Industry Engagement Manager

University of North Florida; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of North Florida seeks an Industry Engagement Manager to build and manage relationships with industry partners, creating recruiting opportunities for UNF students and alumni. The role sits within the Industry Engagement team and focuses on delivering high levels of customer service and strategic engagement with employers.

You will collaborate with colleges, faculty and student groups, tailor employer recruiting plans, and coordinate on-campus events such as career fairs and

Qualifications

• Master's degree and 1+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated relationship-management and customer-service skills, including ability to develop and grow professional relationships with external organizations.
• Strong presentation and public-speaking skills, with ability to represent the university professionally in meetings, events, and external-facing settings.
• Demonstrated organizational and project-management skills, including ability to manage multiple employer relationships, projects, events, priorities, and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Meets and communicates regularly with employers and community partners, educating on engagement, recruit and hire students at UNF.
• Works with the UNF Industry Engagement team to communicate employer needs across colleges and industries.
• Oversees relationships of employer partners in dedicated industry fields, partnering with colleges and student organizations to ensure opportunities are widely available.
• Tracks hiring performance of employer partners and develops strategies to meet their hiring needs.
• Creates customized employer recruiting plans fitting individual needs of highly engaged employer partners.
• Advises potential employers on recruiting strategies to build their on-campus presence and engagement.
• Oversees employer events and campus recruiting activities such as networking events and career fairs.
• Engages with Student Engagement and professional organizations to promote recruiting events and opportunities for students and alumni.
• Develops and implements policies related to Career Services functions.

Skills

Relationship management

Communication

Public speaking

Organizational skills

Customer service

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

General Description/Primary Purpose

The Industry Engagement Manager primary purpose is responsible for creating, growing and managing relationships with industry partners seeking to develop a recruiting relationship with the University of North Florida. The role is a critical part of the Industry Engagement team, working to craft new career-driven opportunities for UNF students and alumni while regularly communicating directly with industry to ensure needs are met. This position ensures UNF Career Services meets the needs of our employers quickly and accurately with exceedingly high levels of customer service to create strong connections between employers and UNF students, staff, faculty, and alumni.

General Description/Primary Purpose

The Industry Engagement Manager primary purpose is responsible for creating, growing and managing relationships with industry partners seeking to develop a recruiting relationship with the University of North Florida. The role is a critical part of the Industry Engagement team, working to craft new career-driven opportunities for UNF students and alumni while regularly communicating directly with industry to ensure needs are met. This position ensures UNF Career Services meets the needs of our employers quickly and accurately with exceedingly high levels of customer service to create strong connections between employers and UNF students, staff, faculty, and alumni.

Responsible for managing the connection between UNF and its industry partners. Identifies new prospective employers, manages the relationship of existing employers, and seeks opportunities to grow existing partnerships to better fit the hiring needs of our employers. Oversees the execution of industry relationship initiatives.

Job Function

• Meets and communicates regularly with employers and community partners, educating on ways to effectively engage, recruit and hire students at the University of North Florida.
• Works with the whole of the UNF Industry Engagement team to communicate employer needs across colleges and industries.
• Oversees the relationships of employer partners in dedicated industry fields, partnering with colleges, campus partners and student organizations to ensure that employment opportunities are made widely available for students.
• Responsible for keeping track of the hiring performance of employer partners and working to ensure that their hiring needs are met while developing new strategies to maintain high levels of employer satisfaction and outstanding customer service.
• Creates goals for increasing the recruiting presence and performance of industry sectors associated with UNF programs, actively listening to the recruiting needs of the employer community and responding with creative engagement opportunities that meet needs for our students and alumni.
• Partners with college leadership, faculty, and staff to identify new ways to integrate industry into college programs, curriculum, student organizations and other purposeful means of integration in ways that mutually benefit all stakeholders.
• Establish customized employer recruiting plans fitting the individual needs of highly engaged employer partners. Grows relationships with recruiting employers and their staff to increase accessibility and awareness of services and opportunities to engage with the university.
• Advises potential employers and updates current employers on recruiting strategies that will help build their on-campus presence. Optimizes, grows, and tracks employer on-campus engagement strategies with stakeholders.
• Works with the Associate Director of Industry Engagement and Industry Engagement team to oversee the successful execution of employer events and activities on campus directly related to the industry areas being served by the Industry Engagement Manager. This includes regularly occurring campus recruiting activities such as networking events, industry-focused career fairs, and other university recruiting initiatives.
• Engages with Student Engagement Team to educate student-facing staff on employer updates and trends. Works with Student Engagement liaisons for similar colleges or industry areas to effectively promote recruiting events and activities to students and alumni.
• Engages with professional and student organizations to establish further opportunities for employers to hire students across the campus.
• Development and implementation of all policies related to functions in Career Services.

Marginal Functions

• Continue professional development.
• Meets with industry directly through virtual and in-person means, traveling as needed.
• Atten and present at regional and national conferences as funds allow.
• During declared campus emergencies, this position may be required to perform specific job-related duties at a designated off campus location or place of residence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervision Exercised

• Supervises Graduate Assistants, Student Employees.

Required Qualifications

Master's and 1+ years of relevant experience or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of relevant experience. Or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219.

Department Requirements

Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with corporate executives, recruiters, university leadership, faculty, staff, students, and community partners.

Demonstrated relationship-management and customer-service skills, including the ability to develop, maintain, and grow professional relationships with external organizations.

Strong presentation and public-speaking skills, with the ability to represent the university professionally in meetings, events, presentations, and other external-facing settings.

Demonstrated organizational and project-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple employer relationships, projects, events, priorities, and deadlines simultaneou