Partnership Specialist

Summary

Join General Assembly's Outcomes Team as a Partnerships Specialist to cultivate hiring opportunities for graduates and provide tailored candidate recommendations to employer partners. You will build and maintain relationships with employers, understanding their workforce development needs and aligning them with GA's training solutions. The role involves outbound partnership development, engaging with companies, and creating valuable content to drive employer engagement. You will analyze data to inform decisions, contribute to the growth of GA's partner network, and maintain key reports. Success requires strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills within the tech industry. This is a remote position with opportunities to attend virtual events.

Requirements

• 2+ years in strategic partnerships, business development, recruiting, or marketing (you have a strong network and awareness of tech industry employers)
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through (you hate letting an unanswered email sit in your inbox and are proactive when you haven’t heard back)
• Ability to negotiate to terms that make sense for both GA and our partners (you add value to relationships and want to be the first call when our partners are hiring)
• Passion for our mission to empower people to pursue the work they love through practical skills-based education (you’re excited to empower our amazing students with the best job opportunities available)
• Ability to get things done in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment to drive results (you’re familiar with the tools + tricks of the trade to prevent roadblocks as you pursue results)

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and manage hiring partner relationships to educate employers on the value of GA talent, advocate for our diverse talent pool, and nurture these partnerships long-term
• Using both free and premium tools, build target lists of companies that align with General Assembly’s mission and needs
• Engage key community members and businesses to function as participants in Outcomes Programming (guest speakers, company spotlights)
• Vet new companies through phone calls and virtual meetings, escalating potential global partnership leads and handing them off to appropriate teams as needed
• Maintain relationships with existing hiring partners by providing them with candidate recommendations, coordinating private hiring events, and/or providing them with opportunities to function as participants in Classes/Workshops/Events and Outcomes Programming
• Gain a deep understanding of their hiring and workforce development needs
• Provide ongoing support and strategic guidance to ensure long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships
• Identify key virtual events in the community, at times attending on behalf of GA
• Create and host valuable, related content to drive more employers to campus/GA’s global talent pool to drive student hiring
• Analyzing Partnerships/Outcomes data to make thoughtful decisions around key placement drivers, areas of opportunity, etc
• Maintain key reports for progress and dashboards
• Utilize Salesforce to track all leads and document feedback to provide to Salesforce team to ensure the tool works for the team
• Partner with Global Outcomes team to help define best practices and metrics for success
• Contribute to aggressive growth goals of GA’s Outcomes partner network