Associate Director, Career Employer Relations
Division of Student Success
University Career Services
These are exciting times at University Career Services. We aregrowing, and we are thrilled that you are interested in being apart of our team. We are surrounded by individuals empowered to usetheir expertise and talents to achieve our mission to pursueexcellence.
Are you ready for us? Are you seeking an opportunity with purposeand direction? If you are, we have the perfect opportunity for you!We hire great people from a wide variety of educational, career,and personal backgrounds, not just because it is the right thing todo, but because it makes us a stronger team.
The University Career Services is seeking (1) AssociateDirector, Career and Employer Relations to join the alreadyawesome team taking the University Career Services Department tothe next level of excellence!
WHAT MAKES University Career Services A GREAT PLACE?
- Generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, tuitionassistance, retirement, etc.
- A knowledge-sharing organization that works collaborativelywith diverse partners.
- Professional development opportunities and mentorship.
- A rapidly growing center within an academic setting.
HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL DO
The Associate Director manages a multi-pronged and integrated,campus-wide program to support students' connections tointernships, career jobs, and part time jobs. Under the supervisionof the Director of University Career Services, the AssociateDirector maintains center-wide responsibility for assessing andimproving effectiveness in relationships with faculty, staff,employers and friends of Georgia State. The Associate Director forour two-year associates' programs, manages the initiatives relatedto student outreach and engagement with University Career Services.There are five campus locations, Alpharetta, Decatur, Clarkston,Dunwoody, Newton with assigned professional staff responsible foreach campus.
Responsibilities
- Direct all activities, programming, and initiatives thatconnect employers with students including internships, part timeoff-campus jobs, entry level post-graduation jobs. Oversight forall major initiatives such as career fairs, special programs,partnerships.
- Serve as primary relationship manager for all recruiters,partners, and friends of University Career Services.
- Develop innovative approaches.
- Analyze needs and determine the appropriate experientiallearning and relationships with recruitment programs andinitiatives targeted for the 21st century student.
- Assess program and initiative effectiveness.
- Develop strategies for scaling employer and studentconnections.
- Develop and implement special programs.
- Collaborate with faculty for special recruitingactivities.
- Supervise a staff of employer relations professionals who havea variety of responsibilities including internships, part timeoff-campus jobs, entry-level jobs, and other relatedopportunities.
- Oversight for career fairs, several signature programs, andother programming that connects employers and their variousopportunities with students.
- Serve as University Career Services representative forcollaborative recruiting events such as the Alumni Career Fair, theTech Talent Fair, and others.
- Serve on the core leadership team for University CareerServices. In collaboration with the Associate Director, for StudentDevelopment, oversee online presence on webpage, social media, andother applicable platforms.
- Collaborate with Associate Director for Student Development toensure that students meet applicable employer requirements.
- Serve on committees, advisory boards and special projects asdetermined by the director.
- Participate in local, state, and regional meetings andprofessional associations as appropriate. Represent the director inher absence.
Qualifications :
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree and four years of supervisor/managementexperience, or a combination of education and relatedexperience.
Preferred Hiring Requirements:
- A creative mindset and commitment to innovative approaches tothe delivery of career services in a large public university.
- Thorough understanding of and commitment to the goals andresponsibilities of career services models and employerrelationship management.
- Effective interpersonal skills, including verbal and writtencommunications.
- Ability to interact with all constituencies of a rapidlygrowing public college.
- Demonstrated competency in training and projectmanagement.
- Knowledge of approaches to career development for individualswith special needs, non-traditional students, first generationstudents and other specialized population.