Partnership Development Specialist

Job Description :

The Partnership Development Specialist leads and oversees efforts to introduce students to partners and vice versa, strategically develop existing recruiting relationships, collect and anticipate employer needs, and forecast recruiting trends. Florida employers will be a high priority for engagement. New perspectives and innovative ideas are strongly encouraged. The Partnership & Employer Engagement Specialist will work closely with alumni, faculty, staff, and other key stakeholders to advance partner engagements, career opportunities, and generate innovative solutions to liberal arts and sciences students and employer needs.

Program Representative & Industry Recruiter

• Foster relationships with internal and external constituents for the benefit of students’ Career development to increase engagement and employer connections for CLAS students.
• Delivers presentations and occasionally provides coaching to students and employers.
• Serves as a recruitment coach. Maintains relationships with employers where CLAS student skills can translate into career opportunities with the goal of creating long-term, sustainable relationships with the College and CLAS students.
• Assist in facilitating, promoting, and expanding interaction with business / industry, government, and nonprofit employers to create and increase career-related work experience opportunities, such as internships, volunteer, and summer employment.
• Establish Beyond as a workforce partner through presentations about Beyond, career pathways in the non-profit, public, and private sectors, academic topics at conferences, individual and group training's, and invited speaker engagements.
• Use various presentation techniques that actively engage the audience and respond supportively to questions.
• Follow-up with hiring companies through regular check-ins and account management.
• Work with employers to create a brand on-campus, leading to early student recruitment and work-based pipeline programs.

Alumni Engagement

Programming

Faculty Engagement

Strategic Planning & Evaluation

Expected Salary : $, - $,

Required Qualifications :

Master’s degree and three years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred :