Placement Coordinator at AltSchool Africa

Qualifications

What we are looking for

• 3 years of experience placing engineers from the learning and development, Edtech and software development field or any related field.
• Good knowledge of tech programs/frameworks and the zeal to empower Africans.
• Client sourcing and relationship management.
• A can do attitude.

Job Role

About Us

AltSchool Africa is an Edtech platform, an alternative to school, launched with the sole motivation to increase employability and reduce unemployment by helping Talents in Africa jump-start a career in Tech.

At AltSchool Africa, we are Talent focused, impact-driven, and community oriented. If you're interested in joining a diverse and dynamic team who are passionate, audacious, agile, and on an impact mission, you'll feel right at home at AltSchool Africa.

Job Summary

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced placement coordinator to provide our students with job placement and career services support while serving as an evangelist for our school programs at different career events and conferences. 

As a placement coordinator, you will serve as liaison and evangelist for AltSchool Africa students and prospective employers. You will be responsible for sourcing, identifying, and establishing suitable work placement opportunities for students, including coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of these work placements. You will make excellent connections with employers to maximize sustainable employment or other progression opportunities for students.

To excel in this role, you need to have tangible recruiting and relationship management experience that involves working with groups of early career starters, job seekers, recruiters, hiring managers or employers, establishing a connection based on their value proposition.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating placement programs that align with the company’s ‘Hire A Grad’ objectives.
• Manage interview scheduling and follow up on placements with engineers and hiring partners. 
• Identifying and driving outreaches to companies looking to hire entry-level engineers via Internships or direct placements.
• Lead the career service mission via job preparation, job search strategies, and culture fit through 1:1 or group workshops.
• Coordinating with cross-disciplined teams to make sure that all stakeholders are on track with Internship and Job placement timelines.
• Developing and managing new program strategies to support the ‘strategic accessibility to opportunities’ direction of the company. 
• Supporting the TalentQL recruitment team with the Hire-A-Dev Program leading to the placement of AltSchool Graduates.
• Identify and initiate hiring partnerships with Talent organizations that are able to deliver quality opportunities to the Pipeline program.
• Track the placement progress of all graduates, regularly check in, and provide adequate support.
• Effectively track Proof of Impact via placement programs.
• Identify and improve collaborative ways to improve the internal placement program processes.
• Launching and execution of different placement drive across all programs.
• Serve as a bridge between students and hiring partners.