Student Placement Coordinator

7 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Accoravillage Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and organized Student Placement Coordinator to join our team at Accoravillage. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing support to students in work experience placements, including internships, co-op placements, service learning assignments, and community learning activities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Facilitate paid and unpaid placements, including internships and/or co-op placements and/or assignments for various programs.
  • Engage with employers to develop and foster work-integrated learning opportunities for students.
  • Design and implement student work-readiness and career development programming, including resume development, interview preparation workshops, and job search techniques.
  • Support students and liaise with faculty throughout the development and implementation of capstone projects.
  • Manage a large caseload of students and prepare relevant and supporting written documentation.
  • Assist with program promotion, including public speaking and designing written materials to ensure program growth with both students and employers.
  • Customize student/employer matches by instituting competency modelling.
  • Assist organizations with funding applications for provincial and federal funding opportunities to hire students, where applicable.
  • Event planning to support initiatives within Career Services and academic schools that raise the profile of, and opportunities for, student work and experiential learning experiences.
  • Support faculty with student placements and develop mentoring supports.
  • Support faculty who are implementing an experiential or service learning assignment in their courses.
  • Assist with program regulation changes that have work-integrated learning.
  • Support ongoing development of volunteer opportunities for students to build experiential learning for students and community outreach with local employers.
  • Actively engage with local, provincial, and national stakeholders.
  • Support businesses and community agencies who provide experiential and work-integrated learning experiences for students.
  • Utilize various online and software tools that support students' career development.
  • Participate in the development of a strategic plan which outlines the medium and long-term goals for experiential/work-integrated/community-based learning and programming.
  • Organize and conduct group orientation and networking events for all stakeholders – including students, employers, faculty, and the community.
  • Compile and share student experiences such as key learnings, student and employer recommendations, or endorsements regarding their work experience.
  • Maintain a database of employers, student placements, and experiential assignments.
  • Maintain a web portal which provides online support for students in relation to their work placements and offer useful content for students and employers.
  • Prepare reports and provide input on areas of opportunity and growth for work placements, such as internships and co-op.
  • Support ongoing development of the Work Study program.
  • Other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field (Business, Tourism, Community Development, Arts, Community Studies) preferred.
  • Recent experience in career development, student placement, employer relations, and other experiential/work-integrated learning.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Excellent time-management and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
  • Ability and desire to work independently in a fast-paced environment and complete multiple tasks and a large volume of work in a timely and effective manner.
  • The ability to work well with others, both internally and externally, from a wide variety of backgrounds.
  • Some evening and weekend work required.
  • Skilled in using Microsoft Office.
  • Ability to learn new software programs quickly and effectively.


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