Coordinator, Recruitment and Employer Relations

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Job Description

Job Summary:

The CSO seeks a Senior Coordinator, Recruitment and Employer Relations to serve as the operational engine behind the Office's employer partnership and recruitment programming portfolio. Reporting to the Associate Director for Recruitment and Employer Relations, this role owns the systems, logistics, data, and day-to-day partner communication that allow HGSE to build and sustain relationships with hundreds of employers, faculty researchers, and community organizations each year. The Senior Coordinator is also a critical part of the larger Career Services team, providing career coaching and advising to students and alumni, participating in and supporting CSO general programming, and engaging with cross-functional collaborations across the School.

This position is well suited to a candidate who excels at relationship building, takes ownership of the details, and wants to grow into a career services or employer relations career path. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with a high degree of independence, managing multiple concurrent projects, providing high level customer service across constituents, being a strong collaborator and team member, and exercising sound judgment as a front-facing representative of HGSE and the CSO.

Responsibilities:

Employer relationship support and pipeline management

• Serve as a primary operational contact for employer inquiries, escalating strategic partnership opportunities and complex issues to the Associate Director.
• Manage the shared employer inbox: route, respond, or escalate requests in a timely and professional manner.