• Job Description

  Req#: 2235
  Responsibilities:
  This position exists to build partnerships with employers, which lead to increased opportunities for internships, apprenticeships, other workplace-based experiences, and employment for students. This position is responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing the university-wide internship and apprenticeship program through advising, employer relationship cultivation and management, continuous process and program improvement, and a student-centered approach. Major responsibilities include:
  • Coordinate internships and apprenticeships for students to gain experience prior to graduation
  • Consult and coordinate communication with academic departments (including faculty internship coordinators) to facilitate sharing best practices, academic internship agreement forms, other items to comply with Metro State policies and procedures, and assisting departments in identifying additional internship sites,
  • Connect internship work to broader collegiate learning strategies including High Impact Practices and the Career Readiness Project; participate in Career Readiness Workgroups,
  • Develop strategic employer partnerships to enhance student placement into internships, apprenticeships, and other workplace-based activities,
  • Create and market job fairs for employers, facilitate open house activities for specific colleges, and create individual info-sessions to stimulate student awareness of employers’ opportunities, and provide networking and relationship development opportunities for employers, faculty, and students.
  • Develop and manage projects to successfully connect students with employers.
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  Metropolitan State University is a public university in the Minneapolis–St.

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