Career Advisor

**ABOUT US**:
HyperionDev is the largest provider of software development education in Southern Africa, and one of the largest globally. Counted among the top education technology startups in EMEA with headquarters in Cape Town and London, we support learners from over 40 countries in changing into fulfilling tech careers. We are dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap and we achieve this by integrating tech education with human mentorship and expert code review, lowering the cost of accessing tech careers.

In 2017 we won first prize in Facebook's Innovation Challenge, with Facebook selecting us as the most socially impactful startup operating in Africa and financially backing us, alongside Google. In 2020, we closed one of the largest Series A fundraises in South Africa with nearly 1500 investors backing us in the biggest crowdfunding round in history for an Africa-linked startup.

We were originally launched from the University of Cambridge, and our leadership team consists of world-leading talent from companies such as Google, 2U, and Zando. We are looking for team members who are ambitious, motivated and have a track record of over-achieving and exceeding targets.

Join us at a time when we are reinventing tech education and how technology can drive higher quality education at scale for markets that have some of the most underperforming tertiary institutions and schools globally.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
As the Career Advisor at HyperionDev, you will be working in the Career Services team to ensure that our graduates are placed into tech careers after completing one of our coding bootcamps.

This involves taking ownership of the post-bootcamp graduate program and ensuring that our graduates are market-ready. This includes delivery of career development learning and advisory services to ensure that graduates are technically ready and prepared to enter the job market. You must be proficient in offering 1:1 consultations with students to optimise their CV, LinkedIn profiles and GitHub portfolios. Part of the graduate program includes you facilitating mock interviews with graduates to practise their interview skills.

You will also assist the Alumni Coordinator in building a strong and supportive alumni network of HyperionDev graduates.

The Career Advisor will also be working closely with the marketing team to coordinate and report on the effectiveness of top of the funnel lead generation campaigns in order to better target and expand awareness of our developer placement offering, and improve product development of the HyperionDev Careers platform.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Ensure our final-level students and graduates are on track in completing their technical and portfolio work required to have them 'technically ready' for the job market.
- Delivery of Mock Interviews and ensuring all material is current and up to date.
- Full management of graduate dashboard and analytics.
- Providing access to bespoke career development resources that support graduates in honing their professional profiles and portfolios.
- Encourage students to create side-projects to fill the non-experience barrier.
- Delivery of career advisory 1:1 consultations with graduates.
- Regularly check-in, career support and monitoring of Alumni communication platforms.
- Support and assist students who were unsuccessful with the Job Application process.
- Manage our applicant and company leads database on the CRM accurately and efficiently to ensure a healthy pipeline.
- Support and drive effective marketing initiatives for placing our graduates, provide feedback on lead quality and engagement ratio, and assist with the market segmentation and targeting strategy by providing feedback on most likely to convert hiring company profiles.

**REQUIREMENTS**:
**_Minimum_**:

- At least 2+ years of interviewing experience in an agency or inhouse recruitment, or HR role with talent or recruitment responsibilities.
- At least 2+ years recent and relevant experience in Careers-related Advising in Higher Education or in a comparable role advising graduates seeking formal employment (HR Talent-role)
- Experience working under pressure with strict targets showing initiative and the ability to multi-task
- Understanding of the technical recruitment market in South Africa
- Outstanding reporting skills and experience with CRMs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skilled in working with virtual tools for effective education and communication purposes.
- Fast learner, meticulous attention to detail and experience working with data and delivering reports.
- Development, planning, facilitation and hosting of events
- Experience in skills development workshops

**_Preferred_**:

- A relevant tertiary qualification would be preferred
- Prior tech startup experience in a high-growth and ambitious environment
- Experience with lead generation and market research for business development
- Interest / experience in the coding education and e