UC Irvine · 9 hours ago
Program Director, Employer Relations
Irvine, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$66K/yr - $78K/yr
5+ years expUC Irvine is a prestigious university known for its academic excellence and innovation. The Program Director, Employer Relations will manage relationships with corporate representatives to enhance career employment programs for business students and coordinate various career-related events and activities.
Higher Education
No H1B
Responsibilities
Strengthens and manages multifaceted relationships with corporate representatives to deliver a highly customized and responsive career employment program for graduate and undergraduate business students
Delivers targeted corporate relations activities including experiential coordination, campus recruiting, resume referrals, career fairs, site visits, industry nights, and other career events that lead to internship and full-time employment geared to business students within specialty masters, undergrad, and MBA programs
Provides the Career Center with job market trends and insights through ongoing outreach to company representatives and alumni
Generates reports that support corporate outreach strategy and industry/function-focused career coaching to students
Manages the employer relations CRM
Qualification
Required
Extensive knowledge of university employment market (or early career hiring), specifically related to professional business services within fields, such as technology, CPG, consulting, healthcare, etc
Ability to effectively develop and deliver superior, customized services to employers
Knowledge of career services, employer, alumni, and faculty needs and expectations, recruiting and staffing methods, and employment trends
Ability to design and modify computer applications to meet program needs, problem identification, presentation skills, verbal communication, written communication, and organization skills
Ability to work with people from diverse cultures
Ability to develop new relationships with companies who have the potential for experiential opportunities and hiring with related to undergraduates, Specialty Masters and Business Administration students
Ability to conceptualize, develop and coordinate events and programs (virtual and live)
Strong interpersonal skills to maintain cooperative working relationships with a variety of clients including recruiters, alumni, faculty, staff, and students
Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training
Advanced degree in related area
A minimum of 5 years of experience in related field
Preferred
A minimum of 1 year of experience in higher education Recruiting or experiential development-related experience
Benefits
Medical insurance
Sick and vacation time
Retirement savings plans
Access to a number of discounts and perks
Company
UC Irvine
UC Irvine
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Anand Gala
CEO Roundtable Member
Bob Romney
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