Strategic Employer Relations & Partnerships Leader

Seton Hall University; South Orange (NJ); On-site; USD 63,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Career Center at Seton Hall University seeks an Associate Director of Employer Relations & Partnerships to lead employer engagement, recruiting partnerships, and external relationship development in South Orange, NJ. This role reports to the Career Center leadership and focuses on expanding internship, experiential learning, and full-time opportunities for students and graduates.

You will build and manage relationships with employers, alumni, industry leaders, and campus partners; drive

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or mentoring staff, graduate assistants, interns, or student employees.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute employer engagement strategies that expand internship, experiential learning, and full-time employment opportunities in priority industries.
• Build relationships with employers, recruiters, hiring managers, alumni, industry leaders, and organizations aligned with student and University needs.
• Strengthen existing partnerships through regular outreach focused on increasing recruiting activity and long-term engagement.
• Expand partnerships beyond recruiting through mentorship, career education, networking, sponsorships, and employer-led programs.
• Coordinate employer relations and recruiting partnerships originating through The Career Center by tracking activity and sharing relevant opportunities with University partners.
• Collaborate with schools and colleges, faculty, administrators, alumni engagement, student organizations, and other partners through coordinated communication and outreach.
• Connect employers with appropriate academic programs, faculty, student organizations, and University partners based on recruiting and talent needs.
• Promote consistent employer engagement practices that strengthen relationships and reduce duplication of outreach.
• Assist with setting employer goals, industry priorities, and participation targets for career fairs, networking programs, information sessions, panels, and other Career Center initiatives.
• Recruit priority employers, alumni, and external partners for events and employer-led career education.
• Partner with the Program Coordinator to ensure employer recruitment goals and participation priorities are incorporated into Career Center events and programs.
• Use employer participation, feedback, and follow-up to strengthen future outreach and develop ongoing partnerships.
• Build employer pipelines that generate recurring internship, experiential learning, and full-time employment opportunities.
• Work directly with employers to expand existing recruiting programs and establish new talent pipelines.
• Partner with the Coordinator of Student Internships & Experiential Learning to align employer-developed opportunities with internship and experiential learning priorities.
• Identify opportunity gaps using student interests, academic programs, workforce trends, and employment data, and target employers that can help address those needs.
• Use 12twenty, labor-market information, employer engagement data, and student outcomes to guide outreach and partnership priorities.
• Track employer acquisition, engagement, retention, recruiting activity, opportunities, and partnership growth to measure progress.
• Partner with Career Center Director to interpret data and identify employer, industry, and recruiting gaps.
• Coordinate with Career Center marketing and communications efforts to develop targeted employer outreach campaigns.
• Contribute to Career Center strategic planning, goal setting, assessment, resource allocation, and continuous improvement as a member of the leadership team.
• Advise the Director on employer trends, recruiting activity, workforce developments, and partnership opportunities.
• Supervise and mentor staff, graduate assistants, interns, or student employees assigned to employer engagement.
• Establish goals and expectations for employer relations initiatives and support staff professional development.

Skills

Supervising staff

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, HR, student affairs, organizational leadership or related field

Job description

The Career Center at Seton Hall University seeks an Associate Director of Employer Relations & Partnerships to lead employer engagement, recruiting partnerships, and external relationship development in South Orange, NJ. This role reports to the Career Center leadership and focuses on expanding internship, experiential learning, and full-time opportunities for students and graduates.

You will build and manage relationships with employers, alumni, industry leaders, and campus partners; drive