit the following:

1. A cover letter addressing your qualifications and relevant experience
2. A current résumé
3. Salary expectations

Applications received by March 6, 2026, will receive first consideration. Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work.

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (hr@queens.edu, 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process.

Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, domestic partner benefits, a 403b retirement plan, with two options (pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions) with a generous match, vacation and generous paid holidays, tuition remission and tuition exchange, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, paid parental leave, FMLA leave when eligible, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), free access to the Levine Center, wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.