Early Careers & Programs Team Lead - LJA : Job Details

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What LJA Has To Offer

LJA offers an exciting opportunity to reach your full career potential. Our organization is designed to amplify your capabilities while providing the benefits of being an employee-owner. You will collaborate daily with dedicated, skilled, and supportive leaders. Working at LJA allows you to grow through hands-on experience and exposure to a broad range of clients and services, whether in the office, in the field, or behind the scenes.

What Makes LJA Different

At LJA, our employee-owners take pride in their work and workplace. We foster a culture of respect, collaboration, and shared success. Our unique aspects include:

• Employee-owned and client-focused
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Ranked as a Top Workplace
• In-house recruitment, training, and marketing teams
• Flexible work approaches
• Culture of continuous learning and growth
• Focus on evolution and communication
• Fun and impactful work environment

Position Overview

LJA seeks a dynamic Early Careers & Programs Team Lead to manage recruitment, internship, branding, and future program initiatives. Responsibilities include aligning hiring strategies, building campus partnerships, utilizing data insights, and fostering talent diversity and engagement.

Typical Day

• Lead and improve recruitment programs aligned with organizational goals.
• Build and manage relationships with colleges and universities.
• Manage the Campus Recruiting Team and collaborate with leaders.
• Foster a high-performing, innovative team environment.
• Enhance internship programs and improve conversion rates.
• Track and report on key metrics, including ROI.
• Develop programs to diversify talent pools.
• Travel approximately 25% for recruiting events and sourcing.
• Collaborate with HR and Marketing to enhance branding and programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Human Resources, or related fields.
• 6+ years in recruiting, with 2+ years in leadership and program management.
• Proven impact through data-driven strategies.
• Strong project management, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience recruiting civil engineering talent.

Benefits & Culture

As an employee-owned company with nearly 100 locations and 3,000+ employee-owners, we offer:

• Flexible schedules
• Generous PTO and holidays
• Comprehensive health, dental, and pet insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement and training
• Referral bonuses
• Volunteer days and community initiatives
• Industry memberships and career development
• Fun social events

Note: We do not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies without a signed agreement.

• Level: Mid-Senior
• Type: Full-time
• Function: Information Technology
• Industry: Civil Engineering

Location: Houston, TX | Salary: $53,000-$60,000 | Posted: 1 week ago