Director for Employer Relations & Assessment

🇺🇸 Norfolk, VA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Instructional Design 🗓️ August 5th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Old Dominion University (ODU) is hiring a Director for Employer Relations & Assessment. The Director develops recruiting plans, manages relationships with current and potential employers, oversees on-campus recruitment events, and leads student-employer career experience programs. This role also manages department-wide assessment, data reporting, and supervises assistant directors to enhance employer engagement and career services.

Highlights

Develop and implement employer recruiting strategies and manage employer relationships.
Oversee planning, marketing, and coordination of on-campus recruitment activities including job fairs and informational sessions.
Direct design and evaluation of student and alumni career engagement programs, such as mentor programs and job shadow experiences.
Manage department-wide assessment, reporting, and database systems including Handshake and Protopia.
Lead the annual ODU Career Summit and the revenue-generating Employer Partner Program.
Supervise three assistant directors and additional team members, coordinating data collection and employer engagement efforts.
Strong skills required in employer relations, job placement, program management, supervision, teamwork, and customer service.
Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and handling large datasets.
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Higher Education, Public Administration, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent education and experience.
Department focused on empowering students and alumni with career development and leadership skills through community engagement.