Job Description

The primary purpose of the position is to support Young Africa students with connections to industry that lead to internship and employment placements to facilitate workplace experience and transition into decent work. The role will provide a ‘proactive case management approach’ to understanding individual student vocational training and education pathways and seeking industry-based opportunities to support these pathways, guided by the student journey map. This will include actively seeking and engaging with host companies and employers. The EPO looks for placement opportunities that match the skills of trainees and graduates with skills needs of employers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide a personalized case management approach to advising students on career choices / pathways and actively progressing them through the relevant opportunities for training, internship and employment.
• Establish, develop, and maintain relationships with employers, industry groups, training providers and apprenticeship support services that will facilitate students’ transition from training to employment.
• Link students and their career expectations with industry needs through study visits to workplaces, inviting guest speakers from relevant industires on campus to speak to students and work readiness skills programs.
• Establish and manage a work experience program for students, including the sourcing of opportunities, preparing students for opportunities, monitoring students while on internship and job placement and keeping all related records.
• Assist in marketing initiatives including information sessions, collation of good news stories and development of other promotional content and communication strategies.
• Support the Young Africa enrolment and new student orientation process.
• Work with the programs team to provide updates on internship students’ progress and outcomes.
• In collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation team, record relevant student information, including contacts, behaviours, and student activities in the Young Africa student management system, and produce reports on progress.
• Keep industry information, including legislation relevant to the vocational training, apprenticeship, and employment.
• In collaboration with technical trainers, monitor students in internships and job placements, arranging visits where required and managing the preparation, collection and storage of monitoring and evaluation records and data as required by Young Africa.
• Support graduates with employment contract negotiation, wellness and safeguarding related issues.
• Support in continuous reviewing of curricula to match industry standards.

Qualifications and Experience

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
• Results oriented.
• Excellent communicator, influential with the ability to seek and secure opportunities.
• Proven ability to develop cooperative working relationships with broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve intended outputs and outcomes.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of working with vocational education pathways, particularly the non-formal vocational education program.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• University degree in Human Resources or Marketing.
• At least 3 years work experience in Human Resources or Marketing with emphasis on establishing linkages between youths and industry.
• Possess a clear understanding of contemporary development issues and trends in marketing and students’ training/placement at tertiary level.
• Knowledge and experience with work readiness and industrial learning programmes.
• Excellent IT, data consolidation and reporting skills
• Clean driver’s license (class 4) a must.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should send one-page motivational letter including expected salary, and a detailed CV to [email protected] by Friday 5 January 2024. Applications must be clearly written "Employment and Placement Officer" in the subject line.

Young Africa is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, political affiliation, religion, tribe, national origin, gender, physical or mental disability, health status or age.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.