Career Centre Officer

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The Independent Institute of Education, Rosebank College, is part of the ADvTECH Group, Africa's leading private education provider. From our humble beginning in 1909, Rosebank College has grown to a student population of more than 28,000 students nationwide.

As we continue to expand and innovate, we invite passionate professionals to become part of our dynamic team. If you are driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference in students' lives and wish to contribute to an institution that values academic excellence, connection, and student success, we would love to hear from you.

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**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.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**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
- 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

**Campus Visibility**
- Manage that success stories and events hosted by Career Services are posted on the visibility boards
- Monitor and manage that part time jobs and any info related to employability are posted on the visibility boards
- Enhance the visibility of Career Centre Services on Campus & the Career Centre office is equipped with information for students
- Enhance the student Support and Career Services visibility on Campus
- Manage the advertisement of career services activities on campus
- Monitor involvement of the team in all campus activities

**Reporting**
- Compile reports and submit to the National Career Services Manager, Campus Head & National Career Operations Officer.

**People Management**
- Drive a high-performance culture by taking accountability for an effective and well-articulated performance management process
- Conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective actions where necessary
- Providing strategic guidance in the implementation of human resources policies, procedures and practices
- Lead the department by managing appointments, promotions, and industrial relations issues in conjunction with the Human Resources Support Service Unit
- Build a robust, effective leadership pipeline, succession and capacity

**Educational Requirements**:

- Relevant 3-year Diploma or Degree in Sales, Marketing, Human Resources or Related Qualification

**Work Experience**:

- 3 years experience in Career Services Management

**Key Competencies**:

- Knowledge and understanding of the South African higher education systems and regulatory framework.
- Ability to manage time effectively.
- Attention to detail.
- Customer service orientated.
- Ability to e