Assistant Director of Industry to Campus Connections Job Tampa area,Florida USA,Education / Teaching

Organizational Unit

The Center for Career & Professional Development at the University of South Florida (Tampa campus), reporting to the Division of Student Success, is the university's centralized career planning and employment assistance service for students and graduates. Programs offered by the Center for Career & Professional Development are designed to help students and graduates assess, explore, develop, and implement their career goals, gain employability skills and career-related experiences, prepare for a successful transition into graduate/professional school or the labor market, and connect with employers to obtain part‑time jobs, internships, cooperative education, and professional employment.

Job Description Organizational Unit

Position

Summary

The ideal candidate will report directly to the Director of Industry Connections, this role works closely with the Center for Career & Professional Development, across the University, top employers, and strategic partners. In addition, they manage a Coordinator of Employer Connections and will:

Serve effectively as part of the Industry to Campus Connections team and Center for Career & Professional Development to develop strong relationships with key employers, faculty, and staff throughout campus, and in the broader community to ensure the unit is effectively communicating our program offerings, assessing existing services, identifying future needs, and leveraging technology to reach our goals.
Work across unit teams to proactively research, identify, plan, and implement existing immersive programs and talent recruitment events. The person in this role must also possess the creativity and drive to innovate new models.
Collaborate with the Center for Career & Professional Development leadership team to facilitate external engagement across the University as needed to ensure strategic partnerships, signature programs, key employer relationships, new initiatives, and externally sponsored activities foster new and expand existing relationships across the university and beyond based upon a culture of trust, collaboration and execution, and value creation.
Work closely with the Director of Industry to Campus Connections and Director of Strategic Initiatives to support talent requests from strategic partners. Examples include but are not limited to connections to key faculty, staff, and student organizations, campus Interviews, employer events, information sessions, and access to resume books.
Host career fairs and participate in Center for Career & Professional Development events and represent our unit with the Chamber of Commerce and university committees relating to employer development at local, state, regional, and national meetings.
Facilitate an Employer Summit each summer to provide professional development to community recruiters and foster connection to USF.

Responsibilities

Engage with employers and alumni to support efforts to connect with USF students. This includes working with the team to host events, panels, career fairs, and activities for student interaction. Serve in the Chamber of Commerce to connect with Tampa employers.
Supervise and direct the Coordinator of Employer Connections.
Work with Center for Career & Professional Development team members and across campus to infuse employers into programs and workshops.
Work with the Director of Industry Connections to create goals for employer engagement at USF.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum of four years related exempt experience, including two years of supervisory experience.

Degree Equivalency Clause:
Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree.

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