Associate Director, Employer Relations (Employer Development)

Booth Career Services FT: Employer Relations 1 The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:

• an unmatched faculty.
• degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
• a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
• strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/. Join the dynamic, high-energy Employer Relations team at Chicago Booth as an Associate Director! Your mission: know our diverse student groups (full-time, evening/weekend, executive MBA, specialized masters) and alumni inside out – and bring those populations to industry partners.

You'll be the face of Booth, building and maintaining our brand with employers. While this is a sales role, it's really all about cultivating long-term partnerships. Expect to engage in one-on-one outreach and site visits, while also orchestrating events as needed.

• Participates as an active member of the Employer Relations team to develop and implement a year-round marketing strategy to identify and source employment opportunities for the wide range of interests and job levels represented in Chicago Booth constituencies: Specialty Masters students, Full-Time MBA students, Evening/Weekend MBA students, Executive MBA students in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong, and alumni across the globe. Developing this strategy will include research on employment trends and opportunities and engagement with student and alumni populations.
• Partners with industry, regional and/or functional student and alumni groups to assist in employer outreach targets.
• Creatively sources leads from social media, students, and alumni. Proactively reaches out to contacts, often cold-calling company representatives to establish relationships on behalf of Chicago Booth.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with internal (admissions, corporate relations, and alumni development) and corporate contacts while promoting employer development initiatives.
• Markets resulting opportunities effectively and efficiently to the appropriate Booth constituencies.
• Envisions, develops, plans, implements, and evaluates appropriate events to support building the Chicago Booth brand across specific industries and geographies.
• Develops communication pieces; including social media updates, blog entries, and presentations intended for small and large audiences in order to give student and alumni populations a view into the relationship development work happening on their behalf.
• Demonstrates comfort with daily administrative tasks.
• Identifies, cultivates, and develops employer relationships and student employment opportunities for assigned industry areas. Uses best practices and knowledge of employers to recruit new companies and/or organizations to participate in career fairs, on-campus recruiting, job postings, and other programs.
• Collects qualitative information about the school's position in the marketplace and recommends actions for improvements to senior staff members. Schedules and accompanies career services staff and senior staff on relationship-building road trips.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field. Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

• Bachelor's degree.

• A minimum five years of experience in career services or a relevant business environment, such as sales or business development.

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and a willingness and enthusiasm to learn internal systems and social media.

• Comfortable proactively reaching out to contacts, cold-calling company representatives, and establishing a relationship on behalf of Chicago Booth.
• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated initiative, creative thinking, and multitask, meet deadlines, and work successfully in a fast-paced environment.
• Professional demeanor, including tact and discretion, with a track record of establishing positive client relationships.
• Comfortable with ambiguity. Know when to make decisions without complete information, when to ask questions, and when to engage other stakeholders.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.
• Work non-traditional hours, including early morning, evening and weekends during peak times.
• Travel domestically, approximately 10-15%, to meet with corporate contacts.

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

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