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Job details:
JOB TITLE: Assistant Director- Outreach & Placements
DEPARTMENT: Corporate Relations and Career Services (CR&CS)
JOB LOCATION: SRM University, AP
REPORTS TO: Director- CR&CS
Role Overview:
The role is responsible for leading the Corporate Outreach vertical under CR&CS, with a focus on expanding the University's corporate network and creating quality internship and placement opportunities for UG and PG students. The role will build and strengthen relationships with corporates, HR leaders, startups, MSMEs, and industry bodies, while driving recruiter onboarding, industry engagement, placement initiatives, and outreach performance. The position will also collaborate with academic and skilling teams to align industry requirements with student capabilities and enhance the University's employer brand and placement outcomes.
Role & Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage the Corporate Outreach vertical under CR&CS, with a focus on expanding corporate engagement and creating quality internship and final placement opportunities for UG and PG students.
• Develop and implement strategic corporate outreach plans to onboard new recruiters, industry partners, startups, MSMEs, and organizations for internships and final placements.
• Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with corporate HR leaders, Talent Acquisition teams, business leaders, industry professionals, startups, MSMEs, and industry associations.
• Identify and map key industry sectors, emerging job roles, hiring trends, and talent requirements to align corporate outreach initiatives with student skill sets and academic programs.
• Develop and maintain a strong recruiter pipeline and engagement funnel, ensuring consistent follow-up and conversion of prospective organizations into active hiring partners.
• Coordinate with Corporate Relations, Client Discovery, and Operations teams to ensure seamless recruiter engagement and effective execution of placement and internship activities.
• Support the planning and execution of campus placement drives, pre-placement talks, recruiter visits, hiring events, job fairs, industry interactions, and other corporate engagement initiatives.
• Represent the University at corporate meetings, industry forums, placement conclaves, job fairs, conferences, and professional networking events to strengthen industry relationships and enhance institutional visibility.
• Maintain a comprehensive and updated corporate outreach and recruiter database, including key contacts, organization profiles, engagement history, hiring requirements, opportunities generated, and placement outcomes.
• Track and analyse key outreach performance indicators, including new recruiter onboarding, active recruiter relationships, internship and job opportunities generated, offers received, conversion rates, and sector-wise placement outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the University's employer brand and industry positioning through targeted corporate engagement, communication, networking, and employer outreach initiatives.
• Collaborate with academic departments, faculty, and skilling teams to effectively communicate student capabilities, curriculum strengths, employability initiatives, certifications, and training outcomes to prospective employers.
• Understand employer expectations and hiring requirements and provide relevant feedback to internal stakeholders to support industry-aligned student development and employability initiatives.
• Develop and maintain outreach MIS, dashboards, analytics, and periodic performance reports covering recruiter engagement, outreach activities, opportunities created, placements, and other key performance indicators.
• Provide periodic updates, insights, and performance reviews to the Director – CRCS, highlighting achievements, challenges, industry trends, pipeline status, and areas requiring strategic intervention.
• Identify new avenues for industry partnerships and long-term corporate engagement, including strategic hiring partnerships, internship pipelines, industry projects, and other mutually beneficial collaborations.
• Ensure all corporate outreach and engagement activities are carried out in accordance with University policies, professional ethics, data confidentiality requirements, and institutional standards.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve the quality, scale, and effectiveness of corporate outreach and recruiter engagement in alignment with the University's placement and career development objectives.
Qualification:
● Postgraduate degree in Marketing, Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience and Skills:
● Minimum 15 years of experience in corporate outreach, placements, business development, or industry relations, preferably in higher education or talent-focused organizations.
● Strong industry networking, relationship management, negotiation, communication, and data analysis skills. Ability to drive results through strategic outreach initiatives is essential.
Personal Attributes:
● Proactive, persuasive, and result-oriented professional with strong relationship-building, networking, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
● Ability to develop long-term corporate partnerships, identify business and industry opportunities, influence recruiters, and drive meaningful internship and placement outcomes.
● Strong industry orientation, commercial acumen, adaptability, and a collaborative approach to working with corporate, academic, and internal stakeholders.
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