Placement Officer

**About Magic Bus**

Magic Bus is one of India’s most innovative organizations that has been working on creating a lasting solution to end poverty since 1999 by working with children and youth from childhood to livelihood. Through our Youth
Development programme we nurture young people to grow up into self-reliant, confident individuals, ready for jobs or higher education. Magic Bus has 1600 employees, 8013 volunteers and an outreach of 3,14,306 children.
We operate in cities, towns and villages in 23 states including our regional Head Quarters based in Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi and Karnataka. Magic Bus also has its global fund raising offices in UK, US,
Germany and Singapore.

**Role: Livelihood Officer - Job Placements**

**Role**:

- Identify, do due diligence and on-board employers in the technology platform
- Generate adequate lead for training provision and placement of 750 youth & out of work adults
- Build strong relationships with employers ensuring effective placement and monitoring systems are in place for youth & out of work adults

**Specific Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for achieving the desired target number of youth & out of work adults’ placements in jobs
- Create partnerships with employers and job aggregators who can offer youth potential job placements, work experience and workplace visit opportunities.
- Monitor youth’s attendance and performance with employers for effective retention & performance
- Support youth after their placements to ensure that they retain their engagement and sustain themselves in work or training for up to 6 months.
- Undertake data collection and reporting duties that demonstrate the effectiveness of the programme.
- Act as a role model at all times demonstrating behaviour that displays the characteristics youth should develop to be successful in their chosen field.

**Reporting to**:Program Manager

**Desired Competencies**:

- Strong partnership building credentials with ability to tailor style and methods when working with employers

(and employee volunteers), and other specialist organisations like Job Aggregators
- Excellent team worker with strong oral and written communication skills including good level of professional

English.
- Can-do attitude and willingness to use own initiative to solve ground level problems
- Well organised working style with excellent time management skills.
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends occasionally as required by programme.
- Ability to collect and process delivery evidence and data in line with key performance indicators for the programme

**Qualification and Experience**:

- Relevant degree or similar professional qualification from a reputed institution (Minimum qualification is graduation).
- Knowledge of local employers and job aggregators
- Knowledge of youth needs with regard to progressions at work.
- Experience of partnership working including referrals and monitoring partner delivery.
- Experience of either employability skills, job placement, youth development or vocational training programmes either directly or indirectly (desirable)

**Location**: Panipat Haryana

**Salary**: ₹30,000.00 - ₹32,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Cell phone reimbursement
- Health insurance
- Leave encashment
- Paid sick time
- Provident Fund

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Panipat, Haryana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (preferred)
- Health insurance