Associate Director of Cooperative Education Program

Associate Director of Cooperative Education Program

Title Information

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time/Part-Time Full Time

Salary Range

Salary Range $57,306

Will this position be Onsite, Remote, or Hybrid?

Will this position be Onsite, Remote, or Hybrid? Onsite

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number NC1142026

Working Title

Working Title Associate Director of Cooperative Education Program

Department Org

Department Org 603500 - Cooperative Education Program

Why should you work at UCA?

We are excited that you are considering joining the UCA Family—the faculty, staff, students and alumni—who make the University of Central Arkansas a great place to work!
At the University of Central Arkansas, we value our employees striving to maintain a work-life balance. We realize that this affects the overall well-being of employees while learning to prioritize challenging work and the ability to make a difference. Participation in university-wide flexible work schedules may be available for certain positions. Training is provided on systems or job-specific software, and tools are available supporting professional and personal development.

The benefits package allows you to customize your benefits to meet your current needs, with the ability to adjust them as your priorities change. This includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, 80% tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a retirement program with university contributions of 10% of employee salary.

Also available are health and wellness incentives, as well as access to sports and cultural activities on campus for the family, free gym membership and equipment rentals.

Position Summary

• Maintain employer relationships and recruit and/or develop new internship opportunities/programs to support experiential learning and student development.
• Responsible for implementing office marketing plan for students, faculty, and staff.
• Supervise professional staff.
• Report to Executive Director of Career Services.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and implement several internship events.
• Responsible for operation of on-campus interviewing which includes:
  • generating all correspondence related to on-campus recruiting
  • coordinating luncheons for on-campus recruiters/faculty
  • advertising interviewing opportunities for students and encouraging them to sign up for interviews, correspondence with faculty.
• Serve as liaison with faculty, notifying them of internships and opportunities available to students in their majors.
• Create marketing materials and displays for students and university events.
• Create intentional partnerships with university departments to enhance student programming and the development of programs.
• Serve as a career coach. Assist students who have concerns regarding internship employ-ability, choice of majors, career decision making, mock interviews.
• Schedule Career Services staff to do workshops, Bear Facts Days, and class presentations.
• Motivate, empower, train and advise graduate assistant, part-time coordinators, student employees, and volunteers.
• Review and revise office policies, procedures, services, forms and other materials. Conduct evening and weekend workshops as needed.
• Manage the Division assessment program for Career Services.
• Responsible for coordinating the Cooperative Advisory Committee and the Internship Coordinators’ Meeting.
• Supervises the Administrative Specialist III , one to two part-time program coordinators and student workers.
• Coordinate and oversee summer outreach.
• Conduct evening and weekend workshops as needed.
• Manage all aspects of the departmental website.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Excellent interpersonal, oral…