Position Summary:

The Manager of Career Services Partnership Development is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with corporate partners to enhance career opportunities for students and alumni. This role involves collaborating with employers to understand their hiring needs, creating career development programs, and ensuring the successful placement of graduates in relevant industries. The Corporate Manager of Partnership Development will work closely with the National Director of Career Services to align strategies and goals.

Responsibilities:

• Planning, developing and administering career development assistance programs for students, graduates and alumni
• Builds effective relationships with industry constituents and other partners to identify employment opportunities
• Creates and develops new strategies to support graduating students
• Maintains department compliance with government accreditation, and other regulatory bodies
• Will engage with new employers to increase the number of employers hiring graduates by 5% annually.
• Maintain or improve relationships with existing employers, targeting a retention rate of 8%.
• Assist each team by providing graduate job opportunities to achieve an internal target of 90% aggregate placement rate.
• Plans, organizes and leads the operational function of the Program Advisory Committee meetings with each Career Services office.

• Improve the average salary of graduates by 10%.
• Ensure that the ROI for graduates reaches 150% of their tuition costs.
• Adhere to Title IV administrative capacity regulations and maintain "adequate" career services for students and graduates.

• Meet and exceed internal Organizational Goal (90% or higher) per program and ensure ACCSC placement/employment benchmarks of 70% per program is met

• Ensure staff are adequately trained to work with developed employer partnerships to ensure ongoing job order request.
• Establish and maintain strategic national employer relationships, targeting an increase of 10 new employer partnerships per year and 10 existing employer partnerships.
• Organize and participate with the campuses to attend at least 6 external community engagement events annually across all markets.

• Complete weekly and/or monthly reports as directed by the National Director of Career Services or SVP of Compliance.
• Identifies critical placement issue, develops employer solutions, and coordinates the necessary personnel to implement, monitor progress and evaluate effectiveness.
• Manages and motivates departmental staff to ensure effective and efficient departmental performance, which includes employer development job leads/orders, conversions and the administration of PAC.
• Monitor the consistency of employer on campus hiring events.

• Ensure Quarterly Goals are met; December 31 of current Cohort statistics; 80%; March 31 of Current Cohort Statistics; 85%; June 30 of Current Cohort Statistics; 90%.

Compliance and Accreditation:

• Ensure manual placement records meet Accreditation and other regulatory bodies standards.
• Host and/or ensure Program Advisory Committee Meetings meet Accreditation standards.
• Ensure the Career Services Department meets and/or exceeds Accreditation and other Regulatory Bodies Programmatic Statistical standards.

Required Knowledge, Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university and minimum two years’ experience in related field. Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of ten years related experience is strongly preferred.

Why should you apply?

• Competitive benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision (with Company paid employee only dental & vision option) plus access to virtual doctor’s visits
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
• 401(k) Employer Match
• Short- & Long-Term Disability – Company Paid
• Basic Life Insurance – Company Paid
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Your Birthday off – Company Paid
• 2 weeks PTO – 1st yr.
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee referral bonus program
• Headspace membership – Company Paid
• Marquee Health Well-Being Program – Company Paid
• Pet Insurance, Accident Insurance, and other optional insurance plan.

StrataTech Education - Core Values

At StrataTech, we are zealous advocates of positive and sustainable life change through skilled trades education. We are laser focused on student success by focusing on organizational and operational improvements, a dedication to excellence in training programs, innovation and technology aligning industry transformations, and a culture built on human compassion, care, and service. Together, we are on fire to inspire and collectively strive to make a true impact in the lives of others. Collectively, our organizational core values are focused on promoting an incredible work environment, with genuine and authentic people, which is both challenging and fun, while focused on serving the needs of others. Together, we are united with the desire to make a positive impact in the lives we touch and in the communities we serve.

*Challenging and Fun

*Creating an Incredible Work Environment

*Genuine People

*Force For Good

We are laser focused on student success by focusing on organizational and operational improvements, a dedication to excellence in training programs, innovation and technology aligning industry transformations, and a culture built on human compassion, care, and service. Together, we are on fire to inspire and collectively strive to make a true impact in the lives of others.

StrataTech Education Group

StrataTech Education Group focuses on the acquisition, growth and development of specialized career education schools, particularly skilled-trade programs designed to address the nation’s growing infrastructure needs.

The company’s Tulsa Welding School subsidiary was founded in 1949 with campuses in Tulsa, Okla., Jacksonville, Fla., and Houston, Texas. Tulsa Welding School is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) and is a member of the American Welding Society and the Career Education Colleges and Universities. TWS-Jacksonville is a branch campus of Tulsa Welding School, located at 2545 E. 11th St., Tulsa, OK 74104. Licensed by OBPVS and ASBPCE. Licensed by the Florida Commission for Independent Education, License No. 2331. Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center (TWSTC), a branch campus of Tulsa Welding School, opened and started training students in 2014. TWSTC is located at 243A Greens Road in Houston, Texas.

The Refrigeration School, Inc (RSI) was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1965. RSI trains students in the technical services that are needed today and challenges the student to reach their highest level of academic knowledge and leadership capabilities. Accredited School, ACCSC. Licensed by the Arizona State Board for Private Post Secondary Education.

**Candidates must be able to successfully pass a criminal history check and drug test.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

In compliance with federal law, StrataTech Education Group prepares annual reports on campus security and resources. StrataTech Education Group’s Annual Security Reports are available online at the link(s) below. Additionally, you may request a hard copy of the report by contacting the designate Clery Officer at (602) 336-7118.

Tulsa Welding School 2024 Annual Security Report

Tulsa Welding School Jacksonville 2024 Annual Security Report

Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center 2024 Annual Security Report

Tulsa Welding School Dallas 2024 Annual Security Report

The Refrigeration School 2024 Annual Security Report

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