Career Centre Officer at Rosebank International

Job Purpose: 

• The Career Centre Officer is accountable for the management of the campus career centre including business development, workshop management, staff management, and graduate placements by setting and monitoring the achievement of targets.

Key Performance Area:

Management of the Campus Career Centre

• Develop the campus career centre plan based on the Organisational Career Services plan
• Contribute in setting graduate placement targets.
• Monitor graduate placement targets
• Implement career readiness workshops and monitor effectiveness
• Contribute in the planning and execute 1st year Orientation and Annual Graduation
• Ensure that Career Centre administration is up to date including reporting
• Implement and monitor compliance to relevant policies and procedures
• Manage and oversee the look and Feel of the Career Centre

Business Development and Client Interaction 

• Market services of department to existing and new clients (prospective employers)
• Identify new target markets and penetrate them effectively to get more specs
• Obtain job descriptions for potential roles at identified clients for graduate applications
• Conduct client visits-face to face or virtually

Student and Graduate Work Readiness Coaching

• Monitor access of 1st year Students and Exiting students on the Student Career Development portal
• Manage, monitor and report on the statistics of students accessing the portal
• Manage and monitor all documentation that is required during the coaching process
• Schedule and roll-out of career readiness workshops to students and graduates
• Source and invite industry speakers for coaching sessions
• Manage the capturing of all coached graduates into the database

Placements and Success Stories

• Monitor and update the graduate placement worksheet
• Monitor the placement process of prospective roles identified with potential clients
• Support graduates during the placement process
• Follow up with employer at the end of graduate’s first day of work
• Follow up with employer after two to four weeks after employment
• Deliver presentation pack to prospective employers who have placed our graduates
• Identify and collect placement success stories
• Update live reporting system of graduate placements

Career Day and Entrepreneurship Workshops 

• Plan and execute Campus Career Days, Entrepreneurship workshops and Career Expos
• Arrange guest speakers and manage logistics regarding these events and workshops.
• Arrange with the marketing team for gifts, banners etc.
• Profile all entrepreneurs and compile a database for all graduates who attended the entrepreneurship workshop

Minimum Education

• NQF Level 8 Qualification in Human Resources/Marketing/Business

Minimum requirements: 

• 3 years’ experience in career services management
• 1 – 2 years’ experience in sales and marketing

Legal Requirements:  

• Valid driver’s license