What are the responsibilities and job description for the University Relations Coordinator position at Global Edge Group?
Global Edge is an international staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, Automotive and Motorsports, IT, Marine, Mining, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.
Position Overview
Our team is currently looking for a University Relations Coordinator for one of our Oil & Gas clients in Houston, Texas.
This is an Hybrid position, located in Houston, Texas. Remote days will be Monday and Friday, with Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday being In-office.
Responsibilities & Essential Duties
- Work with leadership across the organization to identify current and prospective hiring targets domestically for University and Technical College recruitment program.
- Determine requirements for campus recruiting and number of schedules, disciplines, and locations by modeling hiring targets against historical acceptance rates, percentage of offers made, applications from each university, etc.
- Identify new strategies and process improvements to effectively manage campus and on base recruiting efforts - including but not limited to:
- Identifying targeted campuses and military bases
- Coordinating domestic recruiting teams and identifying their roles
- Developing pre-campus, on-campus and post-campus strategies
- Tracking on-campus activities/participation
- Managing charitable contribution requirements
- Marketing/branding with universities, students and veterans
- Managing candidate systems tracking and distribution
- Coordinating offer process
- Coordinate and conduct recruitment efforts in conjunction with campus teams to deliver top quality new grad and intern candidates, aligned with Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 University targets.
- Maintain historical records of new grads, interns, and co-op’s and produce metrics reports that can be incorporated into the overall Talent Acquisition Group's monthly/quarterly metrics package.
- Develop university relations to promote the client and enhance on-campus presence. This may include serving as liaison to educational department heads, developing relationships with on-campus professional/student organizations (i.e., SPE, Aachen, etc.) and other ad hoc networking, all designed to ensure consistency with the organization's branding and communication strategies.
- Ensure compliance with Affirmative Action plans related to staffing role.
- Plan and manage summer intern program and all activities associated with the program - including but not limited to:
- On-boarding
- Ensuring interns have a defined summer project and/or assignment
- Identifying mentors for each of the interns
- Coordinating summer field trips and tours
- Coordinating summer-end intern poster presentations
- Preparing for and leading intern evaluations meetings
- Facilitating approvals and full-time job offers for selected interns prior to their return to university.
Qualifications (Education, Experience, & Skills)
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
- Minimum 2 years of industry experience
- Minimum 1 years of university recruitment experience preferred.
- Strong PC skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel (pivot tables & formulas), and PowerPoint.
- Strong diplomacy skills with a pleasant and friendly demeanor.
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
- Ability to work with functional and line management.
- Strong organizational skills.
- General experience with employee policies and benefits administration.
- Experience with Microsoft Teams.
Global Edge Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Group, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
