UVA Executive Search Group (ESG) is an internal global executive search firm at the University of Virginia with demonstrated excellence in recruiting and retaining exceptional leadership talent. In the last decade, ESG has recruited over 300+ leaders to UVA, including 16 of the 18 that make up the University’s current executive leadership team and academic deans. Reporting to the Office of the President, ESG is more than a search firm and participates in the life of the University and many activities supporting the President. The team directly impacts UVA’s 2030 Great and Good Strategic Plan, in particular goal #1 “Strengthening our foundation through the recruitment of talented and diverse faculty and staff.”
For more information on Executive Search Group visit https://executivesearch.virginia.edu/.
The Role
UVA’s Executive Search Group is seeking a Recruiting Associate (RA) to join its team. The RA plays a critical role working in partnership with ESG’s Search Consultants and clients to provide high-level administrative support for UVA’s leadership searches.
The role consists of complex scheduling – working internally and externally – setting up committee meetings and preparing all related materials, coordinating multi-candidate first round interviews, collecting feedback, creating reports, correspondence with clients and candidates, and preparing briefings for executive leaders. In addition, the RA helps with research to build diverse and highly qualified lists of potential candidates.
The Recruiting Associate also plays an important role in designing, coordinating, and executing comprehensive visits for finalist candidates, involving stakeholders across UVA and the community – creating the environment and experience that leads to the ultimate decision. The RA provides a high-touch experience coordinating travel and accommodation arrangements, setting up real estate, community, school, and local area tours, making restaurant reservations and catering requests, coordinating sporting and special events, etc.
The ideal candidate will have many of the following skills, characteristics, and qualifications:
Minimum Requirements
High school diploma; bachelor’s degree preferred, minimum 5 years of related experience
The University
The University of Virginia (UVA) ranks as one of the leading Universities in the nation. A vibrant and student-centric institution, UVA is animated by the forward-looking spirit of its founder, Thomas Jefferson. In 2023, the University was ranked third best public university by U.S. News & World Report. In the 20 plus years since U.S. News began ranking public universities as a separate category, UVA has been in the top four, and it has consistently ranked in the Top 30 among the best of all national universities, public and private. UVA remains one of the only public universities to meet 100% of every undergraduate student’s financial need and offers admission to students with no consideration of a family’s income.
UVA brings together a diverse global community of approximately 25,000 students, hailing from virtually every state in the nation and 111 countries. UVA encompasses twelve schools in Charlottesville, as well as the College at Wise, a small, liberal-arts college in Southwest Virginia, and its newest campus in Northern Virginia. In Charlottesville, the University employs nearly 30,000 people, including approximately 16,000 faculty and staff and approximately 12,000 UVA Health employees. For more information visit https://www.virginia.edu/.
To Apply or Nominate
To apply for this position, please visit https://jobs.virginia.edu/
For questions or if you are nominating an individual for this opportunity, please contact Susan Gaines, Managing Director, UVA Executive Search Group, [email protected]. This search will be carried out with full confidentiality.
The University of Virginia is fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person’s perspective and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.
The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person’s perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.
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