Director of Cooperative Education
- Employer
- Kettering University
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Mar 15, 2021
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Academic Affairs, Cooperative & Experiential Education, Student Affairs, Career Services
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
• Bachelor’s degree and 5 to 8 years of
directly related work experience.
• Deep knowledge of cyclical talent management and career
services domains
• Corporate account management
• Corporate partnerships
• Career services operations
Student coaching/advising
• Ability to manage multiple, diverse priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Supervisory/management experience of large and diverse
teams
• Experience managing complex operations
• Experience with business process analysis and improvement
tools
• Transformational leadership capabilities with a record of
innovation, dynamic, collaborative, proactive and visionary
leadership.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, management,
problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong professionalism in all aspects of the position.
• Knowledge of student marketing trends.
• Demonstrated ability to strategically and creatively drive
organizational results that materially contribute to
organizational objectives.
Understanding and commitment to Kettering University
Values
a. RESPECT: for teamwork, honesty, encouragement, diversity
partnerships with students.
b. INTEGRITY: including accountability, transparency and
ethics.
c. CREATIVITY: fostering flexibility and innovation.
d. COLLABORATION: across disciplines and with all
partners.
e. EXCELLENCE: in all we do.
•Master’s degree.
•Director level experience in career services, cooperative
education programs, corporate account management, talent pipeline
management, and channel sales management.
•Industry experience: science, technology, engineering, management,
human resources, or other relevant industry. Professional
experiences that provide a fresh perspective and innovation to the
role.
•Experience with project management, operations, customer service
management (CRM) excellence, and/or quota-driven
practices/outcomes.
• Provide direction and supervision of support and professional
staff, including employee relations issues, performance reviews,
disciplinary action, coaching, etc.
• Develop and implement annual strategic plans to ensure that
cooperative education objectives, goals, budgets, policies,
practices, and actions produce successful results, consistent with
the university’s overall mission and strategic and master plans.
Continuous assessment and refinement of Co-op operations, policies
& procedures.
•Provide proactive direction and recommendations on strategic
planning and organizational operations with forethought on
innovative strategies with matching structures to optimize work of
the University community to recruit, employ and graduate students
efficiently and effectively within a robust, dynamic roster of
employer partners.
• Creation and management of account management & care
standards.
• Oversees and ensures the development and execution of assessment
processes for continuous improvement and reports progress
regularly. Management of survey/feedback loop for all
constituents.
• Alignment of co-op positioning, expression, and materials with
marketing brand standards and active management of bill of
materials.
Territory development and management – team level
Development and maintenance of territories that serve students and employers in ways that facilitate high-value relationships and achieve enrollment and employment goals.
• Joint go to market integration with the on-campus admissions team – jointly identifying opportunities by territory and functioning as an integral member of a sales team to bring employers, prospective students, and current students together within the Kettering educational framework – while meeting and exceeding enrollment goals.
• Development and execution of quota – a detailed understanding
of corporate partner co-op hiring plans forward 12 months to
facilitate joint development of applicants for admission to support
employer opportunities by position and location.
Co-op Program of Events:
• Effectively provides choreography and oversight for ongoing
operations and facilitates process improvement for the Partners in
Learning, Employment Fairs, Professional Development workshop,
etc.
• Evaluates priorities, workflow, and design to ensure the events
are optimal.
• Monitors the administrative procedures, academic curriculum,
business standards, and regulatory guidelines to ensure
effective
event performance
• Establishes and responds to measurement processes that accurately
document event performance.
• Coordinates Co-op event processes with faculty, staff, students,
and employer partners
Serve as a liaison to assist University Advancement and Academic
Affairs:
• Joint initiatives and shared strategic planning
Managing department budget:
• Keep expenses up to date
• Quarterly budget forecasting, if you anticipate going over
budget, work with the Director of Budget in advance
• Evaluate vendor relations to ensure optimal value
Co-op CRM Excellence: End user management of
Co-op CRM, knowledge and ownership of the data and system to
ensure data centered decision making. Creating a culture
of CRM adoption and use. Care and consideration for
constituent engagement in CRM, uphold marketing brand
standards in CRM, and overall maintenance of
system.
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