Employer and Community Outreach/Internship Coordinator

The Employer and Community Outreach / Internship Coordinator is a member of the professional career services team and reports to the Director of Career and Professional Engagement. This position provides general career coaching to current students and alumni, as well as outreach to and coordination with employers and community organizations. The position also provides coordination for programs within the School of Arts and Sciences (SASE). Those in this position will work with a wide variety of campus populations including traditional, non-traditional, first-year, veteran, online, and international students and alumni, as well as in close coordination with faculty, administration, other offices on campus, and external partners.

Examples of Duties: (Illustrative only)

• Organize yearly Career Expo and regularly scheduled on campus recruitment (tabling, interviews, etc.)
• Maintain and develop employer and community relations to further the department and school initiatives
• Collaborate with Online learning regarding Corporate Partnerships
• Manage employer/student Handshake accounts and answer associated inquiries
• Assist in the coordination of academic graduate assistantships
• Coordinate all aspects of CPE responsibilities regarding internships at SASE
• Identify new, and strengthen current experiential education opportunities
• Conduct internship / employer site visits as needed
• Serve as a First-Year Experience course instructor
• Instruct student development and/or career exploration course/workshops
• Educate students on a wide variety of topics related to job search, career development, professional etiquette, and industry-associated communication skills
• Provide resume, cover letter, graduate school essay, and LinkedIn reviews, interview skills and salary negotiation training, and mock interviews assistance
• Assist in building an online library of career services resources (documents, infographics, video presentations)
• Utilize social media tools (marketing / management) and comfortable using technology to deliver services
• Maintain/update/create office communication plan (marketing, promotional, and career related resources)
• Utilize various career assessments with students
• Represent the office at college wide events such as recruitment and open house events
• Record and track appointments using EAB student success management system
• Participate fully in the university community (occasional evenings and weekends may be required)
• Assist as needed with First-Destination survey and other office initiatives
• Maintain active membership in local and national professional organizations

Work Remotely - No

Work Location: Buffalo, NY

Job Type: Full-time

About the Institution:

D’Youville is a highly regarded private university and research institution with a rich history located on the vibrant West Side of Buffalo adjacent to a growing downtown with year-round cultural events and outdoor recreation. While preparing students for the 21st-century, D’Youville excels at helping students reach their career goals as change agents, doing well for themselves and their communities by doing good. Under the leadership of President Lorrie Clemo, the university is moving boldly forward through a dynamic and integrated planning process to strengthen the institution and positively impact the student experience and surrounding community.

Founded in 1908, the Grey Nuns named the college after the Patron Saint Marguerite D’Youville and committed to making it a compassionate place of learning for those from underrepresented populations. That commitment and tradition continue today. D’Youville was the first college in Western New York to offer baccalaureate degree programs for women. With a long Catholic history, D’Youville welcomes students of every culture, background, and faith and is a place where different faith traditions can be openly shared and respected. Coeducational since 1971, D’Youville strives to expand opportunities for diverse learners, including adults, first-generation, low-income, and other students historically underrepresented in higher education.

Today, D’Youville features an urban, growing campus community of 3,000 students and offers more than 50 majors in undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral studies including advanced certificates and accelerated learning programs. Featuring degrees in healthcare, business, and the liberal arts, D’Youville encourages students to balance their learning with activities that integrate community service with coursework. D’Youville’s proud graduates have the academic strengths necessary for careers that make a difference and the skills to be leaders for the world. All job offers are contingent upon legal authorization to be employed in NYS as determined by NYS DOL. To learn more about D’Youville, please visit http://www.dyu.edu/

D’Youville University continues to grow its commitment to Diversity, EQUITY, and Inclusion. Remaining true to the teachings of our Patroness, St. Marguerite d’Youville, we seek to selflessly and compassionately contribute to humanity by improving the lives of individuals and society through education. D’Youville University was founded to extend a hand to those in need and equip them, through education, with the skills necessary to change the world.

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate and present information to others in one-to-one, classroom, online, and business/industry environments
• Comfortable working in an open office environment
• Stay abreast of changing institutional information and updates to college-wide initiatives and polices
• Proven cross-cultural and interpersonal skills including the ability to represent the university in a positive way to diverse populations
• Ability to work with a wide variety of student support services to accomplish student success goals
• A strong commitment to the university’s mission by fostering an environment that promotes academic, social, spiritual, and professional development in programs that promote leadership and service

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• One to three years’ experience in career services, human resources, social services, counseling, advising, education, or higher education
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite and other career management software designed to support the needs of this position
• Skilled at connecting and building rapport with students, alumni, and employers, internal, and external partners
• Experience developing and facilitating skill building workshops

Preferred Qualifications:

• Career services experience is strongly preferred
• Experience reviewing employment application materials (resumes and cover letters, etc.)
• Familiar with higher education, career services and other Learning Management Systems (currently utilizing Canvas, EAB, Handshake, Panapto, Sharepoint)

Benefits

Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year

Additional Salary Information

The salary range reflects our good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible compensation at the time of posting, the role and associated responsibilities, and the experience, education, and training of the selected candidate.