Employer Development Coordinator - Queens University

A Brief Overview

Career Services provides university-wide support for career development and the growth of experiential learning opportunities. We empower and support students and recent graduates to design a rewarding career journey that leverages their education and skills to impact the world positively.

Reporting to the Manager, Employer Engagement, the Employer Development Coordinator builds and maintains relationships with employers to increase the number of employment and experiential learning opportunities for students and recent graduates. This position collaborates with employers and other departments and/or units at Queen's to develop job opportunities and coordinate campus recruiting activities. This position also supports the administration of Queen's MyCareer Job Board and Event Calendar.

The Employer Development Coordinator also supports events such career and further education fairs, employer recruitment information sessions, alumni engagement events, and other networking opportunities that increase students' access to employers and supports their career exploration and student development journey.

This position acts as a liaison between employment recruiters and students to facilitate recruitment connections. This position maintains regular communication with students on job opportunities and collaborates with employers and other departments and/or units to coordinate campus recruiting activities. This position also creates and maintains databases containing data on student placements and contacts.

The schedule for this position requires the incumbent to work frequent early mornings, evenings and weekends, according to program or area needs.

What you will do

• Acts as a liaison between recruiters and students to facilitate recruitment connections.
• Maintains regular communication with students on job opportunities and collaborates with employers and other departments and/or units to coordinate campus recruiting activities.
• Initiates contact with employers, researches and investigates potential job opportunities, and arranges interview schedules.
• Creates and maintains databases containing data on student placements and contacts.
• Generates reports and program statistics information.
• Provides administrative support to the department and/or unit, including compiling information for and distributing newsletters.
• Provides event support including securing venues, ordering food and beverages, distributing invitations, and confirming attendance.
• Other duties as required in support of the department and/or unit.

Required Education

• Three-year Community College Diploma or Three-Year Bachelor Degree, or equivalent.

Required Experience

• More than 2 years and up to and including 3 years of experience.
• Required Licenses and Certifications
• Satisfactory Criminal Records Check required.
• Vulnerable Sector Screening required.
• Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Knowledge and Requirements

• Knowledge and insight of practical methods, techniques, and work processes that is typically acquired through a combination of technical training and/or substantial work experience.
• Provide information to others that requires technical or administrative explanation or interpretation.
• Attempts to resolve a difficult or challenging interpersonal situation or, overcome resistance to gain cooperation.
• Adapt messages to meet the needs of the intended audience.
• Manage own work and may train and review the work of casual employees, work study students, and/or volunteers, to see commitments through to completion.
• Participate in project team meetings and is involved in developing individual and team project plans.
• Identify new problems and seeks information and input to fully understand the cause.
• Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
• Break down concrete issues into parts and synthesizes information succinctly.
• Respect diversity and promotes inclusion in the workplace.
• Awareness of relevant legislation, including Employment Equity, Human Rights legislation, Treaties, sexual violence legislation and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and its regulations.