Employer Relations Specialist

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: $73,000 to $80,000

Position Summary

The Employer Relations Specialist is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective relationships with targeted employers and organizations to facilitate the placement of all MS and PhD students in close collaboration with the Career Placement Officers (CPOs) and the Graduate Career Placement (GCP) team. This includes (1) cultivating and maintaining school-level employer relationships; (2) expanding and developing new employer contacts (3) supporting signature GCP programs, including the Silberstein Executive in Residence program, career fairs, and exclusive recruitment programs; (4) as needed coach students on how to secure positions and support their professional development.

Responsibilities

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  65% -Develop and Cultivate Relationships with Employers:

  Establish new employer contacts and strengthen current employer contacts through outreach activities such as cold calls, mass mailings, and individual employer visits.

  Coordinate support to recruiters and students throughout the recruiting process for internship and full-time opportunities.

  Grow the number of full-time and internship opportunities advertised to SEAS students and the number of on-campus interviews and information sessions conducted at the college.

  Develop marketing strategies and materials to increase Columbia Engineering's visibility to relevant employers and industries.

  Assist GCP, CPOs, and PDL in coordinating employer events, microfairs, and other events including professional development workshops.

  
  
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  20% -Manage School Level Career Resources:

  Oversee Career Connect (powered by VMock), the online career support and recruiting system as Columbia Engineering; serve as point person for communication to vendor and system users.

  Systematically collect student performance and job-offer data; report internship and post-graduate results to national salary survey (NACE) and school leadership.

  Drafts forms/information sheets and supplies content for the career center's website that outlines guidelines, systems, procedures, and policies.

  
  
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  10% -Engineering Student Affairs:

  Support signature student affairs activities including Welcome Day, Graduate Engineers Connect, graduation ceremonies, and other school-wide initiatives for engineering students.

  Assist with student on-boarding activities including admissions yield, orientation, and advising.

  Serve on ESA committees (e.g. conduct, on-call, delegates), support large-scale student life programming, and participate in division-wide ESA priories as needed.

  
  
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  5% -Performs other and related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor degree is required; graduate-level work is preferred. Minimum of 2-4 years of related higher education, career education, professional development, or human resources experience required.
• Strong computer literacy/proficiency required: an understanding and appreciation of student services database
• software and on-line resources, and the willingness and enthusiasm to respond to the needs of students in an
• increasingly technologically-oriented society. Proficiency with Google suite of products, MS office, publishing software,
• social media, etc.
• Data analysis and data visualization skills: candidate need to be comfortable with analyzing and work with large volumes
• of student and employer data.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and administrative skills.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure, with high level of attention to detail. Candidate must exercise good judgment and flexibility. Must be able to prioritize multiple tasks with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with staff, faculty, students, employers, and alumni in small and large group settings.
• Excellent command of English (verbal and written).
• Must be willing to work on occasional evenings and weekends, on a need basis.
• Positive, mission-oriented, forward-thinking attitude and sense of humor a must.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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