On-Campus Student Employment & Internship Specialist

Purpose

The On-Campus Student Employment & Internship Specialist provides a variety of services to students, including, but not limited to facilitation of on-campus and off-campus student employment and internship opportunities; as well as facilitating a student employment orientation program. The position requires excellent communication skills in its work with a wide variety of college departments and will develop relationships with multiple off-campus employers. A key component of the position will be to manage Handshake (Career Services career management platform) by maintaining extensive knowledge of upgrades and usability functions in the employer modules.

Essential Job Functions

• Assist students in being placed in on-campus and off-campus positions, internships, and career opportunities.
• Work to further develop and create new student employment opportunities across campus. Work to ensure consistent training and professional development opportunities for all student managers and employees.
• Recruit students, faculty, and employers to participate in student employment and related events; work with students to find placements related to career objectives; match student workers to jobs related to their majors; orient students to student employment program expectations and requirements.
• Coordinates processing of job requests from businesses and campus employers seeking student employees.
• Develops and presents student employment orientation sessions including overview of general learning goals, and objectives related to student employment at college, conducts training sessions for supervisors particularly on time and attendance for students and managing student employees.
• Develop and update forms, manual, orientation packets, student and supervisor handbooks.
• Work closely with Financial Aid when needed and assist Federal Work Study (FWS) student worker managers (faculty and staff) on development of position descriptions as well as job responsibilities, ensuring quality work experiences for students, which complement and enhance student academic and/or professional goals to include skills for the 21st century. The competencies for skills for the 21st century include career and self-development, communication, critical thinking, equity and inclusion, leadership, professionalism, teamwork, and technology.
• Maintains relationships with community-based programs and agencies in the region to support the development of off-campus employers to guide and/or provide other educational resources for supervisors and students as it relates to the FWS program and student employment in general.
• Develop and conduct presentations and workshops related to employment opportunities, employment skills and to promote department services.
• Assess students for employment readiness; assist students with preparing for interviews and editing employment related materials; schedule students for career advising appointments, workshops, orientations and special events; refer students to appropriate community resources.
• Primary contact for employers regarding posting jobs, hosting on-campus visits, and conducting student interviews, either on campus or virtually, answer and resolve employer issues; assist with development and implementing a student work performance assessment program.
• Plays an essential role in planning events, attending, and coordinating career fairs.
• Manages employer inquiries, maintains Handshake database management for employers to ensure employer contact information and profiles, job postings, interviews, and events are up to date and monitored.
• Expected to have a firm understanding of Handshake and will be responsible for learning all employer modules and continuing to learn new features in Handshake, including reports and analytics.
• Coordinate initial employer inquires that come in by phone or email. Examples include internships/job announcement; Handshake access requests, on-campus recruiting (informational events, student interviews); and best practices for connecting with academic units and students for recruiting purposes.
• Responsible for maintaining current and accurate employer contact information and profiles. Provides expert guidance to employers and students regarding utilization of Handshake database for recruiting purposes.
• Responsible for creating and distributing job & labor market reports to Career Center staff and by updating procedures encompassing the collection of employer engagement data for year-end reports for the team to measure outcomes.
  
  

Additional Duties And Responsibilities

• Regularly attend and assist in major college functions, including but not limited to Homecoming, orientation, Welcome Week, College Visitation events, Commencement, Student Engagement events, some of which may include evenings or weekends.
• Practice superior customer services.
• Fulfil additional responsibilities as assigned.
• Display respect and civility to all constituencies in all communications.
• Attend work timely and on a regular basis during the established hours of operation; work additional hours as business necessitates.
• Serve on division and college committees as requested.
  
  

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics.
• Knowledge of and ability to follow college policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of current technology and word processing database, presentation, and spreadsheet software, specifically Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of recruiting, job placement and/or career advising techniques.
• Knowledge of tests used for career assessment Knowledge of tools used for student interests and personality type and the ability to interpret results of such tools to assist students in making sound decisions.
• Knowledge of the proper operation of and the ability to use personal computers and standard office equipment.
• Skill in evaluating a student's academic interests and desires to formulate a plan designed to assist the student in achievement of specified career goals.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, and to relate to others in a professional, helpful manner.
• Ability to relate to diverse populations and to maintain composure when faced with difficult situations.
• Ability to multi-task and organize, prioritize, and follow multiple projects and tasks through to completion with an attention to detail Ability to work independently while contributing to team environment.
• Ability to analyze programs, identify solutions and take appropriate action, resolve problems using independent judgement and decision-making processes.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, other department staff, students and the public.
• Ability to read and interpret policies related to academic programs and student requirements for participation in various programs.
• 1.Bachelor's degree, preferably in education, psychology or a related field, from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
• 2. Three years' high education experience, preferably to include recruitment and career interest assessment/advising
• 3. An equivalent combination of education and/or exp.
  

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is primarily performed under general supervision in an office setting with appropriate climate control. Travel, early morning, evening, and weekend work may be required.

Physical Demands

Essential functions of this position require lifting, manual dexterity, and the ability to communicate.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body; involves sitting majority of time; walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of Lincoln University. Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholder's responsibility.