[Hiring] Career Services & Employer Partnerships Specialist @Career Team

Role Description

A core priority of this role goes beyond standard job readiness - it is about actively generating real employment opportunities, contacts, and interviews for graduates of a health & sciences university.

As the Career Services & Employer Partnerships Specialist , you will serve as the critical bridge between ambitious, qualified health & sciences graduates and hiring organizations seeking talent. Rather than taking a passive advisory approach, you will operate as an active talent matchmaker:

• Hunting for open roles
• Pitching qualified candidates directly to hiring managers
• Building sustainable employer partnerships

In addition to driving employer outreach, you will execute multi-channel communication campaigns to engage recent graduates, deliver high-impact 1:1 virtual career coaching, and maintain active pipelines to accelerate graduate placement.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct experience in university employer relations, higher education career services, workforce development, or technical/healthcare recruitment.
• Active pursuit or completion of a recognized career coaching certification (e.g., ICF, PARWCC, Lumia, The Academies, Coach U, or equivalent).
• Hands-on proficiency with Handshake, HubSpot (or comparable CRM systems), and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Meet).
• Exceptional written, verbal, and phone/text communication skills with a comfortable, high-energy approach to cold outreach and candidate representation.

Requirements

• Proactively identify and connect with hiring managers, recruiters, and companies to discover open positions, internships, and talent needs aligned with our alumni pool.
• Act as a recruiter and advocate by directly matching and pitching qualified alumni candidates to hiring managers to secure interviews.
• Stay current on health and sciences hiring trends to provide actionable market intelligence to job seekers.
• Conduct high-energy, multi-channel outreach campaigns via email, phone, and text message to drive graduate participation in Career Services.
• Track and maintain an active pipeline of job-seeking alumni, re-engaging them consistently to understand their evolving career goals and employment status.
• Document all touchpoints, outreach metrics, and placement milestones in the CRM.
• Deliver impactful 30-minute 1:1 virtual coaching sessions for alumni of a specialized health & sciences university.
• Guide alumni across key professional development topics, including LinkedIn optimization, resume writing, targeted networking, interview strategy, personal branding/digital visibility, navigating imposter syndrome, and entrepreneurship.

Benefits

• Part-Time (On-Call / Per Diem, up to 10 hours/week)
• Pay Rate: $30.00 / hour
• Remote (Virtual) location