The Opportunity

The Employer Relations Associate is a key team member of the Career Development and Employer Relations team on Campus, responsible for sourcing full-time and internship roles and creating opportunities for students to engage with alumni and corporate contacts by developing relationships with local and regional employers.

This role requires an understanding of the local and regional job market. At Hult we tell our students that the “city is their campus”. This role aims to bring some of the city onto campus and campus to the city. With a primary focus on helping students and graduates take the next step in their careers, you will work collaboratively with each member of the Career Development and Employer Relations team in developing and implementing career events and activities both on and off campus. This role reports directly to the Campus Head of Career Development and Employer Relations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute on campus employer programs to support student job and internship success.
• Source employment opportunities from employer and alumni partners and promote opportunities to students. Actively participate and network at local external events generating leads to new employer partners.
• Connect with local alumni and develop opportunities for students to engage with alumni in on-campus and off-campus activities. Curate relevant off-campus events to offer networking opportunities for Hult students. Using your phenomenal networking skills, escort students to key events, and introduce them to the art of networking.
• Oversee the Handshake platform, ensuring efficient job posting processes and conducting regular analysis to track and enhance job matching, student engagement, and employer satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain a robust employer pipeline by utilizing CRM tools to record, track, and manage employer interactions, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information to support relationship-building and strategic decision-making.
• Partner with student clubs and professional organizations on co-branded even ts
• Oversee employer events on and off campus, including arranging company visits. As part of the campus team, lead the execution of your events - with the support of campus colleagues.
• Under the direction of the Head of Career Development and Employer Relations, partner with the Career Development team to secure alumni and corporate contacts for at least 10 industry panels.
• Marketing events and job opportunities via social media, newsletter and campus channels.
• Serve on the Campus Task Force for Corporate Business Challenges, bringing insight and support in connecting with potential corporate partners
• Where applicable, manage student workers/interns to support the development, promotion, and execution of employer and alumni career events and opportunities.
• Collaborate with peers in Employer Relations across campuses to share best practices and source opportunities across regions for students.
• Annual Performance Targets for Campus ER Team:
  • At least 40% of secured jobs (FT & Internships) come through ER team contacts and activities. This is a team target for the Campus CD/ER Team.
  • Secure panelists/speakers from alumni and local corporate contacts and organize a minimum of 10 industry panels
  • Organize at least 5 company visits/touchpoints per term (Fall, Spring, and Summer)
  • Facilitate student connections with local alumni by organizing at least 10 alumni on-campus speaker events per year
  • Partner with professional organizations on co-branded events on or off campus - target 1 event per term (Fall, Spring, Summer)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum two years of experience in relationship management, business development, or college/university employer relations.
• Experience with college recruiting from an employer’s perspective preferred
• Keen interest in understanding and communicating regional employment opportunities. Strong sense of local, regional and global business and related hiring trends. General awareness of global employment opportunities.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively across diverse cultures. Effective at building relationships, influencing others, and working collaboratively across teams.
• Experience with Handshake or other job posting platforms, databases and CRMs (Salesforce), event management platforms, social media content design and editing tools.
• Experience in marketing, negotiation, and strategic planning.
• Results oriented
• Flexibility to work, at times, during non-traditional work hours (some evenings and/or weekends) to support events.
• Belief in and desire to participate in the Hult mission for educating, inspiring and empowering students from more than 150 different countries, to carve a career path in international business, and transform their lives and the lives of others in the process.
• International work experience and exposure to multicultural environments is a plus.
• Note: This role requires on-campus presence 4-days a week with 1 day work-from-home allowance. Due to the nature of this role, time may need to be spent off-campus meeting with prospective employers and companies. This is subject to change based on Company policies. During critical periods, 5 days a week on campus may be required.

Please note you must have the right to work in the United Kingdom or United States to be considered for this position.

About us

Hult is a new kind of non-profit business school that constantly innovates to meet the needs of students, employers, and society in a world that is changing faster than ever before. More than a business school, Hult is a dynamic and multicultural community that educates, inspires, and connects some of the most forward-thinking business talent from around the world.

What we do

Hult International Business School is a non-profit educational pioneer and the first triple accredited US business school. Ranked by the Financial Times, Economist, Forbes, and Bloomberg Businessweek, Hult offers undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs across its global campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, and New York. The school’s philosophy is that business skills can only truly be learned by doing. By immersing students from all over the world in practical, hands-on experiences from day one, this fresh approach to education is creating a global community of confident, entrepreneurially minded graduates, ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.

Solving problems and overcoming challenges is what our students do: all year, every year. We bring together creative, open-minded people from all over the world to find solutions to the world’s most pressing issues by doing business, not just studying it so they graduate with the skills and the mindset to be ready for anything. And now we’re looking for talented workforce that think the same way.

We seek to promote an environment for our students, faculty, and staff that welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, races, religions, genders, sexual identities, abilities, and personal circumstances in a spirit of inclusivity and belonging. At Hult, we believe that it’s through our diversity that we find our strength.

Mission statement

We strive to be the most relevant business school in the world. By using our global reach and always being creative, entrepreneurial, and on the cutting edge, our aim is to have a positive impact on individuals and organizations by transforming their management practices. In so doing, we hope to be the business school of choice for existing and aspiring leaders. We will contribute to sustainable growth, helping leaders to integrate commercial success and societal well-being.

Equal opportunities at Hult

Hult is dedicated to actively creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing opportunity regardless of gender, religion, race, color, sexual identity, disability, ethnicity, age, and all the individual identities that make us unique. If you require any accommodation to assist you in the interview process, please submit this with your inquiry.

Hult offers competitive salaries and benefits in a global, empathetic, and highly multicultural working environment. If you are motivated by the prospect of an international career with a dynamic and forward-thinking school, we’d love to hear from you.

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