Employer Relations Specialist

Description

Work from Home (WFH) - Remote work must be performed while residing in California or New Mexico

CIAT Location: San Diego, CA and Albuquerque, NM

Reports to: Director of Career Services

Status: Non-Exempt

Employment Type: Full-time

Summary

The Employer Relations Specialist is responsible for building and maintaining strategic partnerships with employers across a variety of industries to increase job placement and internship opportunities for CIAT students and alumni. This role involves targeted outreach, developing long-term employer relationships, and creating customized recruitment strategies to meet employer needs. The Employer Relations Specialist will organize employer engagement activities, such as career fairs, recruiting events, and networking sessions while staying up to date on market trends to ensure services align with industry demands.

Responsibilities:

Employer Relationship Building & Recruitment:

• Strategically build relationships with regional, state, national, and international employers for student and alumni recruitment.
• Establish and strengthen employer contacts through cold calls, mass mailings, and virtual engagements.
• Identify employer needs and recommend recruiting options, strategies, and sponsorship opportunities.
• Create and maintain positive working relationships, ensuring all external messages align with the organization's mission and values.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify learning needs and performance gaps.
• Determine the knowledge and skills required to meet hiring initiatives and employer goals.
• Work closely with the Career Development Coordinator to establish and coordinate work-based learning opportunities, such as guest speakers, job shadowing, mentorship, internships, and on-the-job training, to enhance employability and career-specific skills.
• Support the recruitment and development of CIAT’s Employer Advisory Board to provide insights and feedback on program development.

Data Collection, Analysis & Continuous Improvement:

• Work closely with the Career Services Advisors to ensure the thorough collection of employment and career-related data through surveys and other methods; review results and make recommendations.
• Monitor and report on graduate employment outcomes, internship placements, and employer satisfaction.
• Implement surveys and feedback tools to gather input from students, alumni, and employers for continuous improvement.

Event & System Management:

• Assist in coordinating job fairs and professional development workshops.
• Maintain, update, and expand the use of the institution’s electronic employer database (Handshake).

Additional Responsibilities:

• The Employer Relations Specialist is expected to attend in-person career fairs, networking events, and local and regional workforce development and chamber events.
• Occasional evening and weekend attendance may be required to accommodate event schedules.
• Adhere to CIAT’s compliance requirements to ensure all Federal, State, accreditation, and institutional policies and procedures are being met.
• Follow communication guidelines to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and professionalism.
• Embody CIAT’s mission, vision and values.

Requirements

• Two years of work experience in a corporate, industry, or university career services environment.
• Effective project management skills with a track record of producing quantifiable results.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Strong multitasking and time management skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the proven ability to prioritize.
• Capability to handle confidential and sensitive information, following confidentiality guidelines.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively convey information and interact with students, colleagues, and others.
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic; dedicated to quality, quantity, and timeliness of results.
• Demonstrated ability anticipate needs and exercise independent judgment.
• Excellent analytical skills, problem resolution skills and general business acumen.
• Proficient skills in MS Office software products, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project and ability to learn additional software products.
• Exhibits a high degree of flexibility in adapting to a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, academic departments, and administration to support student success, achieve institutional goals and contribute to a positive and inclusive culture.
• Position may require work responsibilities outside of normal business hours to accommodate business needs and deadlines.
• Reliable transportation to go on campus, attend seminars/trainings, if required.
• Flexible to work longer hours to meet deadlines, if needed.
• Able to handle sensitive information with a high degree of confidentiality.
• Possess high ethical standards, being an example of professionalism to others.
• Must be able to embody CIAT’s mission, vision and values.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday. Occasional weekend and evening hours may be required.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Values

Values such as integrity, excellence, customer service, teamwork and mutual respect are some of those that remain constant, regardless of changes in our company. When identifying company values, it is important that those values are being demonstrated in the course of business each day. Our values set expectations for how employees and managers interact with every person while representing the company.

• We are passionate about education and student success.
• We value integrity and excellence in our employees and students.
• We treat ourselves and our students with dignity and respect.
• We believe in and encourage innovation at our school to better help our students succeed.
• We have a customer centric focus and we want people highly committed to achieving goals, where our success equals student’s success.
• We are accountable for our actions and focus on improvements moving forward.
• We have a growth mindset with a sincere belief that every student can do better and achieve their goals.
• We expect every employee to be an example of conduct and professionalism, being a role model to students and colleagues.
• We commit to fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment that respects the diversity of students' backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
• We foster lifelong learning and professional development.

Physical Demands

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

• Sedentary work. Essential functions of this role require sitting for extended periods of time.
• Ability to type, use a computer to search for information and input information while speaking on the phone is required.
• The employee will frequently be required to use the computer, mouse and telephone to conduct the regular tasks of this role.
• The employee will be required to compute simple to simple mathematical calculations as a normal part of this role.
• Requires travel to conduct CIAT business, as needed.

Work Environment

While performing the responsibilities of this remote position, the job holder will work in a home office environment. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. This role routinely involves using standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and virtual communication tools. Employees are expected to ensure that their home office is a safe and ergonomic working environment.

Employees must maintain data security and confidentiality in accordance with company policies and use secure connections for all work-related activities. Expectations regarding work hours, availability, and time tracking will be clearly communicated and must be adhered to.

The company is not responsible for maintaining home office environments beyond the provision of reasonable accommodation and necessary work-related equipment. Workers' compensation and liability for injuries that occur in the home office will be covered as per company policy and applicable laws.

This remote work policy is designed to comply with all relevant local, state, and federal laws.

AAP/EEO Statement

California Institute of Applied Technology provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, California Institute of Applied Technology complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

California Institute of Applied Technology expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of California Institute of Applied Technology’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

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Salary Range

The salary range for the Employer Relations Specialist is $27.00-$35.00/hr. However, the expected starting salary for this position is $27.00 - $31.00/hr. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, experience, equity and other business and organizational needs.