Manager, Employer Relations

**Regular/Temporary**
- Regular

**Job Title**
- Manager, Employer Relations (Hybrid)

**Job ID**
- 69949

**Location**
- Ron Joyce Centre

**Open Date**
- 06/24/2025

**Job Type**
- Continuing

**Close Date**
- 07/09/2025

**Employee Group**
- TMG

**Favorite Job**

**Department**
- RJC Student Experience

**Salary Grade/Band**
- Band K

**Salary Range**
- $77996.00 - $116993.00 (annual)

**Hours per Week**
- 35

**Posting Details**
- Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm (Hybrid schedule)
Education Level
- University Degree/and or equivalent experience.
- Business/Human Resources Management Degree/Diploma, Adult Education Diploma, or Economic Development
- Ontario Certified Career Development Certification or similar
- Career Level
- Experience with the Canadian educational systems and the structure of Canadian education
- Established and sustained ongoing employer relationships/contacts
- Workshop development and facilitation skills - ability to deliver to diverse groups of stakeholders - employers, students, Faculty, advisory boards, professional associations, conferences
- Experience in program development and assessment/evaluation strategies
- Minimum of 5 - 7 years leadership experience in this specialty area
- Location
Ron Joyce Centre, Burlington
Anticipated Start Date
September 1, 2025

**UNIT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION**:
The Career and Professional Development (CPD) team at the DeGroote School of Business (DSB) is committed to delivering innovative, student-centered services across three core functions: career education, employer engagement, and work-integrated learning (WIL). The CPD team supports students across all business programs by equipping them with the tools, experiences, and connections needed to thrive in a competitive job market. Making up the CPD team are three distinct units: Career Education - graduate programs, Career Education - undergraduate programs and Employer Relations. These units work collaboratively to ensure integrated service delivery and to achieve shared success metrics. The Employer Relations team plays a specialized and strategic role in advancing the Faculty’s employer engagement efforts. Focused on building and sustaining high-impact relationships with a diverse range of employers and alumni, the team ensures that DeGroote students have access to meaningful employment and experiential learning opportunities that align with their academic and career goals. The team works to elevate the external profile of DeGroote by championing its brand and showcasing the talent and potential of its students and leads the ongoing development and optimization of technology to enhance the employer experience within the DeGroote community.

This position will be vital in the development of an intentional operational strategy that supports accreditation and reporting requirements, including the fulfilment of assurance of learning outcomes, with an emphasis on career and work-integrated learning outcomes.

**JOB SUMMARY**:
This position will support the Sr. Manager, Career & Professional Development, to execute a strategy focusing on enhancing all Faculty of Business students' reputation and employability. This position is responsible for researching market trends, best practices in service delivery, and program assessment, including quantitative and qualitative measures.

**PURPOSE AND KEY FUNCTIONS**:
**Strategic Planning/Leadership**:

- Support an employment strategy with Sr. Manager, Career & Professional Development and Manager, Career Education to address areas including final year recruitment, job development, alumni and employer relationship/engagement, a transition to work, skills development (employability skills based on Conference Board of Canada), faculty collaborations, professional association partnerships.
- Develop plans under the guidance of the Sr. Manager, Career & Professional Development to ensure events, communication and strategies are aligned, promoted and coordinated.
- Respond to the dynamic and changing needs of the new workplace, employer expectations and market conditions. Research and scan current employment trends to identify opportunities and job gaps and the impact of social media and technology in the labour market
- Develop and implement an annual plan that includes strategic initiatives, new program/events, metrics & benchmarking identifiers, communications & marketing campaigns and resourcing needs.
- Prepare and monitor the budget for programs/activities related to areas of responsibility.
- Explores opportunities for revenue generation (conferences/events, employer sponsorships).
- Demonstrate the DeGroote School of Business's commitment to inclusivity and diversity by ensuring that the specific needs of our various groups of students (undergraduates, graduates, masters) and equity serving groups are met.
- Gather, compile, and analyze the information required to develop recommendations on program changes and compliance with government legislati