Director of Experiential Learning

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $80K - $105K 💻 Career Services 🗓️ October 14th, 2026

Career

Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Director of Experiential Learning to connect graduate students with real-world career experiences through the Graduate School. You build partnerships with employers in fields like engineering, health care, and technology, and design new formats beyond traditional internships. Success is measured by metrics you set with campus colleagues on student experiential learning and workforce outcomes.

Highlights

Design experiential formats beyond traditional internships, including micro-internships, project-based learning, and industry-sponsored research opportunities
Create scalable solutions for matching students and employers using data-driven and AI approaches
Direct student programming that builds workplace readiness for careers aligned with North Carolina economic needs
Cultivate existing and new industry partnerships tied to North Carolina workforce needs and graduate student needs
Define Carolina's differentiating advantage in experiential learning and set strategic metrics for student and workforce outcomes
Collaborate on alumni engagement, industry partnerships, and external funding to support experiential professional development programming
Work closely with the Associate Dean for Professional Development and partners across campus
Master's degree, or bachelor's degree with 0 to 2 years of experience, plus working knowledge of generative and agentic AI
Strong communication and interpersonal skills and expertise in using data to inform strategy; employer relations or workforce development experience preferred
Hiring range of $80,000 - $105,000 per year plus a $10,000 sign-on bonus paid within 30 days of hire