Duma
Works is recruiting an Alumni
Coordinator for
McKinsey Social Initiative.
Generation is a global youth employment programme that helps provide young adults the opportunity to launch successful careers and change their life trajectories – closing the skills gap and easing youth unemployment.
Generation is a global youth employment programme that helps provide young adults the opportunity to launch successful careers and change their life trajectories – closing the skills gap and easing youth unemployment.
The
alumni coordinator will report to the programme manager and will be responsible
for collecting data on all students who have graduated from the programme,
ensuring the good performance of those students and organising all events
related to alumni relations.
Responsibilities
- Collect,
manage and analyse data on students that have graduated from the programme
to ascertain:
1.
Employment status and reason of attrition (if any).
2.
Get data on industries of 2nd job placement (if any).
3.
Level of excitement and enthusiasm for employer.
4.
Requirement for additional coaching.
5.
Level of well-being, financial and otherwise.
- Investigate
when additional support is required for students to succeed as
high-achievers in their roles and provide access to that support.
- Implement,
manage and continuously improve employment drop-outs strategy.
- Identify
themes to be communicated to employers to help them create nurturing
environments for young people.
- Communicate
feedback of alumni to programme managers and coordinators to improve
programmes, furthering Generation’s goal of closing the skills gap.
- Build
a strong alma mater brand.
- Build
a strong community of Generation alumni where they feel resonance with the
brand and a sense of belonging.
- Manage
the effectiveness of the family group programme to ensure community
building starts during the programme.
- Funnel
references to feed mobilisation processes of various Generation
programmes.
- Manage
mentorship programme.
- Organise
graduation events and all associated press engagement.
- Organise
alumni connectivity events.
Mindsets
& Experience
- Bachelor’s
degree.
- 2
– 3 years of experience coordinating programmes.
- Experience
preparing youth for employment.
- “Do-er”
mindset.
- Well-developed
sense of attention to detail.
- Interest
in working in a fast growing organization and being an integral part of
aggressive scale.
- A
positive, solutions-oriented attitude, drive for excellence, and ability
to be a team player.
- Self-starter
and strong track record of ability to work independently.
- Professional
demeanor, excellent organizational and communication skills.
- A
proactive, positive, solutions-oriented attitude, drive for excellence,
and ability to be a team player.
Job
Type: This
role is a full-time position with an expected start date of 1 June 2016. The
expected minimum duration is 12 months, with a strong possibility to continue.
Probation period is three months.
Reports to: Programme manager.
Apply:
Applications letters (maximum 2 pages) and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “ 2226”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2226, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx.
If you
don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through
Deadline for receiving applications: 25th May 2016
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