Summary
American University of Bahrain is seeking a Senior Career Center Coordinator in Riffa. The role supports students with career planning and guidance, coordinates internships, maintains relationships with industry partners, and helps organize career fairs, workshops, seminars, field trips, and alumni events. Responsibilities include managing career center records and databases, conducting surveys, preparing reports and analysis, and supporting quality assurance and audits. A bachelor's degree is required; strong communication skills in English and Arabic, event planning, project management, Excel, and database skills are requested.
The posting
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Job Overview
The Career Center Senior Coordinator is responsible for providing career support to students as well as, assisting them in planning their career paths.
This role involves but not limited to career guidance, internship coordination, maintaining industry relationships and staying informed about current employment trends. The Career Center Coordinator liaises between internal and external stakeholders, such as students, colleges, other AUBH departments as well as industry partners and service providers under the supervision of the Career Canter Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Actively collect data necessary to provide sound career support such as students’ resumes, employment status, and career aspirations. The Senior Career Center coordinator should be familiar with tools that aid data collection and management.
- Initiate, follow up, and encourage responses to career center surveys and studies such as, the internship feedback survey, expected to graduate survey, graduates’ destination, employer satisfaction, and market analysis surveys.
- Understand the Career Development and Guidance Policy as well as relevant policies to respond to students’ and faculty frequently asked questions.
- Issue necessary letters under the supervision of the career center manager.
- Participate in career center meetings, making sure to aid the career center manager via preparing, sharing, all necessary data as instructed by line manager.
- Manage the career center’s databases and documents.
- Co-Plan and action career centers’ events such as career fairs, workshops and seminars, field trips, and alumni events.
- Contribute to the development of departmental goals and objectives.
- Prepare the necessary reports and analysis as required by the management.
- Retains and retrieves necessary documents and records for quality assurance and audits purposes.
- Perform other duties as reasonably required by management.
Requirements
Experience Required:
- Bachelor's Degree is required, preferably in Management, Human Resources Management or Marketing. Other relevant degree programs may be considered.
- Relevant professional training or certification is desirable.
- Masters in a related field is a plus.
Skills and Competencies Required:
- Effective communication and networking abilities with various internal and external constituencies.
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills both in English (US) and Arabic.
- Strong event planning and project management skills.
- Proficiency in using technology for office management including strong MS Excel skills and database management.
- Knowledge of job market trends and industry developments is a plus.
- Ability to connect students with relevant resources and services.
- Data analysis and assessment skills.
- Ability to work independently and responsibly while managing numerous projects simultaneously.