Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the development of creative initiatives for marketing and promoting students and alumni to employers.
• Identify additional employers for outreach
• Assist with planning and implementing of strategies that encourage employers to hire students and alumni.
• Organize recruitment drives.
• Create and maintain a database of employers for all majors
• Establish and maintain contact with graduates and alumni to mentor current students and cultivate new employers.
• Compile and profile a comprehensive list of all graduate students highlighting employment progress and success stories
• Identify diverse placement opportunities and work with students to access placement.
• Provide up to date reports on student placement through regular semester reports
• Represent the University at conferences and external meetings where appropriate

• To manage all aspects of the placement process including guiding, assisting and advising students, to recognize their skills and job requirements and to communicate with organizations providing placement opportunities.
• Provide individual/group CV and cover letter review and assistance.
• Coach students to develop short and long term job seeking strategies/career plans.
• Assist in planning and conducting specific group programs on career strategic planning and related topics.
• Assist with career services programming on a variety of career topics.
• Coordinate seminars/workshops on job seeking skills.
• Assist with program evaluation for program strengthening and diversity.
• Schedule, conduct and document exit interviews with graduates
• Disseminate information on Jobs/internships/volunteer opportunities available for different majors to students through regular email updates
• Contribute to the annual review of placement handbooks, forms and employer information packs and other materials for staff, students and employers.
• Organize and run pre-placement sessions for outgoing students and debriefings for returning students through discussion, consideration and evaluation of personal and professional development through placement.
• Deliver presentations to prospective students and parents during orientation and open days and attend other relevant events

• Develop the design and layout for the Newsletter
• Develop content: write articles and solicit material from others.
• Survey employers, students and review periodicals to determine up to date topics of interest

• Bachelor Degree in Social Science or Business Administration. Preference in  Human Resource and/or Psychology
• 2 years of experience working with and/or knowledge of professions within the relevant discipline/field
• Previous experience of customer/client contact especially establishing and developing effective links with companies in the relevant discipline/field
• Experience of teaching/negotiating with a range of people

• Excellent IT skill including word processing and use of databases
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a variety of people
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including report writing
• Excellent planning and organizational skills

• Must be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Placements office, and be willing to undertake external visits
• Must be a team player and be able to negotiate and consult with all those engaged internally and externally within the placement space
• Must have a professional, friendly attitude and a willingness to help
• Must be innovative and ‘think outside the box’