Head - Career Planning & Placement

RK Hr Management; Gandhinagar; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

RK Hr Management in Gandhinagar, India seeks a senior placement professional to design and execute a comprehensive student placement strategy aligned with academic programs and industry needs.

You will coordinate with industries for placement interviews, webinars, and vocational training, while leading preparation modules and MIS reporting. Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• MBA or Masters degree required with minimum 15 years of relevant experience, including five years in managerial roles.
• Undergraduate degree in Engineering/Technology/Information Technology preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive placement strategy aligned with the institute's academic programs and evolving job market.
• Coordinate with industries to provide vocational training courses to students.
• Coordinate with industries for on-campus and off-campus interviews of meritorious students to provide suitable jobs.
• Coordinate with employers and placement officers to run background checks on students seeking internships or externships.
• Collaborate with Industry–Institute interaction for webinars/lectures from professionals and industry experts.
• Develop a Placement Preparation Module providing guidance and preparation for campus placement.
• Review student performance in the corporate sector through final placements, summer training, and projects; gather feedback.
• Organize workshops and seminars for training managers/faculty members of organizations.
• Arrange soft skills and interview-facing training programs for students using internal and external experts.
• Prepare placement reports after drives/fairs and develop MIS on placement data.
• Help students develop and implement effective job search strategies.
• Work with faculty, department heads, and administration to integrate career planning with academics.
• Provide resources and activities to facilitate career-planning processes.
• Act as interface among students, alumni and the employment community.
• Create awareness among students about future career options.
• Prepare regular reports for leadership on placement outcomes and department performance.
• Performs any related role as determined by the Authority.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Result orientation

Career counselling

Job placement experience

Team collaboration

Education

MBA or Masters degree

Undergraduate degree in Engineering/Technology/IT

Job description

Minimum Job Requirements:

• MBA or Any equivalent Masters degree with minimum 15 years of relevant experience, including five years of managerial experience.
• An undergraduate degree in Engineering/Technology/Information Technology will be preferable.
• Must have excellent communication, interpersonal relationship skills and result orientation.
• Proven experience in career counselling, job placement, or related fields.
• Ability to work collaboratively with students, faculty, and employers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive placement strategy in alignment with the Institutes academic programs and the evolving job market.
• Coordinates with the industries for providing the vocational training courses to students.
• Coordinates with the different industries for on-campus and off-campus interviews of the meritorious students for providing suitable jobs in their organizations.
• Coordinating with employers, placement officers run background checks on students who seek internships or externships to verify students have the prerequisite education and meet all additional requirements for these companies’ positions.
• To work in consultation with coordinator Industry–Institute interaction for organizing webinars/lectures from the professionals and industry experts.
• Develop a Placement Preparation Module which provides guidance / preparation to the students for campus placement.
• Reviewing the performance of students working in the Corporate Sector in various capacities (Final Placement, Summer Training, Projects etc.) by taking feedback from companies.
• Organizing of workshops/seminars at regular intervals for training of mangers / faculty members of various organisations.
• Arrange training programmes for soft skills and for interview facing skills for the students using institutional and external expertise.
• To prepare Placement reports after Placement Drive/Job Fairs.
• To develop Management Information System (MIS) on placement of passed out students and to create database of recruiting industries and organization.
• Help students to develop and implement successful job search strategies.
• Work with faculty members, department heads and administration to integrate career planning with academic curriculum.
• Providing resources and activities to facilitate the career-planning process.
• Act as an interface among students, alumni and the employment community.
• Create awareness in the students regarding future career options.
• Prepare regular reports and presentations for institute’s leadership on placement outcomes and departmental performance.
• Performs any other related role as determined by the Authority.

Industry competitive package for candidates from institutions of national repute.

Candidates from reputed Universities/MNCs working at senior positions are encouraged to apply.