Placement Officer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential duties and responsibilities include, and are not strictly limited to, the following:

• Facilitates professional development and employment search support with a demonstrated understanding of employer needs and expectations, generally, and as they relate to specific industries.
• Maintains accurate and confidential student records.
• Works closely and regularly with students to identify interests, skills, needs, employment barriers, and available resources, and responds to all student questions or requests regarding placement support.
• Coordinates mock employment interviews with every program graduate.
• Works closely with departments to maintain and report students’ employment progress, and provides timely tracking of graduate placements, including the generation of monthly placement reports.
• Provides timely follow-up with students, graduates, and/or employers and potential employers to obtain placement outcomes, and exhibits persistence in attempts to contact graduates for current employment information (via telephone, e-mail or other communication methods.)
• Coordinates with program directors to plan externship site visits, as necessary.
• Attends program advisory board meetings.
• Evaluates, researches, and updates training, employment, and labor market materials utilized by the department.
• Networks, establishes, and maintains relationships with area business representatives to obtain job leads and facilitate employment opportunities for students and graduates.
• Refers students to prospective employers for employment opportunities, and maintains documentation of student referrals.
• Coordinates with departments on professional development instruction and content delivery as needed.
• Performs reference and background checks on students as needed.
• Actively demonstrates Manchester Bidwell Corporation core values.
• Participates in the development, delivery, and promotion of services offered by the corporation.
• Follows establish procedures and guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.