Partner Engagement Manager

Brown University • Providence, RI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Brown University’s College invites applications for a Partner Engagement Manager at The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Center for Career Exploration. The Center helps students explore careers and build connections with Brown alumni, families, and employers, supporting mentoring, professional development, internships, and employment opportunities. Its work aligns career exploration with Brown’s Open Curriculum and emphasizes empathy, individuality, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.

The Partner Engagement Manager is a key member of the Career Center’s Partner Engagement team. The role manages and supports events and activities across employer recruiting and alumni programs, helps develop employer and alumni networks, and manages on-campus and virtual recruitment events while assisting with alumni mentoring programs. The position oversees the team’s administrative operations and communications, including recruiting invitations, job and internship postings, billing, event and interview promotion, data collection, collaborative budget management, and day-to-day administration of BrownConnect+ and Handshake. The manager also supports the Career Center’s mission, participates in College division working groups, and represents the Center’s vision, mission, and goals.

Working with Alumni Relations and Parent & Family teams in Advancement, the Partner Engagement team recruits, trains, and manages a network of alumni and family volunteers who provide mentoring and industry expertise through BrownConnect+. The team also coordinates employer engagement with alumni and family engagement, prioritizing recruiting relationships with employers that have active Brown alumni or family advocates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated administrative experience, with the ability to multitask and strong communication, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Comfort using data and assessment tools to measure recruiting activity effectiveness and student career outcomes.
• Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative data and suggest feedback-informed improvements and insights.
• High level of self-directed behavior and ability to manage workload according to the academic and recruiting cycle.
• Ability to proactively find solutions that create office efficiencies.
• Collaborative work style and strong team-player skills; open-mindedness, inclusiveness, and flexibility; ability to work and build collaborations with diverse communities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in higher education.
• Software systems and/or event planning experience.
• Experience serving students, alumni, and/or employers.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support events and activities for employer recruiting and alumni engagement programs.
• Help develop new employer and alumni networks that expand opportunities and connections for Brown students.
• Manage on-campus and/or virtual recruitment events and assist with new alumni mentoring programs.
• Oversee Partner Engagement team administrative operations and communications, including recruiting invitations, job and internship postings, billing, and promotion of employer interviews and events.
• Collect data through tracking and surveys; participate in collaborative budget management.
• Provide day-to-day oversight of alumni and employer systems, currently BrownConnect+ and Handshake.
• Support the Career Center’s overall mission and participate in working groups within the College division.
• Represent the vision, mission, and goals of the Center for Career Exploration.
• Work with Advancement’s Alumni Relations and Parent & Family teams to recruit, train, and manage alumni and family volunteers serving as mentors and industry experts.
• Align employer engagement with alumni and family engagement, prioritizing recruiting relationships with employers that have active Brown alumni or family advocates.
• Support assigned Center and College initiatives and provide student and employer outreach and support.
• Work some later nights or potentially weekends depending on event schedules.

Benefits

• Flexible work/life balance.
• Summer hours and winter break.
• Time off and annual paid holidays.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Tuition assistance.
• Retirement benefits.
• Wellness benefits.
• Employee discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level