The Role
Build employer partnerships, identify suitable job opportunities, prepare candidates through resume, interview, and soft-skills support, coordinate interviews and recruitment events, track placement outcomes, and provide post-placement counseling and retention support. The role focuses on inclusive employment for disadvantaged groups, stakeholder coordination, data reporting, and promoting safe, sustainable workplace placements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Employer Engagement
- Build and maintain relationships with NGOs, social enterprises, and inclusive employers
- Identify job opportunities suitable for candidates from diverse or disadvantaged backgrounds
- Coordinate with recruiters to understand job requirements and expectations
- Support candidates in resume building, interview preparation, and workplace readiness
- Conduct soft skills training (communication, confidence, professional behavior)
- Assess candidates’ strengths and match them with appropriate roles
- Organize placement drives, job fairs, and recruitment events
- Schedule interviews and ensure smooth coordination between employers and candidates
- Track selection outcomes and provide feedback to candidates
- Follow up with placed candidates to ensure retention and job satisfaction
- Address workplace challenges, especially for vulnerable groups
- Provide counseling or mediation if issues arise between employer and employee
- Maintain records of candidates, placements, employer contacts, and outcomes
- Track key metrics like placement rates, retention rates, and salary levels
- Prepare reports for donors, management, or partner organizations
- Work with trainers, program managers, and community mobilizers
- Engage with families or communities to support candidates’ employment journeys
- Represent the organization in networking events or partnerships
- Ensure equal opportunities for women, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups
- Promote safe and dignified work environments
- Align placements with long-term livelihood goals, not just immediate jobs
- Communication and relationship-building
- Empathy and cultural sensitivity
- Organizational and coordination skills
- Problem-solving and adaptability
- Basic data tracking and reporting
Skills Required
- Communication and relationship-building skills
- Empathy and cultural sensitivity
- Organizational and coordination skills
- Problem-solving and adaptability
- Basic data tracking and reporting skills
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The Company
What We Do
NIIT Foundation is a not-for-profit education society established by the promoters of NIIT in 2004. Its educational initiatives expand access to learning, particularly for girls, and support sustainable career opportunities for people across a wide age range. The foundation reports large-scale impact, including more than two million beneficiaries certified in FY25 and over 80,000 young people receiving job offers.
