Employer Partnerships Specialist - Middlesex Community College - Military veterans preferred

Middlesex Community College


Middlesex Community College (MCC) is one of the largest community colleges in the Commonwealth, employing people in full-time, part-time, faculty, professional, administrative, and support positions at campuses in both Lowell and Bedford, and online. We are focused on equity to transform lives and shape futures. MCC values equity and inclusion as the foundation for excellence, innovation, and success for our employees and students. MCC is committed to a policy of affirmative action, equal opportunity, equal education, non-discrimination, and diversity to provide a learning and working environment that values the diverse backgrounds of all students and employees. MCC strives for a faculty and staff that reflect its richly diverse community of students. Women, people of color, persons with disabilities and others are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Location: Lowell, MA Category: Full-time Staff Posted On: Wed May 14 2025 Job Description:

Title: Employer Partnerships Specialist

Unit: Non-Unit Professional (NUP)

Department: Office of Career Integrated Learning (OCIL)

Reports to: Dean of Career Integrated Learning

Date: May 14, 2025

General Summary: The Employer Partnerships Specialist is part of an office that is responsible for supporting career-integrated learning at Middlesex Community College (MCC). In addition to providing support to the Dean of OCIL, the Coordinator will provide services critical to expanding MCC's Learn and Earn program, an initiative to bring paid work-based learning opportunities to students across MCC. The Employer Partnerships Specialist will spend their time engaging employers and collaborating with faculty and OCIL staff to develop and market paid work-based opportunities to MCC students. In addition, the Employer Partnerships Specialists will be responsible for maintaining systems to track employer relationships and student engagement in Learn & Earn. They will also be charged with consistent review of labor market data using LightCast and other means of identifying opportunities in the local labor market. This position will also work with other members of the OCIL team to provide training for faculty and staff in the development of employer partnerships and effective employer advisory boards.

By emphasizing high quality and innovative delivery and through thoughtful collaboration with employers, faculty, students and staff, the Employer Partnerships Specialist will support MCC's goal of providing career-integrated learning for students. Middlesex is focused on racial equity to transform lives and shape futures and the OCIL will center racial equity and inclusion at the core of its work.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Engage employers and industry leaders in business development, internships, and Learn and Earn opportunities. Industries for outreach will include a wide range of private business and nonprofit organizations.
• Onboard new employer partners through program design and signing of partnership agreements.
• Serve as key point of contact for questions / updates from all cohorts of employer partners.
• Maintain relationships with employer partners and update documents / processes as needed.
• Manage databases to track employer engagements and student applications.
• Maintain system to track of new, current, and prospective employer partners,
• Conduct labor market research to identify increases and declines in industry need using data platform LightCast,
• Maintain communications with faculty across academic programs and deliver written information, workshops and training for faculty looking to expand and deepen employer relationships and embed career-integrated learning into their programs.
• Work collaboratively with OCIL staff on the development of processes to recruit students for available Learn & Earn jobs.

• 3-5 years of demonstrated successful experience in business development and engaging employers in a college or workforce development setting; or experience in a talent acquisition or business development role.

• Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to, the community college mission and student population.

• Demonstrated experience in equity-centered programming.

• Outstanding interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated ability to identify, implement and maintain the technology systems necessary to support the work.

• Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.

• Outstanding written and oral communications skills.

• Bilingual skills a plus: Spanish or Khmer preferred

Salary Range: $72,000 - $82,000 actual salary commensurate with academic background and experience. Employees of Middlesex Community College are considered employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and receive benefits, which include:

• High-quality and affordable health insurance through the Commonwealth's Group Insurance Commission (GIC)
• Competitive Dental and Vision Plans
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Assistance programs
• Low-cost basic and optional life insurance
• Retirement Savings: State Employees' Pension or Optional Retirement Program (ORP) and Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan or 403(b).
• 12 paid holidays per year and competitive Sick, Vacation, and Personal Time
• Tuition Benefits for employees and dependents at state colleges and universities
• Short-Term Disability and Extended Illness program participation options
• Professional Development and Continuing Education opportunities
• Cell Phone Bill Discounts with Verizon and T-Mobile Cell Phone Carriers
• Access to the Commonwealth's Mass4You, employee assistance program
• Free employee parking on Bedford and Lowell campuses
• Eligibility towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Location: Lowell campus with occasional travel to Bedford as needed

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, schedule to be determined upon hire, This position will be eligible for a maximum of one day of telework in accordance with the College's telework policy.

Expected Start Date: June/ July 2025

Application Deadline: June 4, 2025

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