Lead Outreach Specialist, University Relations (Remote)

We are seeking a Lead Outreach Specialist, University Relations to revolutionize and optimize our virtual and in-person campus recruiting channels and create standards to drive our operations to new levels.

Who We Want:

• Passionate Talent Scouts. People who are energized by uncovering emerging talent and aligning them to possibility.
• Relationship Builders. People who see the value in meaningful connections and can develop those connections to further organizational goals.
• Change Agents. People who see possibility in the unknown and enjoy navigating new technologies and processes.
• Creative Thinkers. People who see beyond the status quo and have innovative ideas for how we can stand out with students.
• Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

What You Will Do:

• Lead our virtual student outreach initiatives, including the use of our strategic sourcing technology to campaign jobs and events to build well-qualified and diverse talent pipelines for our intern and rotational programs.
• Plan and execute a virtual and on-campus event strategy, and partner with recruiting team to ensure execution and ROI from events.
• Leverage our technology platforms to keep active candidates and future talent pools engaged and interested in employment with Stryker.
• Develop standards for our university outreach and student programs, including our engagement model for our target universities, strategies for early identification of talent, keep warm campaigns, intern program strategy, etc.
• Maintain data reports and performance metrics to determine ROI of events and outreach strategy.
• Partner with recruitment marketing to develop, enhance and align messaging for campaigns, events, collateral, and keep warm campaigns.
• Partner with the recruiters to uncover well-qualified, diverse talent for niche and/or hard to fill roles.
• Be the primary recruiting contact for select academic affiliates, including contacts at career services, student/diversity organizations, academic faculty, candidates, and other appropriate groups at universities.
• Partner with Diversity Recruiting to align outreach strategies with greater DEI initiatives.
• Provide expertise on recruiting students including knowledge of various university programs, activities, important dates, student organizations, university hiring policies, etc.
• Gather competitive intelligence on other employers recruiting on-campus and develop strategies on competing effectively for the top students.
• Maintain giveaway/collateral inventory for US; support collateral shipments to locations as needed.

What You Need:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Human Resources, Business, Marketing or a similar field.
• 5+ years of work experience; 2+ years in a recruitment function.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including strong presentation skills and phone presence.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system or CRM, (Workday and/or Smashfly preferred)
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (powerpoint, excel, word).
• Significant experience managing projects to successful completion.
• Ability to travel during peak recruitment seasons and willingness to work flexible hours as needed.

Preferred Experience:

• Prior experience working on a university recruiting team.
• Prior experience using a sourcing platform specific to early talent (WayUp preferred)
• Experience preparing for and attending recruiting events and/or conferences.
• Pre-established university contacts.
• Demonstrated results from innovative recruitment strategies. (DEI strategies are a plus)
• Strong connection to, and understanding of, Gen Z and what motivates them.

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This job may be performed remotely from anywhere in the United States, except that this job may not be filled or performed in Colorado.