Director - Career Guidance Center

GCGC (GITAM Career Guidance Center) is a strategic initiative aimed at guiding, training and assisting students with the best career opportunities. To execute this mission GCGC operates across three major verticals, viz., Career Counselling & Mentoring (CCM), Training & Competency Development, and Career Fulfillment. Roles and Responsibilities This person will be leading a team whose primary responsibility is to ensure quality student outcomes of GITAM Visakhapatnam campus, by engaging with various stakeholders, viz., other teams of GCGC, Academicians, Students, Corporate and other support services at GITAM. The following are areas which are in the purview of this role: Orienting the students towards a clear career goal Constant engagement with the students and academicians to apprise them on the expectation of the industry and student preparedness Implementation of directives received from GCGC Conducting external assessments to analyze the student potential Ensuring smooth conduct of trainings Overseeing the conduct of sessions on employability skills Sharing information with students, mentors and academicians. Smooth conduct of campus drives, from job posting to onboarding Ensuring support to the recruiter during the campus drives Support & guidance for alternate career services Database management of the student outcomes of all the schools in the campus Periodic reporting of data and information, as and when required, to IQAC,GCGC, GITAM Leadership, etc. Collaborate effectively with team members from other campuses to ensure smooth operations. Key Skills Preference will be given to those with prior experience in handling students career outcomes, campus placement drives, education field. Strong networking, communication & interpersonal skills is highly desirable. Education and Experience Post-graduation in any field is required, along with a minimum of 15 years of experience in roles involving diverse stakeholder management.

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