Role Overview:
Responsible for translating training into employment outcomes by building employer linkages, enhancing candidate readiness, and ensuring long-term job retention.
Responsibilities
Placement Strategy & Execution
- Design and execute a placement roadmap for skilling programs across identified sectors.
- Define monthly and quarterly placement targets aligned with training output.
- Ensure timely and quality placements for trained youth.
Employer Engagement
- Build strong relationships with employers, industry associations, recruitment partners, and placement agencies.
- Identify sector-specific job opportunities and organize placement drives, campus hiring events, and job fairs.
- Maintain a growing network of employers in BFSI, Retail, Accounting, and related domains.
Candidate Readiness
- Conduct sessions on resume writing, interview techniques, workplace etiquette, and professional skills.
- Facilitate mock interviews and pre-placement orientation.
- Guide learners to align their aspirations with available job roles.
Training Team Coordination
- Liaise with trainers and center managers to sync course content with job market demands.
- Share employer feedback with the training team to improve curriculum and soft skills focus.
- Ensure learners are assessed and tagged for the right opportunities.
Tracking, Reporting & Retention
- Maintain comprehensive placement records including employer data, candidate progress, and placement outcomes.
- Support post-placement tracking, job retention analysis, and documentation of success stories.
- Prepare periodic reports for internal teams and donors.
Industry Events & Representation
- Represent BharatCares at industry events, job fairs, career summits, and CSR forums.
- Curate employer roundtables or partner meets to discuss sector trends and hiring pipelines.
Travel
- Travel to training centers and employer sites as needed for field coordination, job fairs, and placement reviews.
Mandatory Qualification & Experience
- Bachelors degree (preferably in Commerce, Business, or Social Work); Masters degree is a plus.
- 4-5 years of experience in placement coordination or employer partnerships in skilling, education, or CSR sectors.
- Understanding of job roles, compensation structures, and skill requirements in BFSI, Accounting, and Retail.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work in dynamic environments.
- Strong tracking, data management, and reporting skills.
Preferred Attributes
- Prior experience in CSR-led skilling programs or government-funded livelihood initiatives.
- Exposure to working with underserved or marginalized youth.
