Job Opportunity For Program Associate – Placements At Quest Alliance In Kerala

Role & Responsibilities:

Providing Placement Support to Industrial Training Institutes and Vocational Training Institutes :
Ensuring support to program implementation partners to organize Industry engagement activities effectively and monitoring the same.
Building capacity of Placement officers of program implementation partners to plan and organize placement related activities at their institutes. 
Planning and organizing trainings for Placement officers
Orientation on placement systems and best practices.
Conducting Demo’s on Industry engagement activities.
 

Anchoring and Executing Placements strategies & plans in the state of Kerala
Making an annual plan and calendar of placement activities in the region by collaborating with regional teams.
Planning and Conducting Employer engagement events.
Anchor Placement officers engagement through regular calls and review meetings.
Planning and Conducting Employer engagement events Including placement fairs. 
 

Relationship Building 
Building an active working relationship with representatives of companies, Industry bodies and Placement officers.
Building a robust database of employers by networking with employers, industry bodies to make it available to program implementation partners.
 

Team Management  
You may have to manage interns or fellows in the program as relevant 
Ensure they have clear performance objectives and development plans. 
 Support, mentor and coach them as part of their professional development and help them to be highly effective in their work. 
Serve as a role model at all times  
Ensure human resource policy and procedure is adhered to by team 
Ensure their  welfare with support from the People team
Lead the recruitment and induction of them  
 

Skills Required:

Graduate or equivalent
Experience in placement of candidates at Fresher level of a NGO or of Technical institutes is preferred.
Knowledge of liasioning with companies and experience of industry connect including the role of placement of students within organizations.
Previous experience of customer/client contact especially establishing and developing effective links with companies in the relevant discipline/field.
Experience of working & training of young adults for Jobs, On the Job Training, etc.
Good computer skills (i.e. Good at Data Analysis)
Must be able to work to meet the needs of the placements service.
Willing to undertake external visits & should be open to traveling across locations
A team player and able to negotiate and consult with all those engaged with
Attributes: 

Must be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the placements service. 
Willing to undertake external visits & should be open to travelling across Kerala 
Must be a team player and be able to negotiate and consult with all those engaged internally and externally within the placement space
Contact
Interested candidates are requested to apply for the role by filling up the application form given here.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply. Due to the enormity of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.