University Placements & Corporate Relations Officer

University Placements & Corporate Relations Officer

Location: India

Organization: International University / University India Office

Experience: 3-5 years

Function: Corporate Relations, Student Employability, Training & Placements

Please Note:

This is not a corporate recruiter, admissions counsellor, study-abroad counsellor, pure training, or HR generalist role. Prior experience in university placements/career services/corporate relations for student employment is essential.

Role Overview

We are looking for a University Placements & Corporate Relations professional with hands-on experience in working with a Placement Cell / Career Services department of a higher education institution. The role requires building employer relationships, generating internship and final placement opportunities, preparing fresh graduates for corporate roles, and managing end-to-end placement processes.

Key Responsibilities

Corporate Relations & Employer Engagement

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with corporates, industry associations, recruitment partners, and HR leaders to generate placement and internship opportunities for students.
• Identify potential employers across relevant sectors and actively engage with them for campus hiring, industry interactions, live projects, internships, and graduate roles.
• Represent the university in meetings with corporate partners and position its students effectively for hiring opportunities.
• Build a strong database of companies, recruiters, and hiring contacts across India.
• Plan and organize employer engagement activities such as corporate connects, guest lectures, industry visits, recruitment drives, career fairs, and networking events.

Placements & Internship Management

• Drive end-to-end placement and internship processes for fresh graduates, including employer outreach, student mapping, scheduling interviews, coordination, offer tracking, and post-placement follow-up.
• Understand job requirements from employers and match suitable students based on skills, academic background, interest areas, and career aspirations.
• Monitor student placement readiness and provide regular updates to internal stakeholders.
• Track placement outcomes, employer feedback, student performance, and hiring trends.
• Ensure smooth coordination between students, employers, faculty, and university teams during the recruitment cycle.

Training & Employability Development

Design and coordinate employability training programs for students, including resume building, interview preparation, communication skills, workplace readiness, LinkedIn profile building, group discussions, aptitude preparation, and professional etiquette.

• Conduct student counselling sessions to understand career goals, skill gaps, and placement preferences.
• Work with internal and external trainers to deliver structured training modules aligned with industry expectations.
• Identify gaps in student readiness and recommend training interventions to improve employability outcomes.
• Prepare students for corporate interactions, interviews, assessment centres, and final placement processes.

Desired Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have prior experience in campus placements, corporate relations, training and placement, student career services, recruitment, or university-industry engagement.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong corporate networking and relationship-building skills.
• Good understanding of graduate hiring, campus recruitment, internships, and employability training.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to counsel and mentor students with patience and clarity.
• Strong planning, coordination, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders including students, faculty, employers, and university leadership.
• Good understanding of industry expectations from fresh graduates.
• Comfortable with data tracking, reporting, and placement MIS.
• Self-driven, target-oriented, and capable of building employer relationships from scratch.

Qualification

Bachelor's degree required.

MBA or postgraduate qualification in HR, Business, Education Management, or a related field will be good to have

Preferred Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in campus placements, corporate relations, campus hiring, or training and development.
• Prior experience with a university, higher education institution, placement cell or corporate relations will be preferred.

About T&A

Incepted in India in 2006, T&A is a reputable global consulting practice to government economic development agencies, businesses and academic institutions across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Headquartered in Gurgaon, with pan-India offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru, T&A has a global footprint with a representative office in UK, UAE, and a subsidiary in Toronto, Canada.

We work with various international universities, investment attraction agencies where India is a key market and have been delivering a range of programs to explore, enter and expand in the international markets.

Along our journey so far, we have competed against some of the world's leading consulting and economic development brands and other boutique consulting practices to win the trust of new clients to develop and offer them ongoing support for their India and global market entry strategy.

We represent some of the renowned overseas universities and educational institutions like Queen's University Belfast, Study in Finland, University of Derby, in India.

More about us on: www.taglobalgroup.com