Responsibilities

• Establishes new relationships and maintains current ones with employers, which may include visiting employers at their workplace to establish working relationships that will generate jobs and internships.
• Engages with alumni to provide opportunities for them to meet with and provide guidance to current students. Maintains established alumni relationships and builds up a network of new alumni to add as contacts that can be a resource for events. Works with CAA (California Alumni Association), UDAR and other relevant alumni groups to strategically leverage alumni from targeted industries.
• Maintains a list of contacts in different areas of expertise, alumni or otherwise, who could be contacts for events held by BCE or other departments.
• Provides regular updates to established contacts about BCE, upcoming events and how they could be involved.
• Serves as the lead for an assigned industry group, tracking job and internship postings and other activity with our campus, and disseminating to staff as a resource.
• Consults with alumni and employers to advise them about optimal recruiting and employer branding strategies. Gathers and shares relevant data about student attitudes around their recruitment and hiring.
• Researches internship and employment market trends and creates ways to disseminate information to students and staff.
• Designs, coordinates and facilitates networking events and other career development workshops, to help students learn about career paths and job opportunities and prepare to apply. Works in partnership with campus departments to supplement BCE events or to provide support to events the departments are hosting.
• Plans and implements pre-career fair networking opportunities with affinity campus partners and career fair employers for URM students and, which includes but not limited to a pre-fair brunch.

Requirements

• Demonstrated program management and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to design and deliver presentations/workshops tailored to different audiences with a focus on internships and externships.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, assess, and interpret a variety of program data aligned with programmatic goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of job market trends and occupational, career and employment information sources.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to effectively work with diverse individuals and groups of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and employers.
• Knowledge and experience in a diverse cultural environment and working with culturally diverse people.
• General social media marketing skills using tools such as Canva, Adobe, and social media platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to identify problems, develop appropriate resolutions, and take initiative for enhancement of the program.
• Ability to work independently with a minimum amount of supervision.
• Demonstrated successful experience working with college-level students or recent graduates.

Preferred

• Masters degree in related area and/or equivalent experience and training. (Preferred)

Benefits

• For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.