Workforce Field Representative

Responsibilities

• Support workforce and alliance strategies by executing event-based opportunities that strengthen relationships and expand employer engagement.
• Maintain awareness of workforce trends, employer needs, and competitor activities to inform event design and outreach strategies.
• Capture feedback and outcomes from events to support continuous improvement and strategic planning.
• Document and share post-event insights, contacts, and identified opportunities to support account planning, follow-up outreach, and pipeline development.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute inquiry generating tabling events, alliance showcases, career fairs, and alumni engagement events, both in person and virtually.
• Serve as the primary coordinator for residential alliance-facing career fairs, ensuring alignment with employer workforce needs and student outcomes.
• Manage event logistics including venue coordination, registration, vendor communication, materials, travel, and on-site execution.
• Ensure events are delivered on time, on budget, and in alignment with University branding and engagement goals.
• Collaborate with prospective employers, corporate alliances, alumni, and community organizations to design meaningful engagement opportunities.
• Support alumni engagement initiatives by coordinating networking events, panels, career workshops, and alliance events to celebrate alumni.
• Facilitate employment tracking of alumni outcomes to support programmatic accreditation expectations.
• Provide a high level of customer service to employers, alumni, and alliances, resolving issues efficiently and professionally.
• Create and manage event timelines, priorities, and deliverables; adjust plans as needed to meet changing needs.
• Utilize Customer Management systems to document event activity, student/alumni communication, alliance interactions, attendance, and outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Communication, Marketing or related field preferred.
• 1 year of sales experience preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with proven ability to interact professionally with team members, stakeholders both physically and virtually.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Set and maintain high performance standards for self that support the overall strategic plan and vision of the department and holds self-accountable for achieving results.
• Able to work multiple projects at one time.
• Able to effectively work under tight deadlines independently with minimal direction.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites.
• Able to travel in and out of state up to 75% of the time.

About Us

Rasmussen University, a university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, is dedicated to changing lives and the communities it serves through innovative educational programs. As a pioneer in career-focused education since 1900, the University is defining a new generation of higher education that focuses on competency-based education, technology, and transferable skills. Rasmussen offers undergraduate and graduate programs online and in person at 20 campuses around the country. The University is designed to lift and support its students every step of the way, from each student’s first credential to their last. Rasmussen encourages its students, faculty, and staff to strive for academic excellence, community enrichment, and service to the public good. Rasmussen is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq: APEI).