Externship Coordinator

California San Diego USC – San Diego, CA 92108

Salary Range: $25.00 – $30.00 Hourly

Category:
Career Services

US College is a leader in post-secondary career education. Working at our employee-owned company is more than just a great career – it’s an investment in yourself. Our mission is to drive personal and community transformation by empowering students to make a positive and enduring life change. We are consistently searching for like-minded compassionate professionals who strive to be the best in their respective fields.

Our top candidates share our commitment to helping students build the skills to create a future of which they can be proud.

We are currently seeking a Externship Coordinator to join our team at our campus. In this position you will be responsible for preparing our students for their externship and future employment; resume development and interviewing readiness. This position is also responsible for acquiring externship sites and maintaining follow up during the students’ externship experience.

• Complies with all Federal, State, accreditation and institutional policies and procedures.
• Develop relationships with students in the program to access students’ strengths and weaknesses and to match students’ skills with extern sites to meet extern to hire percentage.
• Responsible for developing relationships with employers to ensure site development and extern to hire accountability are met.
• Responsible for developing and recruiting externship to hire sites.
• Responsible for placing students on site within company established policies.
• Meet with the Director of Education and functional team to review student progress on externship.
• Assist with additional duties as assigned by the Director of Education.

• Ability to develop relationships with employers to establish externship sites.
• Work comfortably with people with diverse backgrounds.
• Strong interpersonal skills including effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Results oriented and competitive drive required.
• Demonstrated ability to develop employer relationships.
• Ability to work accurately and coordinate and accomplish a variety of tasks.
• Working knowledge of technical and procedural aspects and functions.
• Basic physiology; safety procedures; ethical standards and practice.
• Exhibit patience and positive attitudes in establishing and encouraging a learning environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• English will be the primary language used; bilingual abilities useful but not required.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and be able to drive in the United States.

We offer an exciting, fast-paced and dynamic work environment. In addition, full-time colleagues have a variety of benefits available that include;
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Coverage, a generously matched 401(k) plan, voluntary benefits and much more.

If changing students’ lives is also important to you, and you have the qualifications reflected above, we would love to hear from you!