Career Services Coordinator IV

Department:

Location:

Belknap Campus

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R108078

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 4 (Hourly)

Position Description:

The University of Louisville (UofL) seeks a highly motivated, self-directed career Services Coordinator to join a grant. This position is funded by a grant with the National Security Agency/NCAE/University of West Florida to recruit for our Cybersecurity classes and work to place approximately 20 students each year in positions. We have developed professional workforce certificate programs targeted to individuals, corporations, military veterans, and first responders, upskilling/reskilling the workforce.  The Cybersecurity Workforce program enrolls students with the opportunity/aim for them to earn a Cybersecurity Certificate comprised of 3 levels of curriculum incorporating technology industry badges (IBM, Microsoft, Google) and is currently deployed through an asynchronous instructor-facilitated online module system. The Recruiting Coordinator will develop and execute a plan to meet the enrollment goals outlined by the grant (specifically, 500 enrollments over 2 years with approximately 20 job placements each year).

The ideal candidate will have relevant experience with multi-year projects, specifically in sales/ recruiting for adult workforce upskilling/re-skilling.  Responsibilities will include representing the University of Louisville while constructing a well-rounded system, shifting from reaching potential program candidates in innovative ways to successfully guiding participants through the program/s and coordinating with employers to place the graduates into a job.

This is a full-time, benefited position that will continue based on grant/contract funding.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish and execute innovative strategies for recruiting program participants into education pathways.

• Coordinate communication and management efforts to ensure participants’ professional and personal success, including troubleshooting program issues and alerting team working on this grant project.

• Establish and place approximately 20 students in jobs each year (there are 2 recruiters so that would be approximately 10 placements each).

• Regularly keep in contact with all stakeholders of the grants, both internally and outside of marketing and recruiting efforts to facilitate smooth transitions and overall program/s success.

• Maintain records database of productivity and prospecting information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with sales.

• Experience in recruiting, especially in an educational or workforce development setting.

• Experience with workforce education programs.

• Experience in marketing and advertising for recruiting.

• Effective oral, written, interpersonal communication skills and sales/marketing skills.

• Highly motivated individual interested in learning and problem-solving.

• Proficient in MS Office, including but not limited to Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Competencies

• Project management: organized, task-oriented, with the ability to follow up with inquiries—document project with real time data.

• Program success: Capable of meeting program/s and enrollment goals to ensure overall success

• Participant recruitment: Capable of marketing, managing an intake process, and supporting professional relationships with corporations and other entities for recruitment purposes.

• Flexibility: ability to shift directions as needed for the good of the program/s or organization.

• Work Ethic: highly motivated, industrious, and persistent in the workplace, efficient completion of tasks, consistent flow in productivity.

• Teamwork: ability to collaborate with others, help others, lead others, mentor others, take directions from others in the interest of moving programs to the desired outcome.

• Organized: manages time effectively, keeps tasks prioritized.

• Interpersonal: can build effective, strong working relationships with employees, colleagues, management, participants, and other professionals through trust, communication, and credibility.

• Sales and recruiting experience.

• Knowledge of higher education helpful but not required.

Target Compensation Maximum:

$32.17

Target Compensation Minimum:

$21.45

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Consistent with applicable law, demographic information is collected for aggregate reporting requirements. Demographic information provided through this application is not available to hiring managers/committees and is not considered in hiring or employment decisions.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.