Academic Program Spec III

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

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.

• 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 Beyond120 as a workforce partner through presentations about Beyond120, 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

• Collaborate with the Beyond120 and CLAS Advancement team to leverage and identify new opportunities with existing partners and in emerging areas of interest for the College.
• Assist in developing programs to maintain and promote alumni interest and support.
• Recommend strategies to strengthen alumni participation and support experiential learning efforts.
• Plan and execute campus travel to engage in discussions with influential alumni to create alumni advocates and develop new experiential learning opportunities for CLAS students.
• Use virtual meetings to build relationships, offer consultative meetings, and secure engagement opportunities.

Programming

• Serve as expert for embedding industry related content into Beyond120 curriculum and assists in the teaching and administration of program courses as needed.
• Conducts programming that connects employers to students.
• Serve as a bridge between CLAS students and industry partners, identifying and facilitating experiential learning opportunities for CLAS students such as internships and other cross-sector collaborations.
• Assist in delivering other core Beyond120 programs including teaching the career planning class, career advising, and employer development.
• Travel on student focused trips and excursions to advance student/employer engagement.

Faculty Engagement 

• Ensure collaborative partnerships with faculty and staff to ensure customization for each department within the College.
• Utilize faculty and Experiential Learning Coordinator feedback and goals for their students when designing appropriate industry connections that will benefit CLAS majors. Identify gaps where departments are not as often represented and find industry connections to fit the needed majors and educational concentrations.

Strategic Planning & Evaluation 

• Conducts research to assess program performance and progress toward industry engagement objectives such as geographical planning, forecasting of industry needs, College alignment of workforce needs, industry engagement targets, deadlines, and effective management of opportunities.
• Create reports on employer connections to distribute to College units, CLAS students, and Beyond120 stakeholders and partners.
• Makes programmatic recommendations to ensure attainment of program deliverables including utilizing industry engagement opportunities in Beyond120 programs such as excursions, internships, global engagement, undergraduate research, and curriculum.
• Grow and cultivate key accounts by evaluating the fit and success of current and past experiences, always working towards a mutually beneficial long-term partnership.
• Maintain and update a database of job opportunities.

$55,000 - $65,000

• Ability to work independently and utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to collect, evaluate, and analyze data relating to administrative functions; i.e., accounting, budget, payroll, personnel, and purchasing.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
• 3-5 years of experience in staffing, recruitment, or career services.
• Experience in Florida industry, business, and career trends.
• Readiness to travel to make industry connections on behalf of Beyond120 and the College.
• Demonstrated knowledge of job training and/or enterprise staffing requirements.
• Knowledge of how organizational design, processes, and technology integrate with talent management to support the organization’s mission.
• Impeccable professional customer service skills with exceptional follow-up and follow-through
• Ability to take initiative and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, delivering within deadlines.
• A professional and resourceful style with the ability to work independently.

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.