Corporate Work Study Program, Relationship Manager

Cristo-Rey-Orlando-High-School; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cristo Rey Orlando High School seeks a mission-driven Relationship Manager to build and sustain strong corporate partnerships while guiding students through their Corporate Work Study experience. You will serve as the main liaison between employers, students, and school staff, delivering proactive engagement and tailored support to ensure high-quality CWSP experiences.

The role requires coaching students, understanding workplace cultures, and maintaining clear communication with partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, education, communications, HR, social sciences, nonprofit management, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in relationship management, account management, education, youth development, workforce development, career services, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to build, manage, and strengthen relationships with corporate partners, clients, employers, or external stakeholders.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, advising, supervising, or developing students or young adults.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to navigate difficult or sensitive conversations professionally.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to corporate partner workplaces throughout Central Florida.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary relationship manager and point of contact for an assigned portfolio of corporate partners, supervisors, and students.
• Build authentic, trusted, and long-term relationships with corporate partners by understanding their organizations, workplace cultures, needs, expectations, and experiences with CWSP.
• Provide a high level of partner stewardship and customer service, ensuring supervisors and partners feel supported, informed, heard, and valued throughout the partnership.
• Maintain consistent, proactive engagement with partners through workplace visits, check-ins, meetings, calls, and ongoing communication—not only when challenges arise.
• Develop strong relationships with assigned students and serve as a coach, mentor, and advocate throughout their workplace experience.
• Help students develop the professional skills, confidence, judgment, communication, and workplace behaviors necessary to succeed.
• Collaborate with CWSP leadership, the Operations Coordinator, teachers, counselors, families, and other school personnel to support student success.
• Represent Cristo Rey Orlando professionally within corporate workplaces and throughout the Central Florida business community.

Skills

Relationship management

Account management

Communication

Mentoring/coaching

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, education, communications, HR, social sciences, nonprofit management or related field

Tools

CRM systems

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Job description

About Cristo Rey Network

The Cristo Rey Network of 41 high schools delivers a career focused, college preparatory
education in the Catholic tradition for students with limited economic resources, uniquely
integrating rigorous academic curricula with four years of professional work experience
and support to and through college. Cristo Rey partners with educators, businesses and
communities to enable students to fulfill their aspirations for a lifetime of success: students
are two times more likely to complete a bachelor's degree by age 24, compared to the total
U.S. low-income population.

Who We Are

Cristo Rey Orlando High School is located in Orlando, FL, and is part of the national
Cristo Rey Network. The school opened its doors to its inaugural freshmen class in the fall
of 2025. Like all Cristo Rey schools, it is a Catholic, college preparatory high school for
students of all faiths from families of limited financial means. The school is co-educational
and serves students of diverse backgrounds. We help our students grow intellectually,
academically, emotionally, spiritually, socially, and morally. Our aspiration is that all our
students graduate from high school and college and become the future leaders in our
churches, institutions, businesses, nonprofits, and the community at large.

Cristo Rey Orlando will prepare students to excel in college, in career, and in character.
Our college-prep curriculum, Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP), and faith-based
education combine to give students a unique experience and an affordable option for
high-quality education.

Who You Are

You have a natural ability to connect with people, build trust, listen well, and developrelationships that grow stronger over time. You understand that successful partnershipsrequire more than good communication—they require responsiveness, follow-through,problem-solving, and a genuine understanding of what matters to each partner.You are equally passionate about developing young people. You see potential in students,hold them to high expectations, and know how to coach them through the challenges ofentering and navigating professional environments. You can celebrate a student's growthwhile also having the difficult conversation when their performance does not meetexpectations.You are comfortable moving between two very different worlds-sitting across the tablefrom a corporate executive or supervisor in the morning and coaching a high schoolstudent through a workplace challenge that afternoon. You understand how to translateexpectations between students, families, schools, and employers while keepingrelationships strong.You don't wait until there is a problem to engage. You are visible, proactive, curious, andintentional about understanding your partners, their organizations, their supervisors, andthe students working within them.

This Role

Cristo Rey Orlando High School is seeking a mission-driven, relationship-focused
professional who is passionate about building strong corporate partnerships and
developing young people. The Relationship Manager serves as a trusted partner to
employers while coaching students to build the skills, confidence, and professional
behaviors needed to thrive in the workplace. This role serves as a critical bridge between
our students, corporate partners, and school community, ensuring a meaningful and
high-quality Corporate Work Study experience for all. This role includes:

• Serve as the primary relationship manager and point of contact for an assignedportfolio of corporate partners, supervisors, and students.
• Build authentic, trusted, and long-term relationships with corporate partners byunderstanding their organizations, workplace cultures, needs, expectations, andexperiences with CWSP.
• Provide a high level of partner stewardship and customer service, ensuringsupervisors and partners feel supported, informed, heard, and valued throughoutthe partnership.
• Maintain consistent, proactive engagement with partners through workplace visits,check-ins, meetings, calls, and ongoing communication—not only when challengesarise.
• Develop strong relationships with assigned students and serve as a coach, mentor,and advocate throughout their workplace experience.
• Help students develop the professional skills, confidence, judgment,communication, and workplace behaviors necessary to succeed.
• Conduct regular student coaching conversations and workplace check-ins to assessprogress, celebrate growth, and identify areas requiring additional development.
• Partner with supervisors to establish clear expectations, gather meaningfulfeedback, and create opportunities for students to grow within their workplace
  assignments.
• Facilitate productive conversations when student performance or workplaceconcerns arise, balancing student development with partner expectations andexperience.
• Develop and implement improvement plans and interventions when students needadditional workplace support.
• Help students understand how their workplace experiences connect to theirinterests, strengths, career exploration, and future goals.
• Identify opportunities to deepen corporate partnerships through stronger supervisorengagement, meaningful student experiences, and increased connection to theCristo Rey Orlando community.
• Monitor the overall health of assigned partnerships, identifying risks,opportunities, and trends and escalating significant concerns appropriately.
• Collaborate with CWSP leadership, the Operations Coordinator, teachers,counselors, families, and other school personnel to support student success.
• Maintain accurate documentation of partner engagement, workplace visits, studentcoaching, supervisor feedback, interventions, and relationship activity.
• Represent Cristo Rey Orlando professionally within corporate workplaces andthroughout the Central Florida business community.
• Serve as the bridge between the workplace and the school, ensuring that bothcorporate partners and students have a high-quality CWSP experience.
  

Performs other duties and special projects as assigned by the Vice President of Corporate Work Study or Associate Director of Corporate Work Study.

Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each
essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform basic functions. The requirements below represent knowledge, skills,
and/or ability:

• Bachelor's degree in business, education, communications, human resources,
  social sciences, nonprofit management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in relationship management,
  account management, client success, education, youth development, workforce
  development, career services, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to build, manage, and strengthen relationships with
  corporate partners, clients, employers, or external stakeholders.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, advising, supervising, or developing students or
  young adults.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust with both corporate
  professionals and students.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to navigate
  difficult or sensitive conversations professionally.
• Strong customer-service and relationship-management mindset with demonstrated
  responsiveness, follow-through, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of relationships while maintaining proactive and
  consistent partner engagement.
• Strong judgment, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills with the ability to
  balance student needs and partner expectations.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage
  multiple partners, students, workplace visits, meetings, and priorities.
• Professional presence and ability to represent Cristo Rey Orlando effectively in
  corporate and community environments.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft Office and comfort working
  with CRM or relationship-management systems.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to corporate partner workplaces throughout
  Central Florida.
• Commitment to the mission of Cristo Rey Orlando High School and belief in the
  value of work-based learning