Career & Employer Partnerships Coordinator

Arclabs Welding School; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Arclabs Welding School in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Career and Business Development Coordinator to support student success, graduate employment, and employer engagement. You will connect graduates with opportunities, develop employer relationships, and support new student orientation.

This role focuses on career-readiness programming, internship development, alumni follow-up, and documentation for accreditation.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and professional communication for students, grads, employers.
• Ability to develop and maintain employer relationships and identify employment, internship, and training opportunities.
• Provide individualized career guidance, conduct job-readiness interviews, and facilitate resume and employability workshops.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to balance outreach, student engagement, documentation, reporting, and event coordination.
• Ability to maintain accurate student and graduate records and consistently document placement, employer, and outreach activity.
• Ability to prepare reports and maintain documentation in support of accreditation, compliance, and institutional performance requirements.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with academic, administrative, and campus teams to support student completion and placement outcomes.
• Ability to work independently in the field, conduct employer and job site visits, and represent Arclabs professionally in the community.

Responsibilities

• Participate in new student orientation and provide ongoing student support throughout the program to promote successful completion and career readiness.
• Track student progress through graduation and collaborate with academic and administrative staff to identify and address student‑success needs.
• Provide individualized job‑placement assistance to graduates, including employment leads, follow‑up, and support aligned with each graduate’s skills and employment goals.
• Conduct job‑readiness interviews with graduates to assess skills, employment goals, readiness, and appropriate placement opportunities.
• Facilitate resume‑building sessions, employability workshops, interview preparation, and other career‑readiness activities.
• Identify graduate employment opportunities through company visits, networking, employer outreach, online resources, and job‑board postings.
• Conduct regular outreach to employers to maintain, strengthen, and expand hiring partnerships and training‑related placement opportunities.
• Coordinate weekly job site visits and maintain appropriate documentation of employer outreach and business‑development activity.
• Develop internship opportunities for the student body and achieve a goal of at least ten (10) internship opportunities per year.
• Plan, coordinate, and host three (3) Career Fairs annually to connect students and graduates with employers and employment opportunities.
• Maintain current student and graduate placement records in internal systems and student files, including employment outcomes and supporting documentation.
• Maintain student and alumni contact records and support ongoing communication and follow‑up with graduates.
• Assist graduates seeking to re‑enter programs or update their skills and support returning students through applicable re‑enrollment and training‑update processes.
• Maintain documentation and prepare reports required for accreditation, compliance reviews, institutional reporting, and student‑outcome tracking.
• Collaborate with academic, administrative, and campus staff to verify student completion and placement outcomes and resolve documentation gaps.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of career services, business‑development, student‑success, internship, and employer‑engagement initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Relationship-building

Communication

Employer relationships

Career guidance

Organizational skills

Documentation

Time management

Independent field work

Customer service

Job description

Arclabs Welding School in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Career and Business Development Coordinator to support student success, graduate employment, and employer engagement. You will connect graduates with opportunities, develop employer relationships, and support new student orientation.

This role focuses on career-readiness programming, internship development, alumni follow-up, and documentation for accreditation.