Associate Director, Employer Programs and Events
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Associate Director, Employer Programs And Events The Associate Director, Employer Programs And Events is responsible for leading recruiting activities to ensure the team meets the needs of employers, students, and alumni. As a key member of the Operations team, the Associate Director will collaborate with the Senior Director and colleagues within the Operations and Employer Relations teams to engage employers and make company events, interviews, and networking opportunities accessible to students.
Responsibilities include:
Collaborating with the Employer Relations team to develop and implement programs and events, and facilitating campus interviews.
Providing operational direction and support for a robust schedule of Career Services programs and events for MBA students, coordinating and overseeing operational aspects of the campus recruiting program.
The principal features of this program are numerous pre-recruiting events, such as employer information sessions and meet-n-greets, and interviews.
Coordinating virtual and in-person information sessions for students on behalf of employers.
Events attract between 10 and 300 attendees.
Working with the employer relations team to ensure a seamless recruiting experience for campus recruiters and students; ensuring events are held in conjunction with Booth policies and guidelines.
For in-person events, managing recruiting calendar, securing event space on campus, and sending event confirmations to employers; for virtual events, ensuring students have access to all information necessary to attend events held online.
Advertising events to build student awareness.
Using sound judgment in troubleshooting issues/conflicts that arise during the course of campus recruiting while providing students and employers exceptional customer service.
Communicating last-minute changes to companies and students.
Tracking student no shows.
Managing event schedule changes to maximize the number of students who have an opportunity to meet with company representatives and making efficient use of a companys time.
Identifying patterns in student and employer behavior and flagging for the team.
Preparing employer materials, such as schedules and resumes, and student materials for meet-n-greets and interviews.
Maintaining company contact information collected through employer check-in process.
Monitoring appropriate list servs and following through with students and employers in a timely manner.
Providing operational and logistical leadership for programs and events that require collaboration across campus departments.
Activities could include but are not limited to creating and distributing virtual event links, hosting and moderating online events, and facilitating breakout sessions; reserving space, audio visual, catering, transportation, calendaring, budgeting, and facilities management; preparing online and print materials; and managing participant/volunteer registrations and communications.
Leading end-to-end project management for select employer relations events such as Industry Roundtables.
Including budgeting, project management, convening teams, marketing, post-event debriefs.
Evaluating programs, projects, and process effectiveness and driving both individual and team continuous improvement efforts.
Managing logistics.
- Location:
- Chicago, IL, United States
- Category:
- Management Occupations