Specialist - Graduate Employement / Alumni affair Higher Colleges of Technology

Title
Specialist - Graduate Employement / Alumni affairs - Dubai
Location

Position Summary

The Specialist - Graduate Employment / Alumni Affairs is responsible to establish and maintain a relationship between HCT and its graduates in order to promote employment of graduates, and the engagement of alumni with HCT and its students in coordination with Central Services.

Main Responsibilities

• Implement Alumni Affairs Central Services policies, procedures and processes.
• Promote HCT graduating students / alumni within its community though events, seminars, publications.
• Research and reach out to community organisations to identify opportunities for employment, mentoring and sponsorship for HCT graduates.
• Establish and maintain a network for local campus alumni through various on-campus and off-campus activities e.g. reunions, invitation and engagement of alumni in events, social media, etc.
• Contribute to the development of alumni relations programmes, in collaboration with Alumni Affairs Central Services, aiming at support the continuous personal and professional development of HCT alumni and their engagement within the community.
• Support Alumni Affairs Central Services in the arrangement of alumni networking events and activities at the local community level.
• Maintain an accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date local alumni database covering information such as careers, place of employment, time spent searching for job, and provide periodic input to Alumni Affairs Central Services for database consolidation purposes.
• Educate HCT graduating students on campus about alumni benefits and engage them in alumni programmes.
• Work closely with Partnerships to support in building partnerships with HCT alumni with the aim to enhance employability of graduate students.
• Identify and invite alumni to campus events and manage their involvement in events.

Requirements

Qualifications

Minimum of a Bachelor s degree in a relevant field is required e.g. Communications, Public Relations.
Full English and Arabic proficiency are required.
Intermediate computer literacy is required e.g. MS Office, etc.

Experience
Minimum of 3 years of work experience in Graduate Employment / Alumni Affairs or any relevant field with a focus on work placement, communications and/or public relations.