Partnership Executive

Summary of Position: The position represents N&G’s programs and initiatives to external organizations and individuals with the aim of developing business enrollment pipelines. The position is assigned to the business vertical with the expectation of extensive travel, in-person engagement, partnership development, and enrollment-related responsibilities. Further, the position coordinates partnership development activities with academic leaders, with the intent to align academic programs and initiatives with enrollment pipelines.

• Strategic Relationships
  • Identifies and nurtures strategic relationships with organizations and influencers in the business space
  • Facilitates strategic conversations between these external entities and university leadership to identify, develop, and launch partnerships to support enrollment, student success, and other important university aims
• Market Awareness
  • In concert with the current priorities, identifies prospective partners, alumni, and friends of the university within the assigned region to build a strategic approach to partnerships
  • Strategically engages in awareness events (e.g., Chamber of Commerce meetings, conferences, industry focused associations, etc.)
  • Identifies and executes lead generation events, experiences, and other efforts to support market awareness
• Partnership Development
  • Creates and executes direct university-to-organization contact and development strategies to engage prospective partners, nurture key relationships, present IWU-N&G offerings, and guide the prospective partner through the partnership development funnel, and increase enrollment
  • Ensures the administration of legal agreement for new partners, utilizing existing templates
  • Executes these strategies with the goal to meet performance targets, including the number of partnerships and students enrolled in degrees
• Onboarding & Engagement
  • Supports onboarding of a new partner
  • Provides ongoing communication with partners to ensure engagement, optimize the relationship, and ensure long-term enrollment success
• Recruitment Strategies
  • Develops a custom recruitment strategy that will effectively communicate to an organization’s associates IWU programs and deliverables
  • Carries out recruitment activities with partner organizations by working with internal influencers and decision makers
• Presentations & Events
  • Creates customized presentations and recruitment materials for influencers, decision makers, and prospective students
  • Plans and conducts onsite and virtual presentations and information meetings
  • Registers for, attends, and maintains exhibit space at education, benefit, career, transfer, and other fairs and conferences, as applicable
  • Serves as an IWU representative to organizations and events as requested from time to time
• Internal Partners
  • Build strong relationships with enrollment leaders, counselors, and support staff to promote enrollment aims
  • Collaborates with academic leaders to design and execute outreach strategies
• Data Management
  • Maintains records on recruitment and account activity through the N&G CRM
  • Tracks lead and contact data to support reporting, trend analysis, and relationship management
  • Develops and tracks weekly, monthly, and annual benchmarks supporting development goals
  • Maintains an accurate accounting of all partners in the various tracking systems
• Perform other tasks as assigned

According to Indiana Wesleyan University employment policy all employees must possess a strong Christian commitment and adhere to the standards outlined in the IWU Community Lifestyle Statement.

• Bachelor's degree required
• Master's degree is preferred

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in business, sales, college recruitment, and/or public relations

• Excellent organization ability, superior interpersonal skills, detail oriented, and the ability to multi-task
• Enjoys working with diverse audiences, and values multicultural awareness
• Relates well to working professionals
• Self-initiating, self-managed, intrinsically motivated, innovative, creative, and persevering
• Ability to arrange and conduct meetings and presentations with influencers and prospective…