Undergraduate Internship Manager, College of Business and Economics

Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public masters-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The College of Business and Economics supports Westerns mission which states that together with our students staff and faculty we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. All are encouraged to apply including women people of color people with disabilities veterans and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

We are a student-focused school of business and economics engaged in scholarly andprofessional activities that contribute to the well-being of society.

We believe business education should empower individuals to lead with purpose thinkcritically and create meaningful change in their communities and beyond.

Working collaboratively with employers alumni faculty university partners and the business community the position supports student success workforce readiness and internship participation in alignment with the CBE Strategic Plan and AACSB accreditation expectations. The position works closely with the Undergraduate Career Services Manager to ensure students have access to and are professionally prepared to take on internship opportunities that support their academic programs career interests and professional goals.

This is an in-person on-campus position located at Western Washington University in Bellingham Washington.

This a permanent part-time position (10-month cyclic).

Position Duties and Responsibilities

50% - Develop internship pipelines and opportunities for CBE students.

• Building and maintaining relationships with employers alumni advisory board members professional associations economic development organizations and community partners.
• Identifying cultivating and expanding internship opportunities aligned with CBE academic programs and student interests.
• Expanding employer participation in CBE internships through ongoing outreach and engagement activities.
• Representing CBE at employer university industry and community events related to internships workforce development and professionalism.
• Facilitating experiential learning opportunities (e.g. case competitions industry projects) with employers to advance relationship management.
• Monitoring workforce trends and employer needs to identify emerging opportunities for students.

25% - Support academic programs that utilize required internships.

• Collaborating with departmental and program leadership to align internship opportunities with program requirements learning objectives and workforce needs.
• Developing dedicated internship opportunities that sufficiently support program-specific requirements.
• Cultivating and maintaining employer partnerships that support required internship programs.
• Tracking and reporting on students in internships meeting programmatic needs.

15% - Conduct activities that connect students with internship opportunities.

• Coordinating with the CBE Undergraduate Career Services Manager and WWU Career Center members as appropriate to ensure students are professionally prepared for internship opportunities.
• Developing and disseminating internship communications employer information and related internship resources through various media channels.
• Contributing events to the CBE Career Calendar.
• Running internship information sessions employer presentations internship fairs and similar student outreach activities.
• Facilitating connections between students and employers through recruiting networking internship promotion and related activities.
• Serving as a resource to students employers and faculty regarding internship opportunities expectations and processes.

10% - Provide internship reporting assessment and strategic support to advance CBE internship goals.

• Meeting periodically with CBE leadership faculty departments and university partners regarding internship and experiential learning initiatives.
• Tracking and reporting internship development activities employer engagement student participation and related outcomes.
• Preparing reports that include analysis highlights and recommendations regarding internship participation employer engagement and overall program effectiveness.
• Providing and supporting necessary CBE reporting related to student success workforce readiness internship participation accreditation and strategic planning efforts.

• Bachelors degree in business Human Resources Communications Public Administration Economic Development Higher Education or a related field. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Three years of professional experience in employer relations recruiting workforce development internship programs business development career services economic development or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain productive relationships with employers alumni community partners faculty students and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop coordinate and manage programs projects partnerships or initiatives involving multiple constituents.
• Strong communication presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational project management and time-management skills including the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Knowledge of internship experiential learning workforce development recruiting or talent development practices relevant to undergraduate business students.

• Masters degree in business administration Human Resources Organizational Leadership Higher Education Public Administration or a related field.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in employer relations recruiting workforce development internship development business development career services or a related field.
• Experience working with undergraduate students in a higher education setting.
• Experience developing partnerships with employers alumni professional associations advisory boards or community organizations.
• Experience supporting internship experiential learning workforce development or work-based learning initiatives.
• Experience using relationship management internship management CRM career services or other stakeholder engagement technologies.
• Experience collecting analyzing and reporting data to assess program effectiveness and support continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of regional workforce needs employer hiring trends and experiential learning best practices.
• Understanding of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and their impact on workforce development recruiting and internship opportunities.

Benefits Overview for Administrative Professional Position.

Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.

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