Placement Officer

• Responsibilities:

Industry Connect:

• Build strong connect with corporates by inviting professionals for guest lectures creating practical learning platform for students.

• Connect with business leaders and HR heads to brief them on the college activities, students quality and learning methodologies for attracting placement opportunities.

• Leverage on industry connect to bring industry exposure by collaborating for live projects/ assignments as a part of curriculum.

• Prepare deck and reports with information on institution, academics, students, advantage of hiring from the institution.

• Schedule appointment with corporate houses and present the information to the business/HR heads.

• Seek information on the process and procedures followed at the company for placement hiring.

Pre-placement Preparation:

• Coordinate with recruiter company to schedule and confirm the date of placement drive.

• Customize the pre-placement inputs to students based on the nature of business performed by the recruiter.

• Conduct FGDs and mock interviews aligned to the industry/ nature of business of recruiter.

• Placement Drive:

• Oversee end to end organizing of placement and internship drive.

• Coordinate with company representatives and make all necessary arrangements.

• Ensure the rooms are allotted to companies participating in recruitment drive with all necessary requirement requested.

• Coordinate and assist students to attend off campus placement drives.

• Correspond with recruiters for issue of appointment letter and acceptance letter with selected students.

• Create platform for pre-placement and campus placement opportunities.

Student Support:

• Update students about the job opportunities and positions for hiring during placement season.

• Inform students about the placement drives happening outside the college.

• Inform the students about the interview and placement procedures of each companies.

• Coordinate with teaching faculty to provide the required placement training/ mock sessions to students.

Institutional Acceptance

• Coordinate with IACPE to identify focus areas for student skill development; Alumni Association for establishing a network of industry experts for offering industry relevant training, internship and recruitment opportunities to students.

• Ensure buy-in of all the HOIs for proposed placement activities.

• Introduce placement process and related procedures into formal academic calendar.

• Help teachers understand importance of placement procedure.

• Ensure appropriate involvement of faculty members in grooming students for placements - subject matter, mock drives.

Placement Development

• Develop continuous monitoring mechanism to review and improve placement processes and decisions.

• Utilise dashboards and reports for keeping track of progress on placement initiatives.

• Establish a platform for regular feedback on placement process/ initiatives from students/ company representatives.

• Skills Required:

• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire faculty, staff and students.

• Mentoring: Guide, mentor and provide individualized support, helping students identify their strengths, navigate career options and refine essential skills.

• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Problem-Solving: Effective problem-solving skills to address academic and administrative challenges.

• Team Player: Collaborate with colleagues, faculty and industry professionals is essential for the overall success of the placement process.

• Innovative: Openness to innovation and a forward-thinking mindset.

Other details:

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience is required.
• Compensation will commensurate to qualification, years of experience and key achievements in previous roles (ranging between 12 to 15 LPA0.