Community Relations Coordinator

Community Relations Coordinator# Community Relations Coordinator Forest Grove Campus - Forest Grove, OR 97116## Overview Salary Range $47,000.00 - $66,000.00

Position Type Exempt Category Faculty  and Staff## Description Pacific University achieves excellence and distinction by investing in exceptional people to think, care, create, and pursue justice in our world. We embrace discovery in a close and nurturing environment that leads to genuine transformation. Our community is diverse, sustainable, and dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship, and practice.

At Pacific University, we thrive in an extraordinary environment, surrounded by the beauty of the great Pacific Northwest, with campus locations in Forest Grove and Hillsboro. We humbly acknowledge and thank the original caretakers of the lands on which we live, work, teach, and acquire and share knowledge.

Salary Range: $47,
** GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
** The Pacific Opportunity Hub serves as the university’s center for ensuring that every Pacific student—regardless of background, starting point, or life circumstance—has access to the guidance, experiences, and global and civic opportunities needed to translate a Pacific education into meaningful work, engaged citizenship, and long-term economic mobility. The Pacific Opportunity Hub promotes the integration of academic programs, career development, applied and experiential learning, and strategic community engagement to prepare world-ready and purpose-driven graduates.

The Community Relations Coordinator works on the Pacific Opportunity Hub team at Pacific University. We seek to inspire students to connect their experiences inside and outside the classroom to a meaningful future and empower them to actively engage in their academic and career development. The focus of this position will be on relationships, communications, marketing, and coordination related to that vision.

The Community Relations Coordinator will work collaboratively with unit administrators and staff to locate and develop job and experiential learning opportunities for students and coordinate programs that enhance the educational value of student work and field experiences.

** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
** Primary responsibilities include four central areas:1) Community and Employer Relations,2) Program Coordination,3) Student Job Search Support,4) Events & Communication:

** Community and Employer Relations
** Provide support to employers and other community partners with the goal of connecting them with students to access educational experiences and post-graduation opportunities, including:
* Engage with undergraduate and graduate students to better understand their needs with student employment and help facilitate connections to jobs and other experiential learning opportunities.
* Cultivate a welcoming and inclusive environment that facilitates student connections to -- and positive experiences with -- employers and student supervisors (of work study, internships, practica, civic engagement, and other community-based learning).
* Conduct outreach and provide support to potential employers to expand off-campus job opportunities for currently enrolled students including Federal Work Study, Non-Work Study, and other student employment opportunities.
* Develop and maintain strong working relationships with employers and student supervisors.
* Act as a liaison between campus and community employers and supervisors, including facilitating connections between campus and industry/employer representatives for class talks, advisory roles, recruitment events, etc.
* Manage job search platforms (i.e., Handshake), including helping students and employers to access and engage with the platforms.
* Represent the office to the public, employers, and university partners.

** Program Coordination
** Coordinate programs that provide job and experiential learning opportunities for students and enhance the educational value of student work and field experiences, including:
** Community Service Work Study
*** Meet and work directly with students who are seeking a CSWS position.
* Coordinate Community Service…