Detail-oriented with strong customer service skills
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain relationships with employers and partners
Proactively contact employers for job opportunities
Implement strategies to cultivate new job leads
Organize and manage recruitment efforts and events
Track and advertise major job fairs and fellowships
Analyze and present job market trends and data
Supervise and mentor the Coordinator of Employer Engagement
Benefits
Sick, personal, and vacation paid time off
Generous retirement plan
Dependent tuition scholarship for Pre K to undergraduate college
Additional summer Friday PTO
Hybrid work schedule eligibility
Full Job Description
Position: Director of Employer Relations
Reports to: Associate Dean of Career Development
Status: Full time, Exempt
Range: $90,000 - $110,000
Reporting to the Associate Dean of Career Development, the Director of Employer Relations will play a vital role in working closely with our students, alumni, and employers to develop engagement strategies that measurably impact the success of students being hired in internships and post-graduation.
Responsibilities include:
Develop and maintain consistent relationships with employers and partners, tracking the effectiveness of partnerships toward program goals and providing guidance as a thought partner
Develop and implement strategies to cultivate new job leads
Oversee and document employer outreach and communication efforts
Organize and manage current recruitment efforts including big law recruitment, Meet the Firms, the Spring Career Fair, resume collections, and mock interview and networking programs
Track and advertise major job fairs fellowships and including Peggy Browning, Janet Steiger, Lavender Law, Loyola IP Fair, Summer Associate Hub IP and Big Law, National Plaintiff's Law, etc
Develop creative new programs to increase engagement with employers
Analyze and present statistical information, job market trends, and other relevant data for career development staff, senior administrators, and faculty
Maintain databases for employers posting for externships, summer and post-graduate jobs
Source and coordinate with all employers to post positions on the school's database
Serve as a point of contact for all employers seeking information about the school's job postings, requirements to post and programming
Supervise and mentor Coordinator of Employer Engagement
Required:
Bachelor's Degree
3+ years of employer relations work
Knowledge of legal hiring processes
Ability to exercise judgment, multi-task, prioritize, and execute tasks with attention to detail
Strong event planning skills
1+ years of experience supervising professional staff
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills; strong quantitative skills
Must be a team player, detail-oriented and have strong customer service orientation skills
Ability to work occasional evenings during career fairs, alumni events and other programs
Preferred:
Master's or JD degree
Prior experience in law firm recruiting or a law school career services office
Project management certification is a plus
Remote capabilities:
This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule.
Travel:
Some travel may be required.
Brooklyn Law School has an excellent benefits package that includes sick, personal and vacation paid time off, a generous retirement plan, dependent tuition scholarship Pre K- undergraduate college and additional summer Friday PTO.
