Industry Engagement Manager

Department

Compensation

General Description/Primary Purpose:

The Industry Engagement Manager primary purpose is responsible for creating, growing and managing relationships with industry partners seeking to develop a recruiting relationship with the University of North Florida. The role is a critical part of the Industry Engagement team, working to craft new career-driven opportunities for UNF students and alumni while regularly communicating directly with industry to ensure needs are met. This position ensures UNF Career Services meets the needs of our employers quickly and accurately with exceedingly high levels of customer service to create strong connections between employers and UNF students, staff, faculty, and alumni.

Responsible for managing the connection between UNF and its industry partners. Identifies new prospective employers, manages the relationship of existing employers, and seeks opportunities to grow existing partnerships to better fit the hiring needs of our employers. Oversees the execution of industry relationship initiatives.

Job Function:

• Meets and communicates regularly with employers and community partners, educating on ways to effectively engage, recruit and hire students at the University of North Florida.
• Works with the whole of the UNF Industry Engagement team to communicate employer needs across colleges and industries.
• Oversees the relationships of employer partners in dedicated industry fields, partnering with colleges, campus partners and student organizations to ensure that employment opportunities are made widely available for students.
• Responsible for keeping track of the hiring performance of employer partners and working to ensure that their hiring needs are met while developing new strategies to maintain high levels of employer satisfaction and outstanding customer service.
• Creates goals for increasing the recruiting presence and performance of industry sectors associated with UNF programs, actively listening to the recruiting needs of the employer community and responding with creative engagement opportunities that meet needs for our students and alumni.
• Partners with college leadership, faculty, and staff to identify new ways to integrate industry into college programs, curriculum, student organizations and other purposeful means of integration in ways that mutually benefit all stakeholders.
• Establish customized employer recruiting plans fitting the individual needs of highly engaged employer partners. Grows relationships with recruiting employers and their staff to increase accessibility and awareness of services and opportunities to engage with the university.
• Advises potential employers and updates current employers on recruiting strategies that will help build their on-campus presence. Optimizes, grows, and tracks employer on-campus engagement strategies with stakeholders.
• Works with the Associate Director of Industry Engagement and Industry Engagement team to oversee the successful execution of employer events and activities on campus directly related to the industry areas being served by the Industry Engagement Manager. This includes regularly occurring campus recruiting activities such as networking events, industry-focused career fairs, and other university recruiting initiatives.
• Engages with Student Engagement Team to educate student-facing staff on employer updates and trends. Works with Student Engagement liaisons for similar colleges or industry areas to effectively promote recruiting events and activities to students and alumni.
• Engages with professional and student organizations to establish further opportunities for employers to hire students across the campus.
• Development and implementation of all policies related to functions in Career Services.

Marginal Functions:

• Continue professional development.
• Meets with industry directly through virtual and in-person means, traveling as needed.
• Attend and present at regional and national conferences as funds allow.
• During declared campus emergencies, this position may be required to perform specific job-related duties at a designated off campus location or place of residence.
• Other duties as assigned

Supervision Exercised

• Supervises Graduate Assistants, Student Employees

Required Qualifications

Department Requirements:

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with corporate executives, recruiters, university leadership, faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
• Demonstrated relationship-management and customer-service skills, including the ability to develop, maintain, and grow professional relationships with external organizations.
• Strong presentation and public-speaking skills, with the ability to represent the university professionally in meetings, events, presentations, and other external-facing settings.
• Demonstrated organizational and project-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple employer relationships, projects, events, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.
• High level of professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail.

UNF’s Student Success team offers a high energy, collegial work culture where team members contribute every day to helping students succeed. You will rapidly develop portable, marketable skills, expand connections to other professionals in Higher Education, and enjoy opportunities for mentorship and professional development. Your day-to-day efforts will emphasize self-directed and autonomous work. In addition to being part of a dynamic team, you will also have access to a competitive benefits package https://www.unf.edu/hr/benefits/index.html including UNF’s Employee Education Program, which includes up to 6 hours of tuition-free courses each semester. In addition to skill specialization and professional development opportunities in this role, you could potentially earn a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership or a master's degree or certificate in one of UNF’s 75 graduate programs in arts and sciences, business, computing and engineering, education, and health. Apply today to become part of a team that empowers students with knowledge, resources, and opportunities to succeed.

The following are required documents that must be uploaded to be considered for this position:

Resume

Cover Letter

Statement(s) of Understanding

This position requires a background check. In conjunction with the University's policy, this position may also require a credit check.

The holder of this position is designated as a “Responsible Employee” pursuant to their role under Title IX. Therefore, the incumbent must promptly report allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse by or against any student, employee, contractor, or visitor to the University’s Title IX Administrator or any divisional Title IX Coordinator

Equal Opportunity

The University of North Florida (UNF) is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all who interact in our community. In building this environment, we strive to attract students, faculty and staff from a variety of cultures, backgrounds and life experiences. The University of North Florida does not commit or permit discrimination or harassment on the basis of genetic information, race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or veteran status in any educational, employment, social, recreational program or activity that it offers. In addition, UNF will not commit or permit retaliation against an individual who reports discrimination or harassment or an individual who cooperates in an investigation of an alleged violation of university regulation.

Carnegie

UNFis a Carnegie Community Engaged Institution. This designation celebrates the University’s collaboration with community partners from the local to the global level. It reflects UNF’s mission to contribute to the public good and prepare educated, engaged citizens.