Student Affairs Employability Temp - National

Job Advert Summary

Eduvos is seeking to appoint a Student Affairs Employability Temp on a 3-month fixed-term basis.

Position:

To provide additional administrative capacity to support the growing volume of Employability and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities.

Position Type:

• Fixed Term Contract

Minimum Requirements

Minimum qualification:

Undergraduate qualification in human resources, business management, education, psychology, career development, or a related field

Experience:

At least 1 year of customer service experience, preferably within a Higher Education environment, providing career services or employability support to students

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

As the Student Affairs Employability Temp you will be primarily responsible for the following:

Graduate Employability & Graduate Outcomes

• Assist with the collection, capturing, monitoring and reporting of graduate employment and further-study statistics
• Contact graduates to confirm and update their current employment, further-study or job-seeking status
• Follow up with graduates who have not responded to employment status requests
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date graduate employment records and databases
• Identify outstanding or incomplete graduate information and follow up with relevant stakeholders
• Assist with Graduate Destination Surveys and other graduate outcome data collection initiatives
• Direct unemployed graduates to relevant career support, job opportunities and alumni resources where appropriate

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Administration & Tracking

• Assist with the collection, capturing and monitoring of WIL statistics
• Follow up with students regarding their WIL placement status and outstanding placement information
• Assist with identifying students who require placement support or follow-up
• Support communication with students and relevant internal stakeholders regarding WIL administration
• Assist with compiling WIL reports and statistics as required

Job Board & Employment Opportunities

• Assist with the day-to-day administration and maintenance of the employability/job board
• Capture, upload, categorise and update graduate, internship, learnership, entry-level and other relevant employment opportunities
• Monitor opportunities to ensure information is current and relevant
• Assist with communicating relevant opportunities to students and graduates
• Support the tracking of student and graduate engagement with employment opportunities where required

Employability InitiativesAdministration & Support

• Provide administrative support for national employability and work readiness initiatives
• Support the implementation of employability events, workshops, initiatives and student development activities
• Assist with event planning, registrations, attendance tracking, communications and logistics
• Support the coordination of student participation and engagement in employability activities and initiatives
• Assist with maintaining records, schedules and relevant programme documentation
• Provide on-the-ground administrative support during employability activities and initiatives

Career Consultations & Student Support

• Provide administrative support for student career consultations and appointments
• Assist students with basic career-readiness support, including:
• • CV and cover letter preparation
• • LinkedIn profile development
• • Interview preparation
• • Job-search strategies
• • Professional profiles and personal branding
• • General work-readiness guidance
• Schedule and coordinate consultations and maintain appropriate consultation records
• Escalate complex student career queries to the relevant Career Services staff member where required

General Departmental Support

• Assist with ad hoc projects and initiatives aligned to the department's strategic objectives

Functional and Behavioural Competencies

Key competencies:

• Strong administrative and organisational skills.
• Good attention to detail and accuracy when working with data.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate professionally with students, graduates and external stakeholders.
• Good computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook and Teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Good follow-up and coordination skills.
• Customer-service orientation and a student-centred approach.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a small team.
• Discretion and professionalism when handling student and graduate information.