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The University of Texas at San Antonio

Employer Relations Manager - Alvarez College of Business Student Success Center

🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $61K 💻 Career Services 🗓️ November 9th, 2026
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The University of Texas at San Antonio is hiring an Employer Relations Manager - Alvarez College of Business Student Success Center to build relationships between the business college and the companies that recruit its students. The role runs the college’s on-campus and virtual recruiting program, from employer information sessions and career fairs to interview scheduling, and advises employers on how to engage with undergraduate and graduate business students. It works with college faculty and staff, the Student Success Center, and other university departments to improve internship and job placement outcomes.

Highlights
  • Manage the college’s on-campus recruitment program, coordinating employer information sessions, tabling in the business building, on-campus interviews, program-specific career fairs, and networking events from planning through post-event follow-up.
  • Help employers schedule on-campus recruiting events, reserve equipment, and troubleshoot problems, while handling catering, room reservations, and event data and monitoring the success of virtual employer sessions.
  • Advise new and existing employers on recruiting processes, policies, and engagement opportunities, and deepen relationships through campus visits, job and internship postings, and personalized engagement plans.
  • Set the recruiting calendar and its deadlines, adjusting for recruiter needs, room availability, and student class and work schedules, and distribute employer event calendars to students and academic departments.
  • Develop and enforce employer participation policies covering outreach and marketing methods, interviewing protocols, offer and accept lead times, and ethical and professional conduct.
  • Post and maintain internships, jobs, and career events in Handshake within 24 to 48 hours, and track employer engagement and contact notes in the CRM for corporate and alumni relations staff.
  • Analyze employer engagement and outreach data, report activity to college leadership, and prepare reports and presentations for alumni, corporate, and philanthropic audiences.
  • Serve as liaison with UT San Antonio Career Engaged Learning and other stakeholders to expand employer outreach and student participation.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field and three years of related work experience, with a master’s degree able to substitute for two years of experience.
  • Annualized salary of $60,918, with a full-time schedule that works primarily on campus and requires occasional after-hours and weekend work.

Employer Relations Manager - Alvarez College of Business Student Success Center Full Description

Job Summary
The Employer Relations Manager will support the college’s corporate relations strategy. This position serves a primary role in employer relations and coordinating recruiting logistics and activities for the college to enhance student recruitment, internships, and job placement. The position collaborates with a variety of college faculty, staff, the Student Success Center, and UT San Antonio departments to promote employer engagement and student employment outcomes.

Position Details
  • Location: San Antonio, TX
  • Full-Time; Regular
  • Salary Range: $60,918 annualized, commensurate with education, experience, and qualifications.
  • This position will work primarily on campus. Travel and parking expenses are the employee’s responsibility.

Core Responsibilities
  • Leads, manages, and supports all aspects of the on-campus and virtual/hybrid recruiting processes, including scheduling, hosting, and follow-up for corporate partners and alumni. Provides extraordinary customer service to meet the needs of companies, recruiters, and alumni.
  • Manages the on-campus recruitment program for the college, which includes coordinating recruiting activities, employer information sessions, on-campus tabling in the business building, on-campus interviews, program-specific career fairs, networking events, and more.
  • Provides oversight to assigned recruitment activities in the college throughout the planning stage, the day of the event, and post-event follow-up activities.
  • Helps employers schedule on-campus recruiting events, reserve equipment, and troubleshoot any problems or concerns that may arise.
  • Manages catering, room reservations, and event data for recruiting initiatives, along with monitoring the success of virtual employer sessions.
  • Advises new and existing employers on recruiting processes/policies and engagement opportunities with undergraduate and graduate business students.
  • Engages employers to deepen existing recruitment relationships, including planning campus visits, posting jobs/internships, and executing personalized engagement strategies.
  • Organizes and sets the recruiting calendar, including all deadlines and processes. Maintains a calendar of recruiting schedules, making changes as necessary based on the needs of recruiters, availability of space, and class/work schedules of the students.
  • Surveys and assesses employer recruiting needs, quality of recruiting services provided, and other employer-related data management to improve the recruiting program.
  • Develops and enforces policies for employer participation in recruiting programs regarding acceptable methods of employer outreach/marketing, adherence to office procedures and deadlines, interviewing protocols, offer/accept lead times and incentives, testing practices, and ethical and professional conduct.
  • Manages the administration of interview schedules, calendars, and room availability. Conducts surveys to identify students hired by recruiters.
  • Prepares and distributes employer events and recruitment calendars to all students and academic departments through various media and avenues.
  • Oversees the posting and maintenance of internship and job opportunities and career events utilizing but not limited to CRM system (Handshake) within 24-48 hours to be available to students for access. Provides administrative support in Handshake system for job and internship/job postings and other recruitment events provided by the Alvarez College of Business.
  • Manages contacts, updates existing contact information, and maintains accurate notes on interactions with contacts and employers in the system. Tracks company engagement in the CRM database for college corporate and alumni relations staff. Maintain and update the database, schedule meetings, events, and travel for interaction.
  • Acts as the liaison with UT San Antonio Career Engaged Learning and other key stakeholders, to maximize employer outreach and engagement, encourage cross-collaboration/coordination within the university, and increase participation among students.
  • Collects, records, and analyzes employer engagement data and employer outreach statistics for reports. Interprets event- and employer-based analytics in college systems and reports activity to leadership.
  • Compiles and prepares basic and complex reports and presentations for use by the alumni, corporate, or philanthropic areas.
  • Participates in professional development activities and maintains a working knowledge of local and national employment market trends and their actual and potential impact on the hiring of college students and graduates.
  • Assists department leadership with special projects.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
  • Three (3) years of related work experience.
  • A Master’s degree may substitute for 2 years of experience.
  • This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas EO-GA-48.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Client Service
  • Career Programs
  • Organization
  • Time Management
  • Interpersonal and Customer Service Skills
  • Troubleshoot and Resolution
  • Communication
  • Attention to Detail
  • Collaboration

Working Conditions
Office Environment. Ability to travel to and from meetings on and off campus, training sessions or other business-related events. After hours and weekend work is required on an occasional basis.
Physical Demands
Sedentary work; sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary, if walking and standing are required, only occasionally. Sedentary: Up to 10lbs - Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
This position is contingent upon a successful background check. Verification of a valid driver’s license and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) may be completed as applicable. Applicants selected must be able to show proof of eligibility to work in the United States by time of hire.

Equal Employment Opportunity
As an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer, it is the policy of The University of Texas at San Antonio to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information, and veteran status. The University is committed to the Affirmative Action Program in compliance with all government requirements to ensure nondiscrimination.