Assistant Director, External Relations

The Indiana University Bloomington Walter Center for Career Achievement provides top-quality career education programming and services to Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences students to help them transfer their diverse passions and talents into successful and rewarding careers. 

The Assistant Director, Employer Relations will advance the Walter Center's mission by developing and executing employer outreach, recruitment, and relationship management strategies that produce high quality full-time and internship opportunities for students in the College of Arts and Sciences. More information about the Walter Center for Career Achievement can be found here.
 

JOB SUMMARY
Department Specific Responsibilities

• Develops annual programming plans in collaboration with External Relations Team and larger Walter Center Team to create opportunities for students to explore career fields, develops professional contacts, and build marketable experience.
• Creates opportunities for current students to connect with prospective employers and College alumni by securing employer and alumni involvement in on- and off-campus networking events.
• Plans and facilitates multiple career-related events, workshops and classroom presentations each semester on topics relating to job and internship search strategies and the career development process.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Collaborates with relevant student and staff leaders to provide tailored career programming and networking event opportunities.
• Plans, coordinates, and markets on-campus recruitment events to connect students with potential employers.
• Assists with managing relationships with employers and alumni through regular communication.
• Assists with implementing large-scale and/or off-campus events and participates in planning, employer relations, student marketing, event execution, and post-event evaluation.
• Helps coordinate the logistics and scheduling of information sessions, on-campus interviews, class presentations, and networking events hosted by the career center, featuring alumni and employer representatives.
• Oversees the online job and internship posting process and makes critical decisions during the review process to ensure all postings adhere to office and campus policies.
• Interprets and enforces policies pertinent to third-party recruiting and other employment conditions.
• Reports and analyzes recruiting data for detailed, annual evaluation.
• Meets regularly with colleagues to assist with analyzing recruitment trends and plan employer relations strategies that enhance existing relationships and identify new opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Required: Bachelor's degree in a related field

Work Experience
Required: 2 years in a related field

SKILLS
Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Ability to build strong customer relationships
• Demonstrates problem solving skills
• Ability to represent the company with external constituents
• Ability to work within tight time frames and meet strict deadlines

Preferred

• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong communication skills including ability to engage in public speaking.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of careers opportunities for arts and sciences students and a strong understanding of the marketable components of a liberal arts and sciences education.
• Ability to and interest in working in a highly-collaborative team environment, and a relentless commitment to facilitating world-class undergraduate student learning and career development