Assistant Director, Employer Relations: Campus Recruiting

Union College; City of Schenectady (NY); On-site; USD 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation and holidays

On-campus fitness facility access

Tuition Exchange

403(b) retirement plan

Job summary

Union College is hiring an Assistant Director of Employer Relations to lead employer engagement, campus recruiting, and signature career prep programs in Schenectady, NY. You will coordinate recruiting cycles, manage events, and partner with alumni networks to build pipelines for students.

The role reports to the Career Center Director, requires a bachelor’s degree, and demands strong communication, relationship-building, and project management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; or a combination of relevant education, training, certifications, and/or work experience will be considered.
• Familiarity with career services, corporate recruiting, or higher education relationship management desired.
• Familiarity with Handshake and client relationship management software desired.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills to navigate both external and college-wide partnerships.
• Strong strategic thinking, program evaluation, project and time management skills.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive outreach to organizations with a goal of establishing partnerships and opportunities for Union College students.
• Coordinates the campus recruiting cycles, and weekly event schedule of outreach tables, coffee chats, and information sessions on behalf of employers, graduate schools, and alumni.
• Support logistical details, communication and marketing of employer, alumni, networking, and consortium events, educational site visits, and annual on-campus career fair.
• Support Union Financial Network programming including preparatory and on-site events for UFN Bootcamp in New York City.
• Represent the college on the Capital Region Career Consortium (CRCC) for joint events and regional recruiting initiatives.
• Collaborates with Director to report outcomes assessing the effectiveness of employer relations’ programs.
• Collaborate with faculty to support student preparation and search strategies for experiential education courses and activities.
• Partner with College Relations to build and leverage alumni connections to engage in networking, mentoring and recruiting opportunities for students
• Manage the Union College alumni networking platform including communications and marketing materials for both students and alumni users.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Relationship-building

Strategic thinking

Time management

Event coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Handshake

CRM software

Job description

Union College is hiring an Assistant Director of Employer Relations to lead employer engagement, campus recruiting, and signature career prep programs in Schenectady, NY. You will coordinate recruiting cycles, manage events, and partner with alumni networks to build pipelines for students.

The role reports to the Career Center Director, requires a bachelor’s degree, and demands strong communication, relationship-building, and project management skills.