Career Navigator

Full Job Description

GJD-416790 3/26:THIS POSITION IS NON-CLASSIFIED

The Community College of Denver (CCD) seeks candidates who demonstrate a strong commitment to fostering an inclusive learning and work environment and who can effectively work with students, families, faculty, instructors, and staff from diverse backgrounds.

As a Hispanic-Serving Institution, CCD is dedicated to expanding access and opportunity for nontraditional students, supporting workforce development, and strengthening community partnerships that promote educational attainment and career success.

Serving a diverse student population, CCD values individuals who contribute to its mission of advancing social, civic, and economic vitality.

Requirements

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Career Navigator serves as a guide and resource for prospective and newly enrolled students, supporting them in making informed decisions about their academic, career, and employment goals.

This role connects students to college systems, workforce pathways, and support services while helping reduce barriers to enrollment, persistence, and completion.

The Career Navigator ensures that career advising occurs with students at multiple entry points, including prospective student inquiry, New Student Orientation, the High School Diploma Program, and through ongoing case management, to ensure support is coordinated, timely, and centered on student needs.

This position will work with students to help them understand how their interests, strengths, and lived experiences connect to academic programs and career pathways that lead to credential completion and living wage employment.

This position requires strong relationship-building skills, a working knowledge of academic and career pathways, and the ability to provide proactive, individualized support to students from diverse backgrounds.

The role also requires an understanding of career development theories, familiarity with a range of industries and occupations and how they intersect with the labor market trends, and knowledge of college programs and resources.

In addition, the Career Navigator serves as a resource for staff and faculty by providing guidance and training that support meaningful career conversations with students.

PRIMARY DUTIES

Recruitment and Outreach

Recruit and outreach to prospective students with a focus on completing next steps to enrollment; presenting and tabling to the College’s community on the educational opportunities.

Career Counseling

Provide one-on-one and group career counseling to students, assist them in self-assessment, career exploration using tools such as SuperStrong and others, and goal setting.

Help students identify their interests, skills, and values to align them with potential career paths.

Assist students in articulating prior learning, work experience, and transferable skills as part of career and program decision making.

Assist students in selecting an academic pathway and creation of academic plan to completion.

Career Planning

Guide students in developing personalized career plans, including selecting relevant labor market information, wage outcomes, courses, transfer pathways, internships, and extracurricular activities.

Help students create long-term strategies to achieve their career objectives. Ensure students are matriculated to an academic pathway that matches their career and transfer goals.

Workshops and Presentations

Develop and deliver workshops, presentations, and seminars on career-related topics such as career exploration, labor market information, resume writing, job search strategies, interview preparation, and professional networking.

Collaborate with campus departments to provide coordinated and comprehensive career development programming.

Lead and support New Student Orientation efforts by helping students understand and navigate through the enrollment steps, institutional expectations, available campus resources, and how to access academic and support services that promote student success.

Resource Referral and Campus Partnerships

Support students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program by monitoring progress toward completion, providing individualized career exploration and guidance, and helping students navigate academic and support services that promote successful matriculation to college.

Connect students to career resources and support services, both on and off campus, that align with their interests and goals, including workshops, career fairs, job search platforms, alumni networks, and professional organizations.

Partners with academic departments, advising teams, workforce development, financial aid, and student support services to ensure consistent career messaging and coordinated care.

Job Search Support

Assist students in developing job search skills such as resume and cover letter writing, interview preparation, and networking. Provide guidance on utilizing online job boards, internship databases, and other job search platforms.

Industry Research and Alignment

Stay updated on labor market trends, industry developments, and emerging careers.

Conduct research on specific industries or occupations to provide relevant information to students, including salary ranges, required qualifications, and potential growth opportunities.

Maintain strong working knowledge of CCD programs, transfer options, and workforce aligned credentials.

Data Tracking and Reporting

Maintain accurate and timely records of student interactions, services provided, and outcomes.

Provide case management for assigned students through proactive outreach, individualized follow-up, documentation, and coordination with campus and community partners to support student persistence and completion.

Generate reports to track career development activities and student success outcomes.

Participate in assessment and continuous improvement efforts related to student onboarding, early momentum, and equitable access to career pathways.

Identify structural barriers impacting student decision making and elevate insights to recruitment and student success leadership.

Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Any equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Education:(Minimum/Required)

Bachelor's degree in counseling, education, human resources, or a related field.

Experience: :(Minimum/Required)

• Two (2) years previous experience with education, workforce and community college in a counselor, advisor or a role directly servicing students/clients.
• Two (2) years working with first generation students, low-income students, adult learners, and students of color.
• Previous experience navigating students through the college enrollment process (application, onboarding/orientation, FAFSA, scholarship, advising, registration)

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: (Preferred)

• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive excellence.
• Ability to provide guidance and support to individuals in making informed decisions about their career paths.
• Ability to explain complex academic and career information in clear, student centered language.
• Demonstrated project management administrative skills to manage student records and generate reports.
• Higher level skills in MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, One Drive and Outlook.
• Strong industry connections and a proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization.
• Demonstrated success in identifying, securing and communicating educational or career resources to meet the needs of prospective program participants.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and external stakeholders to enhance career services on campus.
• Strong teamwork skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Occasional evening or weekend hours may be required to support recruitment events and student access.

Additional Information

Our campus is located in downtown Denver, adjacent to two light rail stations, and just minutes away from shopping, restaurants, and event venues.

When you visit our campus, it will be immediately evident that our faculty, staff, and instructors are passionate about serving our diverse student population.

At CCD our passion is to help others, and we offer career pathways that will make a difference in the lives of our students.

If you are interested in sharing our passion for student success, CCD offers generous medical, dental, vision, life, and retirement options. We also offer the opportunity to expand your education, and those of your dependents, through our tuition reimbursement program.

CCD is a Learning College where policies, programs and practices support learning as the major priority. The Community College of Denver is an Equal Employment Opportunity Educational Employer.

Background checks will be conducted on all finalists for employment consideration.

CCD recognizes that administration, faculty, instructors, and staff reflect the diversity of its students and community and prohibits employment and student discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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SELECTION PROCESS

Preliminary screening will be made on the basis of completed application packet submitted by candidate.

Completed application packet includes: a letter of interest of no more than five pages, addressing in general the items under "Primary Duties" and specifically each item under “Minimum Qualifications”; an online application; resume; and transcripts.

All candidates, including current Community College of Denver employees must submit a complete application packet which includes all materials listed above.

Only completed application packets will move forward for screening. Please review the job duties and minimum requirements carefully.

Meeting the minimum qualifications for a particular position does not assure the applicant an interview. Selected applicants will be invited by the screening committee for interviews.

All application materials become the property of Community College of Denver and cannot be copied.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Interested applicants must submit a complete application packet at https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/ccd which includes:

1. Electronic Application, Click ‘New Resume’ at the bottom of this page
2. Cover Letter
3. Resume
4. References - Names, phone numbers, addresses, & email addresses of three professional references
5. Copies of transcripts, official preferred
6. Copies of appropriate credentials, if applicable

**All included attachments should be saved with the following nomenclature: Last name, First name Document; for example Doe, John Resume; Doe, Jane Transcripts

***Your resume should clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications. Those applicants that do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered.

Part-time experience is ½ the equivalent of full-time experience. Example: Four (4) years applicable part-time experience equals 2 years full-time equivalency.

For information regarding Community College of Denver Security, including crime statistics for the campus and surrounding area, please see the CCD Campus Security website under “student’s right to know”: CCD.edu/Safety. For a hard copy report please contact 303-352-3042.