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University of Florida · 3 weeks ago

Partnership Development Specialist

Gainesville, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$55K/yr - $65K/yr

3+ years exp

The University of Florida is seeking a Partnership Development Specialist to lead efforts in connecting students with employers and enhancing recruiting relationships. This role involves fostering partnerships, delivering presentations, and creating career-related work opportunities for students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Higher Education

Responsibilities

Foster relationships with internal and external constituents for the benefit of students’ Career development to increase engagement and employer connections for CLAS students

Delivers presentations and occasionally provides coaching to students and employers

Serves as a recruitment coach. Maintains relationships with employers where CLAS student skills can translate into career opportunities with the goal of creating long-term, sustainable relationships with the College and CLAS students

Assist in facilitating, promoting, and expanding interaction with business/industry, government, and nonprofit employers to create and increase career-related work experience opportunities, such as internships, volunteer, and summer employment

Establish Beyond120 as a workforce partner through presentations about Beyond120, career pathways in the non-profit, public, and private sectors, academic topics at conferences, individual and group training's, and invited speaker engagements

Use various presentation techniques that actively engage the audience and respond supportively to questions

Follow-up with hiring companies through regular check-ins and account management

Work with employers to create a brand on-campus, leading to early student recruitment and work-based pipeline programs

Collaborate with the Beyond120 and CLAS Advancement team to leverage and identify new opportunities with existing partners and in emerging areas of interest for the College

Assist in developing programs to maintain and promote alumni interest and support

Recommend strategies to strengthen alumni participation and support experiential learning efforts

Plan and execute campus travel to engage in discussions with influential alumni to create alumni advocates and develop new experiential learning opportunities for CLAS students

Use virtual meetings to build relationships, offer consultative meetings, and secure engagement opportunities

Serve as expert for embedding industry related content into Beyond120 curriculum and assists in the teaching and administration of program courses as needed

Conducts programming that connects employers to students

Serve as a bridge between CLAS students and industry partners, identifying and facilitating experiential learning opportunities for CLAS students such as internships and other cross-sector collaborations

Assist in delivering other core Beyond120 programs including teaching the career planning class, career advising, and employer development

Travel on student focused trips and excursions to advance student/employer engagement

Ensure collaborative partnerships with faculty and staff to ensure customization for each department within the College

Utilize faculty and Experiential Learning Coordinator feedback and goals for their students when designing appropriate industry connections that will benefit CLAS majors. Identify gaps where departments are not as often represented and find industry connections to fit the needed majors and educational concentrations

Conducts research to assess program performance and progress toward industry engagement objectives such as geographical planning, forecasting of industry needs, College alignment of workforce needs, industry engagement targets, deadlines, and effective management of opportunities

Create reports on employer connections to distribute to College units, CLAS students, and Beyond120 stakeholders and partners

Makes programmatic recommendations to ensure attainment of program deliverables including utilizing industry engagement opportunities in Beyond120 programs such as excursions, internships, global engagement, undergraduate research, and curriculum

Grow and cultivate key accounts by evaluating the fit and success of current and past experiences, always working towards a mutually beneficial long-term partnership

Maintain and update a database of job opportunities

Qualification

Partnership developmentRecruitment experienceData analysisCareer services experienceFlorida industry knowledgeCustomer serviceProblem-solvingProject managementCommunication skills