Manager, University Recruiting & Events

This role leads Advocate Health’s enterprise-wide university relations and campus recruiting strategy, serving as a key connector between academic institutions and operational leaders across the organization.

This role is responsible for designing and executing programs that attract, engage, and convert early career talent into long-term team members.

Major Responsibilities:

• Leads the design and implementation of streamlined processes to build and optimize direct pipelines of early career talent. 
• Develops and maintains strategic partnerships with colleges and universities to support clinical and non-clinical hiring needs. 
• Ensures a strong Advocate Health presence at priority (Tier One) schools in collaboration with Workforce Development. 
• Enhances intern, extern, apprenticeship, and residency programs to engage and employ students prior to graduation, aligning with defined career pathways. 
• Tracks, analyzes, and improves program effectiveness to increase student-to-teammate conversion rates. 
• Strengthens Advocate Health’s brand through recruitment marketing and by recommending new programs to expand early career hiring. 
• Manages enterprise-wide university engagement and event participation, identifying target schools, career fairs, and local recruiting opportunities. 
• Identifies and implements innovative strategies to enhance the candidate experience and improve sourcing efficiency and cost-effectiveness. 

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or related field. 

Experience Required:

• Typically requires a minimum of   3 years of experience in human resources   

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Knowledge of state and federal labor laws and regulations that influence human resources, as well as related implications.  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  
• Resiliency and flexibility to deal with a rapidly changing and stressful environment.  
• Excellent listening and consulting skills. Ability to develop operational partnerships, assess complex hiring issues and needs, and deliver appropriate recruiting solutions across a multiple client portfolio.   
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including mentoring, coaching, training, and holding others accountable.   
• Expertise in leading projects which include planning the life cycle of the project and identifying key project activities. Proven ability to develop sound proposals and successfully implement programs.   
• Ability to work within a fast-paced team environment. Proven ability to meet multiple deadlines, prioritize multiple demands, and identify/solve problems creatively.   
• Demonstrated ability to work and function in a complex corporate system environment. Excellent communication skills to work effectively with a variety of candidates and leadership.   

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• This position requires travel, therefore, will be exposed to weather and road conditions.  
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.  
• Exposed to a normal office environment. 

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

$106,184 – $159,328

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate’s job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Department: 14207 Enterprise Corporate – People & Culture Talent Acquisition

About Advocate Health 

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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