Senior University Relations Specialist

Job Purpose

The Senior University Relations Specialist will partner with business leaders to create impactful, engaging work experiences while sourcing best-in-class talent. This role will develop and cultivate relationships with identified schools, to grow our talent pipeline. The primary focus is leading and executing all university-related activities that directly support the placement of students into internships. This highly visible position will partner closely with business and HR leaders to create and manage a world-class internship program while maintaining the highest level of confidentiality.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Design, develop, and execute a campus recruiting strategy and programs to recruit top talent from universities, colleges, technical schools, trade schools.

• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with target colleges and universities, including student organizations, faculty, and career services.

• Support the design, planning, launch and maintenance of internship and hiring programs.

• Schedule and participate in on-campus events including job expos, career fairs, classroom presentations, interviews, information sessions, etc.

• Partner with the Marketing and Communication department on social media campaigns and e-mail blasts to ensure the employer brand remains strong among university partnerships.

• Devise and communicate recruiting calendar and plans, school policies, deadlines, event details, and logistics on recruiting season and general early talent metrics.

• Serve as a liaison between the organization and educational institutions (the student's faculty sponsor, the school's career center director, and/or career counselors).

• Develop and maintain a talent pipeline from universities, alumni, and interns

Intern Recruiting:

• Accountable for the full life-cycle intern recruiting process: identify, recruit, screen and recommend candidates to fill intern positions as well as extend offers and begin the on-boarding process.

• Ensure a positive candidate experience through managing the end-to-end recruitment process for internships and other university relations programs.

• Assists with reporting and tracking of all university recruitment metrics.

Intern Program:

• Liaison between Human Resources and intern Managers to build best in class intern program.

• Create environments for all company interns to meet and share best practices by scheduling and hosting virtual events, meetings, workshops, Lunch & Learns.

• Create an intern success profile for each division to measure goals and progress.

• Coordinate the intern off boarding and termination process including exit interviews.

Tournament Recruiting:

• Develop a strategy on creative ways to partner with Universities on acquiring talent.

• Liaison between Leadership and University partners to build a best-in-class Tournament hiring program.

• Collaborate with our University partners to create programs that help reduce/eliminate high fallout.

• Schedule and lead all campus tours

Physical Demands

• Acceptable level of hearing and vision to perform job duties such as but not limited to: preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading

• Occasionally required to walk and work with hands and arms, lift up to 25 pounds and/or drive a golf cart.

• Constantly required to sit, sometimes for several hours at a time, and use their hands and fingers to operate a computer.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs other duties which are deemed by management to be an important part of the job

Qualifications:

Skills/Knowledge/Attributes:

• Ability to focus on highest priorities and set aside less critical tasks

• Experienced in proactively developing relationships

• Ability to work out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably

• High energy, self-starter, can-do attitude

• Excellent customer service, written and verbal communication skills

• High level of attention to detail

• Passion for career development and building relationships with new people

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment

• Willingness and ability to travel

Relative Experience/Education:

• 3-5 years experience in the Human Resources field required

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field required; five years’ direct Human Resources experience may be substituted for a formal degree

• Experience in University recruiting is required

Projected Work Schedule:

Normal work hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Must be available to work nights, weekends, and holidays.