Placement coordinator

NIIT Foundation; Jaipur; On-site; INR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

NIIT Foundation is a not-for-profit education society focused on educating and skill development for underprivileged communities in India. The role centers on coordinating industry engagements, managing placement drives, and guiding students through the recruitment process to ensure meaningful employment opportunities.

As part of the placement team, you will establish industry partnerships, organize training and pre-placement activities, track outcomes, and maintain thorough records to support

Responsibilities

• Industry Coordination: Establish and maintain communication with companies, recruiters, HR professionals, and industry representatives.
• Company Invitations: Contact potential recruiters and invite them to participate in campus placement drives.
• Placement Planning: Plan and coordinate the annual placements schedule, recruitment drives, interviews, tests, and pre-placement talks.
• Student Registration: Maintain accurate records of eligible students, their academic details, resumes, skills, and placement preferences.
• Student Preparation: Organize training sessions such as aptitude tests, group discussions, technical interviews, HR interviews, communication skills, and soft-skills development.
• Communication: Share placement-related information, eligibility criteria, schedules, instructions, and job opportunities with students in a timely manner.
• Recruitment Process Management: Coordinate written tests, interviews, group discussions, presentations, and other selection activities.
• Documentation: Maintain placement records, company details, student participation, selection results, offer letters, and placement statistics.
• Student Guidance: Counsel and guide students regarding career opportunities, job roles, recruitment processes, and professional expectations.
• Employer Feedback: Collect feedback from recruiters and students to identify areas for improvement.
• Placement Tracking: Track selected students, joining status, salary packages, job roles, and other relevant placement outcomes.
• Compliance & Discipline: Ensure that students follow institutional placement policies and professional conduct during recruitment activities.
• Reporting: Prepare regular placement reports and present placement-related data to the Placement Officer/Head of Department/Management.
• Alumni & Industry Engagement: Leverage alumni and industry networks to create additional employment and internship opportunities.
• Internship Coordination: Assist in identifying and coordinating internship opportunities for students where applicable.

Job description

NIIT Foundation (NF) is a not-for-profit education society ( NGO ) set up by the promoters of NIIT in 2004. Its mission is to positively impact the underprivileged of the country through educational initiatives and skill development programs . NIIT Foundation, an Education NGO has a mandate to reach the unreached, uncared and unattended to ensure inclusive development of India.

To shape the mandate, NIIT Foundation has begun a number of programs like donate for child education, skill development, Financial literacy and all, that positively impact the underserved of the country through various educational interventions. The intent of NF is to better understand the education and employability issues at the grassroots level. The organisation builds corporate and ngo partnerships for sustainable development.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Industry Coordination:Establish and maintaincommunication with companies, recruiters, HR professionals, and industry representatives.
  
• Company Invitations:Contact potential recruitersand invite themtoparticipate in campusplacement drives.
  
• Placement Planning:Plan and coordinatethe annual placementschedule, recruitment drives, interviews, tests, andpre-placement talks.
  
• Student Registration:Maintain accurate recordsof eligible students, their academic details, resumes, skills, and placement preferences.
  
• Student Preparation:Organize training sessionssuch as aptitudetests, groupdiscussions, technicalinterviews, HR interviews, communication skills,and soft-skillsdevelopment.
  
• Communication:Share placement-related information, eligibilitycriteria, schedules, instructions, and job opportunitieswith students ina timely manner.
  
• Recruitment Process Management:Coordinatewritten tests, interviews, group discussions, presentations, and other selectionactivities.
  
• Documentation:Maintain placement records, company details, student participation,selection results, offerletters, and placementstatistics.
  
• Student Guidance:Counsel andguide students regardingcareer opportunities, jobroles, recruitment processes, and professional expectations.
  
• Employer Feedback:Collect feedback fromrecruiters and studentsto identify areasfor improvement.
  
• Placement Tracking:Track selected students, joining status, salarypackages, job roles, andother relevant placementoutcomes.
  
• Compliance & Discipline:Ensure that studentsfollow institutional placementpolicies and professionalconduct during recruitmentactivities.
  
• Reporting:Prepare regular placementreports and presentplacement-related datato the PlacementOfficer/Head of Department/Management.
  
• Alumni & Industry Engagement:Leverage alumni andindustry networks tocreate additional employmentandinternship opportunities.
  
• Internship Coordination:Assist in identifyingand coordinating internshipopportunities for studentswhere applicable.