Clinical Experiences & Internship Manager

Clinical Experiences & Internship Manager

ID

2025-1623

Job Locations

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Career Development

Position Type

Staff (Full-Time)

Overview

Who We Are :

National Louis is a 135+ year old university that has been grounded in the values of innovation, access, excellence, and equity from its inception. As an institution, we believe in providing access to educational opportunity and that education is our greatest lever for social and economic mobility. We are a student-focused community that is committed to continuous improvement and superior student service. We believe that through education we are able to empower change and build healthy communities. Our hard-working community is based on collaboration and respect for all team members and students.

What You Will Do :

The Clinical Experiences & Internship Manager is responsible in ensuring a successful internship experience for students and employers, including effective service delivery during the placement process, performance reviews / evaluations and intern / supervisor satisfaction. The Clinical Experiences & Internship Manager would oversee the placement management, relationship and task management between Career Advisors, Employer Relations Managers, Employer Partners, Success Coaches / Academic Advisors, and Career Development Faculty. The Clinical Experiences & Internship Manager would build and steward relationships with interns, internship supervisors and internal staff and faculty. They will act as an escalation point to ensure intern and employer partner satisfaction. This person would also outline and manage the process to ensure efficiency and effectiveness, and create training and engagement materials for students and internship supervisors / employer partners. The Clinical Experiences & Internship Manager will assist in driving the attendance for career and industry-related events, and career development programming. This person will collaborate and partner with department chairs, faculty and staff to promote Career Bridge services and programming. This role will work mainly at the Chicago campus, but may be required go to other campuses as needed.

Essential Responsibilities

Internship Preparation :

• Drive the planning of the quarterly internship matching process and align career bridge staff, success coaches / academic advisors, program chairs and faculty in gathering key information required for the process
• Oversee internship on-boarding activities of employer sites, including submission of required paperwork and forms, site approvals and internship supervisor orientation and expectation setting for the term
• Ensure planning, logistics, and facilitation of internship readiness workshops with the Career Advising team and Career Development faculty, as well as other functional staff designed to build relationships with interns
• In partnership with Employer Relations Managers, ensure a clear supervisor engagement plan for each internship supervisor before the start of internship to ensure roles are clear
• Internship Management :

Proactively ensure continuous contact with interns and supervisors to monitor performance and satisfaction via phone, email, or in-person meeting

Ensure close communication with Career Advisors to make sure interns are factoring internship-to-hire conversion opportunities into their overall job search

Qualifications

Competencies / Skills :

NLU Inclusion Statement :

National Louis University is deeply committed to serving its community, advancing access and equity, and ensuring that all individuals are welcomed and valued. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion remain at the core of who we are. These are more than just words to us : they are truly a way of life for the NLU community. We recognize that differences in abilities, age, ethnicity, gender (identity and expression), race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and background bring richness to our work environment. We affirm diverse perspectives, innovative contributions, and authentic presentations of self from every member within the NLU community. We believe inclusion is grounded in the actions we intentionally take each day. Our goal is to inspire and empower NLU employees and community members to cultivate an environment where we collectively focus on uplifting and advancing our institutional culture.

Compensation and Benefits

At National Louis University, we offer our employees an innovative environment to work together and inspire the ideas that will make an impact. As our external environment changes, our employees are provided the opportunities and tools needed to grow both personally and professionally to remain successful. NLU employees and dependents are offered a wide range of benefits, including but not limited to, Health Insurance benefits, Retirement benefits, Paid Time Off and Educational Opportunities. Additional information regarding full-time staff benefits can be found here.

The salary range of the grade for this position is $50,453 to $73,157 annually. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. Offers are based on multiple factors permitted by law, including but not limited to : budgetary considerations, job-related knowledge / skills, experience, market considerations, tenure and standing with the university (applicable to current employees), and internal equity.

Application Instructions

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