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Employer Relations Coordinator

Calvin University
Grand Rapids, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/6/2026
Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Assist the Employer Relations team with planning, advertising, and executing virtual and in-person events and programs (i.e. Career Fairs, Display Tables, On-Campus Recruiting), ensuring strong communication strategies are in place to attract both employers and students.
  • Oversee front office operations, ensuring excellent customer service, professionalism, and support for office staff.
  • Supervise and mentor a team of student ambassadors to promote Career Center events and services. Provide training, set expectations, and evaluate their performance to maintain high levels of engagement and professionalism.
  • Collaborate with the Career Center team to promote Career Center programming and recruitment calendar through email campaigns, the Career Center website, social media platforms (i.e. Instagram, LinkedIn), and print advertisements to ensure consistent and impactful messaging.
  • Assist the Director in overseeing the Career Center’s website and all communication efforts, ensuring the consistency of messaging, branding, and user experience for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Develop and manage a content calendar for social media to increase engagement and awareness of Career Center programs, events, and resources among students, employers, and other stakeholders.
  • Serve as the employer Handshake Liaison, maintaining the system, ensuring employers’ job postings and event information are properly labeled and approved, and assisting employers in managing their accounts.
  • Coordinate and facilitate workshops, programs, and events that promote student development and career readiness.
  • Collaborate with the Program Operations and Data Analytics Manager to survey and assess the effectiveness of Career Center events, gathering feedback from students, employers, and other stakeholders to drive future improvements.
  • Provide office support and other duties as assigned by the Career Center Director.

Key Competencies

  • Business Insight
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Decision Quality
  • Collaboration & Teamwork
  • Ensures Accountability
  • Global Perspective & Values Differences

Education And Experience

This position requires a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or equivalent, along with one to three years of related office experience, or a comparable combination of education and experience. A strong understanding of the employer recruitment process, talent acquisition, and supporting employer partners is preferred. Additionally, candidates should have experience with social media job promotion and recruitment marketing, as well as excellent communication skills for engaging stakeholders. Proficiency in computer systems, including database management, is required, along with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to providing exceptional customer service.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position and meet the following qualifications.

Communication Skills

The position requires the ability to speak, write and communicate program policies to students, parents, and organizations; or tasks requiring significant communication skills. Excellent presentation skills (verbally and written) are required. Handles confidential information.

COMPLEXITY

This position requires the ability to manage multiple tasks and coordinate events, while adapting to dynamic situations and balancing the needs of various stakeholders.

ACCOUNTABILITY

The position has the authority, if approved, to act or make recommendations that will affect procedures, processes, and practices involving customers or employees within the same department.

DECISION MAKING/JUDGMENT

The responsibilities of this position typically involve projects and/or assignments with considerable decision-making authority regarding procedures, plans and schedules.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

This position involves regular collaboration with internal departments, students, and employers, requiring the use of information and expertise to influence outcomes and address diverse challenges.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work in this position is performed within routine office conditions, usually without exposure to hazardous or unpleasant conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Proofreading and checking documents for accuracy.
  • Using a keyboard to enter, retrieve or transform data.
  • Closely observes monitoring devices for 2 hours or more at a time.
  • Lifting 5 lbs. or less.

FAITH and EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT

  • Commitment to the educational mission of Calvin as a Christian liberal arts University affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church.
  • A commitment to the Christian faith and to the integration of faith, learning, and student development.

DIVERSITY COMMITMENT

Demonstrated awareness and commitment to effectively establishing relationships and positive communication across multiple dimensions of diversity including, but not limited to, race, gender, physical limitations, class, or religious perspectives.

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