Placement coordinator

Posted 26 Days Ago
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New Delhi, Delhi, IND
In-Office
Entry level
Edtech • Social Impact
The Role
Build employer partnerships and generate job opportunities for students. Prepare candidates through career guidance, mock interviews, and resume support; coordinate recruitment drives, interviews, nominations, and joining processes. Track candidates through placement and retention, maintain employer and candidate records, update MIS dashboards, verify documentation, prepare reports, and collaborate with internal teams, clients, and employers to achieve placement targets.
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Key Roles and Responsibilities
1. Employer Engagement and Job Opportunities
  • Identify and connect with companies, recruiters, HR professionals, and industry partners.

  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing employers.

  • Generate job opportunities aligned with students’ skills, qualifications, and career aspirations.

  • Build partnerships with companies across sectors such as IT, STEM, BFSI, retail, manufacturing, and the social sector.

  • Achieve monthly and annual placement targets.

2. Student Mobilization and Career Readiness
  • Understand students’ skills, interests, qualifications, and employment preferences.

  • Prepare students for interviews through mock interviews, resume building, communication sessions, and career guidance.

  • Ensure candidates meet employer eligibility criteria before nominations.

  • Motivate students to participate in placement drives and pursue suitable job opportunities.

3. Placement Drive Management
  • Coordinate interviews, job fairs, recruitment drives, and employer interactions.

  • Share accurate job descriptions, eligibility criteria, salary details, and interview schedules with students.

  • Ensure timely candidate nominations and interview attendance.

  • Coordinate with training teams, centre teams, and employers to ensure smooth execution.

4. Placement Follow-up and Joining
  • Track candidates through the complete recruitment journey: nomination, interview, selection, offer, documentation, and joining.

  • Follow up with selected candidates to ensure they join the organization.

  • Identify and address reasons for offer rejections, non-joining, and dropouts.

  • Maintain communication with candidates and employers until successful joining.

  • Track post-placement retention wherever required by the project.

5. Data Management and MIS
  • Maintain accurate placement records, employer databases, candidate profiles, and interview outcomes.

  • Update placement MIS and dashboards within defined timelines.

  • Verify placement documents and joining proofs before reporting.

  • Ensure data accuracy and compliance with organizational and client reporting requirements.

  • Submit regular reports on targets, achievements, pending cases, and challenges.

6. Stakeholder Coordination
  • Coordinate with centre managers, trainers, project managers, and regional placement teams.

  • Work closely with clients and project SPOCs to meet placement expectations.

  • Share placement updates, challenges, and success stories with relevant stakeholders.

  • Support cross-centre placement opportunities to maximize employment outcomes.

7. Target Achievement and Performance Monitoring
  • Develop an action plan to achieve assigned placement targets.

  • Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly progress against placement goals.

  • Identify gaps in employer engagement, candidate readiness, and joining conversion.

  • Take corrective actions to improve placement numbers and reduce rejection rates.

  • Contribute to overall project performance and organizational employability goals.

8. Professionalism and Ownership
  • Demonstrate accountability, initiative, and a result-oriented approach.

  • Maintain professional communication with employers, students, and colleagues.

  • Explore new employers and employment opportunities beyond existing networks.

  • Take ownership of assigned responsibilities and meet deadlines.

  • Represent the organization professionally while building long-term employer partnerships.



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The Company
HQ: Gurugram
694 Employees
Year Founded: 2004

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.

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