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The highly ranked School of Education (SoE) is home to 3,000 students pursuing degrees in the Arts, Education and Health fields. The Career Center strives to provide all students with access to meaningful career readiness education and connections to mentorship, high impact experiences, and work opportunities. Our mission is to support students across their personal, profession, and career journeys as they improve lives, redefine what's possible, and change the world.
Reporting to the Lead Employer Outreach & Engagement Manager, and in consultation with faculty and program leaders, develop and maintain sustainable partnerships with employers, industry leaders, alumni, and community members to facilitate student experiential learning, job/internship opportunities, and lifelong career readiness.
The position will center on four primary responsibilities:
- Relationship development: Develop and maintain partnerships with new and existing employers or community members within an industry portfolio with a particular focus on health and K-12 partners. Share industry insights and connections with career/academic advisors and with departments to facilitate student learning
- Equitable access to high impact experiences: Cultivate paid internships, field experiences and a network of professionals to support experiential education for all School of Education students
- Employer education through communication: Create and manage strategic communications campaigns to ensure employers can maximize their recruiting potential at UW-Madison
- Campus engagements and experiential education: Coordinate employer/alumni participation in workshops, guest lectures, career fairs, career treks, and employer networking sessions.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to develop and maintain strategic relationships (preferably within the arts, health, education, or related fields)
- Experience with communications, marketing or social media campaigns in a professional setting
- Ability to articulate the importance of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, and demonstrate ways you have or would advance this work
- Experience managing small to medium sized projects, programs, and/or events
- Demonstrated ability to clearly give and receive information through various mediums (email, presentations, proposals, calls, etc) to/from diverse audiences
- Experience collaborating across a diverse set of stakeholders to achieve a common goal
- Demonstrated knowledge and use of technology platforms and/or data analysis to support work productivity
- 40% Serves as the main point of contact for prospective employers, provides advice and information about recruitment, engagement, hiring students, and addresses their needs
- 10% Schedules logistics and secures resources for on-campus recruiting activities
- 20% Develops relationships and working knowledge of relevant industries
- 10% Participates in the campus-wide career services community providing input to leadership regarding the development of advising, recruitment, and co/curricular programs offered by the school/college
- 15% Lead strategic communications for external audiences including messaging campaigns, website engagement, and social media engagement.
- 5% Manages key projects, programs, or events to facilitate student career readiness and student connections to job, internship, and experiential opportunities.
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
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Required
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a career services, talent acquisition, business development, outreach, training, or related role.
- Experience developing and maintaining strategic relationships (preferably within the arts, health, education, or related fields).
- Experience with communications, marketing or social media campaigns in a professional setting.
Preferred Experience:
- Ability to articulate the importance of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, and demonstrate ways you have or would advance this work.
- Experience managing small to medium sized projects, programs, and/or events.
- Demonstrated ability to clearly give and receive information through various mediums (email, presentations, proposals, calls, etc) to/from diverse audiences.
- Experience collaborating across a diverse set of stakeholders to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrated knowledge and use of technology platforms and/or data analysis to support work productivity.
Full Time: 100%
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:Minimum $60,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter explaining your interest in the position and how your knowledge, skills, and experience align with this position.
Contact:Nicole Spear
608-261-1386
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See for further information.
Employer Relations Manager(AE100)
Department(s):A17-SCHOOL OF EDUCATION/CAREER CENTER
Employment Class:Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:297163-AS
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/