Associate Workforce Development Specialist

Join UDRI and help shape the future workforce behind impactful research. As an Associate Workforce Engagement Specialist, you’ll build strong talent pipelines, elevate the student employee experience, and turn data into insights that drive smarter hiring and workforce decisions. This is a hands-on role with real influence across recruitment strategy, planning, and organizational effectiveness. Apply today!

The Associate Workforce Engagement Specialist supports UDRI’s talent pipeline and student employee experience through coordinated programming, recruitment, and workforce development initiatives. This role manages the Student Scholar Program, assists with student-focused events, and builds relationships with academic and community partners to strengthen recruiting efforts. The specialist supports hiring managers with recruitment processes and tracks pipeline effectiveness. Additionally, this position contributes to workforce development across K–12 through early-career programs, coordinates training and outreach efforts, and provides data-driven insights. The role also ensures HR process consistency, supports workforce planning, and maintains data integrity across systems to enhance organizational effectiveness.

1. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
2. Experience in handling confidential information appropriately.
3. Experience working collaboratively on diverse and multifunctional teams.
4. The ability to influence internal and external customers without direct authority.
5. Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
6. The ability to stay organized, be self-directed, multi-task and appropriately prioritize responsibilities.
8. Proven ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects, including schedule, budget, and resources.
9. Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Pro.
10. Process improvement experience involving complex systems.
11. Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. citizen.

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

1. Advanced degree in a relevant field.
2. At least three years of experience in human resources or business management.
3. Experience with support of sponsored research programs.
4. Knowledge of recruitment best practices.
5. Knowledge of employee development best practices.
6. Experience with event planning.
7. Active human resources professional certification.

To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.