Internship and Site Coordinator, Founder's College

Position Overview 

This is a part-time, non-exempt position. The core responsibility of the Founder's College Internship and Site Coordinator is to serve as a strategic career development partner to identify, facilitate, onboard, grow, and manage the college's internships, employer partners, and student placements and experiences serving students be prepared for career opportunities during and after Founder's College.

Promoting inclusion in career connections, maintaining an extensive professional network, and connecting students with diverse career opportunities is a standing expectation. The coordinator delivers professional support services including resume workshops, job search strategy facilitation, interview preparation, and professional development training. Engagement and networking responsibilities include coordinating career fairs and employer events while building active relationships with industries, employers, alumni, academic partners, and community stakeholders.

This role is essential to Founder's College's workforce alignment mission — serving students pursuing associate degrees in Business Analytics/Entrepreneurship, Healthcare Administration, and Youth & Community Advocacy.

Responsibilities

I. Strategic Career Development & Student Placement

• Develop and maintain a pipeline of internship and career placement opportunities aligned with each Founder's College program track.

• Conduct individualized career development consultations; assess career readiness and develop personalized action plans.

• Onboard students into internship experiences through structured pre-placement preparation.

• Monitor student progress throughout internship experiences; conduct mid-point and end-of-term evaluations with site supervisors and students.

• Maintain a complete record of all student placements including employer, role, dates, compensation type, and outcome status.

• Develop and publish a Founder's College Internship Catalog updated each academic term.

II. Employer Partnership Development & Management

• Identify, cultivate, and formalize employer partnerships through Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs) or equivalent agreements.

• Conduct proactive employer outreach via calls, campus visits, industry events, and other engagements — minimum five new employer engagements per month. 

• Maintain organized employer contact records, partnership status, and engagement history in a designated tracking system.

• Coordinate employer site visits for students and faculty at least twice per academic semester per active partner.

• Develop employer orientation materials communicating student competencies and program alignment to workforce needs.

• Represent Founder's College at employer partner advisory councils, workforce development boards, and community stakeholder events.

III. Professional Support Services

• Facilitate a minimum of two resume and cover letter workshops per semester

• Coordinate employer partner visits with relevant faculty stakeholders

• Organize and conduct mock interview sessions — individual and group — minimum 2 documented per academic year.

• Lead professional development training on workplace etiquette, professional communication, corporate culture navigation, and digital professional presence.

• Advise students pursuing internship experiences

IV. Engagement, Networking & Event Coordination

• Plan and execute a minimum of two career fairs or employer showcase events per academic year in collaboration with Butler University career services.

• Coordinate employer panels, industry speaker series, and networking events across all three program tracks.

• Collaborate to align employer connections with student mentor-mentee pairings.

• Participate in community and civic events to represent Founder's College and identify emerging partnership opportunities.

• Coordinate with academic faculty to ensure internship learning objectives align with program curricula and workforce competency frameworks.

V. Inclusion in Career Connections

• Actively recruit employer partners with demonstrated commitment to inclusion and equitable hiring practices.

• Prioritize career connections for first-generation, Pell-eligible students.

• Track and report disaggregated placement data to understand friction and learning points

• Incorporate cultural competency and workplace inclusion concepts into professi