Director of University Relations

The Director of University Relations is an integral member of the Talent Acquisition leadership team. They lead the Student Internship Program and Education Assistance Award Program and work closely with the clinical recruiting teams, talent acquisition partners, and executive leadership. They frequently collaborate with several departments within PT Solutions including Legal, Human Resources, Marketing, Accounting, and Operations. Externally, they manage and foster relationships with university leadership including but not limited to Directors of Clinical Education, Department Chairs, Program Directors, and Directors of Development and Advancement. Success in this role is to driving university collaboration, student program success, clinical hiring strategies, and educational and quality initiatives.

Essential Functions

• Lead the Student Internship Program and oversee the strategy, initiatives, affiliation process, and university clinical affiliate health.
• Provide vision and leadership to the Student Internship Program by promoting efficiencies, collaboration, and contemporary educational practices.
• Align multiple areas of the practice to the overall PTS strategic business plan, including hiring, growth, business development, marketing, and learning and development.
• Collaborate with clinical operations to maximize availability and quality of internship placements and clinical instructors to drive practice growth and hiring.
• Drive consistency in PTS branding and marketing, communication strategies, campus relationship management, and strategic partnership with PT Solutions department leadership.
• Develop and support effective campus recruitment strategies through student program initiatives, programs, and both internal and external offerings in collaboration with TA leadership.
• Design and implement practice-wide initiatives to drive clinical instructor participation, quality, and competence.
• Design and implement practice-wide initiatives to drive internship success and maximize student to hire conversion.
• Lead the PT Solutions Education Assistance Award Program, committee, and manage the execution of the program in collaboration with executive leadership, including application processes, selection criteria, TA hand-offs, promotion, and payment delivery.
• Partner with practice leadership to determine priority programs and internship prioritization based on practice need and growth.
• Manage conflict between student interns, PTS clinical operations staff, and university faculty.
• Support the Student Internship Program in leading the mentorship of clinical instructors.
• Oversee the student onboarding process and recruitment process flow with candidates and new hires in partnership with TA leadership.
• Identify appropriate department members to assist with both on campus and virtual events and engagements.
• Inform and educate the practice of updates related to clinical education, internships, and prospective partnerships.
• Track, understand, and communicate student internship program, education assistance program, and clinical partner metrics.
• Provide recommendations on how to align the business goals and needs with student program initiatives as a recruitment channel.
• Contribute to overall clinical hiring output across the practice by leveraging the Student Internship Program, corporate university partnerships, student engagement programs, and student internship conversions.

Required Skills & Abilities

Required Credentials

Preferred graduate of an APTA or CAPTE approved physical therapy program