University Relations Manager - Paris

Oasis Search Ltd

Job Description

Overview of company

A multinational IT Networking solution provider that employees over 50,000 people worldwide. They have enjoyed massive success over the years and regularly wins industry awards and accolades as an innovative company and an employer of choice.

Full job description (responsibilities, remit etc)

The role of the University Relations Manager is to build relationships with Universities within the designated territory (Belgium & France), engaging students and promoting and marketing a range of graduate and intern positions.
The role will also involve creating plans and executing against those plans to deliver graduate recruitment outcomes (including improved caliber and diversity) and budgetary targets.
The individual will need to be skilled at managing internal stakeholders to support university relations work and managing requests and input from the business.
The roles being marketed will be diverse and will require the individual to manage many parts of the business and be the 'go to' person for ongoing graduate recruitment in the territory. The UR Manager will be part of team of 5 across Europe and teamwork with these individuals is key. As other team members will be located in London, including the line manager, this person must be able to be self driven and work remotely.

Candidate skills required

• Extremely good organisation and planning skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as effective presentation skills
• The ability to influence and persuade in order to develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships
• Track record of achievement and delivery in a time precious and complex environment
• Proactive, self starter and demonstrate ethical and professional standards as outlined by the client
• Graduate Recruitment Experience desirable
• Fluent in English and ideally Flemish and/or French
• Be prepared for reasonably high levels of business travel

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