Assistant Placement Officer at Zetech University
Zetech University is the premier university for the education of Technology, Science and Business programmes, offering an exceptional learning experience with over 9,000 students pursuing Degree, Diploma and Certificate course in various fields.
Our Mission is to provide holistic education and foster a culture of integrity, hard work, research innovation and creativity towards problem solving and lifelong skills. We have set up a vibrant Placement Office to link students with employers and assist them to get sites for industrial training.
The Placement Office also provides training, advice and guidance to students in order to eliminate employment barriers and give our students a competitive edge in various job industries.
To ensure our students get exceptional placement services, we are seeking an Assistant Placement Officer
Reporting to the Placement Officer, the position holder will, among other duties, be responsible for:
- Acting as a first point of contact for students and external partners providing quality information and referrals for their placement related queries
- Helping in networking with organizations for mutual placement relations
- Assisting students in CV and cover letter writing
- Coaching students in developing career and life plans
- Disseminating information on job and attachment opportunities
- Compiling and updating the list of alumni indicating their employment progress
- Ensuring that the pre-attachment and post- attachment processes are adhered to by the students and teams as prescribed in the placement policy
- Assisting in developing creative strategies for marketing placement office initiatives
- Maintaining and updating databases
- Assist in coordinating seminars, workshops and public lectures
- Help in reaching out to potential employers and conduct recruitment drives
- Supporting the coordination of alumni activities
- Assisting in developing content for career and alumni newsletter
- Coordinating mock interviews for graduating students
- Assessing, prescribing and conducting training to build students placement capacities
- Collating and processing placement stories and information for social media
- Assisting in running of departmental projects
- Providing quarterly reports on students and alumni placement
- Supporting, designing and executing activities of the international students
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science or Education from a recognized university.
- Previous experience in customer service, career coaching or placement office will be an added advantage.
- Should be a well networked individual with a good understanding of the local and international labor market.
- Excellent IT skill including word processing and use of databases
- Must be of high integrity with good public relations skills.
Interested applicants to send their applications including an updated CV, indicating current and expected salary and names of three referees, their email addresses and telephone numbers to the undersigned, not later than 19th December 2014:
The Human Resource Manager,
via Email address: vacancies@zetech.ac.ke
Website: www.zetech.ac.ke
Zetech University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
