Specialist, Talent Acquisition - University Recruiting

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As part of our Human Resources team, you’ll help us attract, hire and retain the top talent we need to achieve our bold vision. You’ll play a vital role in defining, developing and maintaining the winning culture that empowers diverse individuals to work together and create the impossible. We’re seeking change leaders, talent strategists, employee advocates and culture architects to enable our teams, partners, and businesses to do and be their best. In this position, the Specialist, Talent Acquisition (University Relations) leads full-cycle recruiting for intern, co-op, and entry-level/new-grad talent, managing sourcing, screening, selection, offer rollout, and onboarding with consistency, fairness, and compliance. This role builds strong partnerships across hiring managers, HR partners, university career centers, and student organizations to deliver a best-in-class candidate and stakeholder experience, helping the company compete like a challenger for top early-career talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree, or at least 3 years with a master’s degree.
• Experience should include HR, university relations, or campus recruiting, with exposure to external stakeholder management and large-scale recruiting events.
• Ability to travel to campuses and career fairs, including occasional evening or weekend work during peak recruiting seasons

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience managing relationships with career centers, student organizations, or other external partners.
• Experience planning or managing large-scale recruiting events.
• Relevant certification, such as CPTA, Professional Recruiter Certification, AIRS Certified, or LinkedIn Talent Solutions (LTS).

Responsibilities

• Partners with hiring managers and HR business partners to define intern/entry-level hiring needs and headcount plans.
• Collaborates with cross-functionally to align recruiting strategy with business goals, intern program managers, and cross-functional team heads to align recruiting strategy with business goals and ensure a seamless candidate-to-hire experience.
• Owns a portfolio of target schools, building relationships with career centers, academic departments, and student organizations.
• Tracks engagement, ROI, and hiring outcomes by school to guide investment decisions.
• Represents the company at career fairs, info sessions, and conferences, including logistics and staffing for these events.
• Designs engagement strategies across the student funnel—info sessions, coffee chats, networking events, and social outreach.
• Creates compelling job/internship postings, conducts screening interviews potential, and program requirements, and supports intern cohort programming to improve full-time conversion rates.
• Coordinates recruiting simultaneously across interns, co-ops, and new grads, tailoring sourcing and screening to each population.
• Manages high-volume campus cycles and coaches hiring managers on early-career processes and campus hiring timelines.
• Manages postings, ATS/HCM workflows, and interview logistics.
• Implements policies and training on campus recruiting best practices for hiring managers and HR partners.
• Uses data (school yield, conversion rate, offer acceptance, etc) to optimize strategy.
• Maintains confidential data in compliance with applicable laws.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

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