Employer & Student Development Specialist

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Posted: 09-Apr-25

Location: University Center, Michigan

Type: Full-time

Categories:

Information Technology
Staff/Administrative
Student Affairs/Services

Employment Type:

Full-time

Organization Type:

Higher Education Institution

Required Education:

Bachelor’s

Internal Number: JR-21

JOB SUMMARY: The Employer & Student Development Specialist focuses on growing impactful employer partnerships to increase SVSU’s brand presence in the Great Lakes Bay Region through internships and career fairs. Also supports the career preparation and planning of SVSU students and alumni.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee and grow impactful employer partnerships and campus employer engagement, focused on alumni and student connections, community engagement, serving as the point of contact for employers when recruiting SVSU students and commutating information on Handshake, career fairs, and other available recruiting services.
• Actively attend community and chamber events to increase awareness of our Employer Partnership Program
• Identify key desired career readiness needs by industry/major through assessment and current industry trends and define employer program offerings to maximize student career readiness and recruitment success of SVSU students.
• Coordinates events and activities that connect students with industry professionals, including planning, market and execute career fairs, employer recruitment visits, tabling, site visits, on-campus interviews, networking events, career-related workshops, and professional development events.
• Guide, advise, and support traditional students and alumni through career planning such as resume, mock interviews, cover letter, job search strategies and grad student preparation.
• Develop and facilitate programs and classroom presentations on a variety of career topics.
• Collect employer partner feedback on the skills they need in new hires as well as overall program design and logistics, and work cross-functionally with faculty to incorporate that feedback into the learning journey.
• Coordinate and market the Botz Fellowship Program.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

 

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

General supervision is received from the Director of Career Services

 

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Duties are generally performed inside and not exposed to adverse conditions.

The above reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job. It shall not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements that may be inherent in the job.  It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision.  The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Three years of progressively responsible experience in business, management, recruiting, career development, job placement, human resources, or related work experience.
• Must have a customer-service oriented attitude and demonstrable, successful customer-service experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an understanding of and enthusiasm for today’s undergraduate and graduate student experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication and networking skills.
• Experience and comfort with public speaking.
• Demonstrated experience in event planning, program management, and presentation development.
• Exceptional public relations skills to introduce and represent SVSU to internal and external constituencies.
• Strong technology skills with proficiencies in Microsoft Office and the ability to learn specialized software programs.
• Experience and ability to positively interact with a diverse campus community and external constituencies.
• Ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodations.

 

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, Education, or related major.
• Professional experience in resume writing, interviewing coaching, career counseling, career coaching, life coaching, or similar.

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About Saginaw Valley State University
About SVSU: Saginaw Valley State University is a comprehensive university with more than 100 programs of study for its roughly 7,000 students. Located on a suburban campus in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region, SVSU is committed to a supportive and empowering environment for students, faculty and staff. For eight consecutive years, SVSU has been recognized as a “Great College to Work For” (2016-2023). SVSU emphasizes undergraduate teaching and learning, and community-based research. SVSU earned the Community Engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a distinction achieved by only 7 percent of U.S. colleges and universities. By their senior year, 84 percent of students have engaged with community employers and agencies in internships, field placements or some other component of their academic preparation. SVSU is establishing itself as a leader in STEAM education for the Great Lakes Bay Region, partnering with businesses, foundations and school districts to improve students’ performance in math, science and the arts at the middle school, high school and university levels. More than 70 percent of SVSU freshmen live on campus i...n student housing that has been rated No. 1 among public universities in the U.S. (2018-2023). SVSU fields 19 varsity sports at the NCAA Division II level. The average class size is 23 students. For more information, please visit our website, http://www.svsu.edu.
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