Duties and Responsibilities:

Career Centre Marketing and Events

• Creates ongoing Career Centre awareness, through awareness campaigns, in-class visits, workshops, e-mails, sms’s, WhatsApp groups and daily interaction with students.
• Ensures sufficient students and alumni have accessed and engaged with the Career Centre Platform by marketing the Career Centre Platform and the VC Career Centre App to students and Alumni.
• Uploads job opportunities onto the Career Centre Platform job directory.
• Upskills, leads and empowers the Career Centre Ambassador team to market the Career Centre and its platform to the student body.
• Co-ordinates and hosts career evenings / afternoon for final year students and alumni.
• Co-ordinates and hosts part-time work expo for current students.
• Co-ordinates and hosts career fair for students and alumni.
• Co-ordinates and hosts Career Centre client appreciation breakfast for clients.
• Co-ordinates and hosts Graduate Employment Workshop (GEW) and VC Alumni Connect Evening for Alumni.

Networking

• Establishes and maintains relations with all clients.
• Ensures and enables clear and open communication between the clients and the Career Centre.
• Conducts regular meetings with clients.
• Ensures compliance to the corporate identity at all times.
• Attends and participates in networking forums resulting in the increased awareness of quality graduates.
• Identifies businesses to partner with and actively seeks job opportunities that are in-line with the qualifications we offer.
• Markets the brand and demonstrates the value of recruiting through the Career Centre.

Recruitment of Students and Alumni

• Receives requests for students or graduates from clients.
• Sends a job specification to clients to complete.
• Uploads job opportunities onto the Career Centre Platform job directory to advertise the job on the campus in relation to the relevant target market.
• Receives and screens student’s CVs.
• Obtains letters of recommendation from lecturers on suitable student candidates.
• Conducts one on one interviews with the potential students and sends CV’s to clients.
• Submits Curriculum Vitae’s (CV’s) to clients.
• Tracks applications by following up with clients on placements made.

Alumni

• Extends similar career support to alumni allowing them to take advantage of professional networks.
• Offers alumni the opportunity to reconnect with fellow students through networking functions, workshops, and alumni reunions.
• Creates a platform for Alumni to give back to the brand and students either by providing graduate job opportunities, talks or providing mentorship to current students.
• Remains in contact with existing Alumni and track their success in industry.
• Ad hoc projects and duties as per National Career Centre Manager and Head: Student Experience.

Competencies required:

• Advanced computer literacy essential
• Excellent administration, planning and time keeping skills
• Customer service orientation, high levels of energy and self-motivation
• Highly effective communication and organisational skills
• Shown ability to manage work and self proactively
• Enjoy working, networking and building relationships with people
• Superior Presentation Skills
• Must be confident and outgoing
• Proven track record
• Must be approachable
• Creativity, innovation and passion for graduate recruitment

Minimum Qualification Requirements: 

• Relevant 3-year Diploma or Degree in Human Resources or a related field. 

Minimum Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience within recruitment, talent acquisition or training.