Coordinator, Career and Internships

Your Role: 

 As Career and Internship Coordinator at CEA CAPA, you will be in charge of coordinating CEA CAPA's regular and custom terms: establishing and maintaining relationships with local companies and institutions, overseeing the placement of interns, and ensuring a positive and educational experience.

Other responsibilities involve supporting CEA CAPA Center with specific academics tasks and with pre-departure, arrival, and program delivery tasks as needed, as well as working collaboratively with colleagues in the Global Career and Internship Team under the guidance of Career and Internship Leadership.

What You'll Do: 

 Partner Organizations: 

• Establish agreements with organizations for internship and business consulting opportunities, maintain open communication with them, and develop guidelines for future directions in conjunction with the Career and Internship team, both locally and globally.
• Actively network and engage with the Barcelona business community on a regular basis to retain connections and develop new relationships for future internship and business consulting partnerships. 

Students:

• Review student application materials and coordinate student placements. 
• Provide career development support as part of the placement and delivery process. 
• Design and deliver specific orientation sessions, workshops, follow-up meetings, farewell meetings, etc. 
• Assist students with day-to-day requests (add/drop period, attendance). 

Global Career and Internship Team: 

• Work collaboratively with the Global Career and Internship Team to identify, develop, and implement other best practices for our programs that are consistent across all our Career and Internship locations. 

Faculty/Academic Staff: 

• Support Global Internship Course and Business Consulting faculty in day-to-day academic and administrative matters. 
• Coordinate with the Global Internship Course and Business Consulting instructors any guidelines as needed and assist with program delivery tasks. 
• Communicate with the abovementioned instructors to identify student challenges at their placements and support students as needed. 
• Attend regular faculty and staff meetings. 

Curriculum: 

• Make sure that course syllabi are up to date and work with Global Internship Course and Business Consulting faculty to update them before the start of every term. 

Onsite Visits (Internal and External): 

• Provide an accurate overview of our Career and Internship Programs to both internal (i.e., CEA CAPA staff) and external (partner institutions) visitors and coordinate and lead visits to onsite partner organizations. 

Marketing:

• Develop marketing strategies to give visibility to CEA CAPA's Career and Internship Programs through different channels (blogs, social media, videos, reports, etc.) in coordination with CIP Leadership. 

Other:

• Participate in the general Student Orientation sessions and arrival tasks. 
• Attend welcome and farewell receptions with students.
• Proficiency using CRM (Customer Relations Management) databases, Salesforce preferred. 

What Makes a Great Candidate: 

•  Minimum of 1 year of experience in a workplace interacting with colleagues and customers/clients required. 
• Competence behaving and communicating in a professional environment required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Czech/Slovak required. 
• Authorized to work in the Czech Republic required. 
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• International experience preferred.

We believe great talent comes in many forms and that there is no one size fits all in hiring. If you feel you may be a great fit for this role but do not check all of the boxes, we encourage you to apply and show us why you're the right candidate for this position.  

Who We Are:  

CEA CAPA is a premier provider of transformative international education experiences, committed to empowering students to become thoughtful and thriving leaders through living and learning abroad. With a presence in 62 cities across 22 countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia, we offer comprehensive study abroad and career readiness programs that integrate academic excellence and cultural immersion. Our global footprint includes 11 international study centers, and we proudly support over 10,000 students annually in partnership with more than 375 U.S. universities and over 50 international institutions. CEA CAPA is in a dynamic phase of growth and is powered by a global team of nearly 700 professionals who are deeply mission-driven and committed to creating inclusive, supportive and enriching environments that help students grow academically, personally and professionally. 

Our commitment to creating a sense of belonging means we welcome individuals of all abilities, ages, citizenships, educations, ethnicities, family statuses, gender identities, genders, genetic information, languages, marital status, military experiences, political views, pregnancy, races, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, socioeconomic statuses, and work experiences and therefore we encourage applicants from diverse lived experiences to apply.   

Note: This role profile is intended to provide an overview of the key responsibilities and qualifications for the position. It is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional tasks and duties, as necessary and in line with evolving business needs. Any proposed permanent modifications to this role profile will be made in consultation with role incumbents, and relevant stakeholders in accordance with applicable policies and legislative requirements.