• The Director of Career and Alumni Services is fully accountable for four key areas:
• Career Services
• Alumni Services
• Employer Partnerships and Student Professional Skill Development.
• Career Services: This role is accountable for ensuring that our students have excellent job placement outcomes.
• Alumni Services: In tandem, this role will be responsible for developing and implementing our strategies for enhanced engagement with our alumni community.
• Employer Partnerships: This role has oversight over all our employer/industry partnership opportunities where we engage with industry to organize hackathons, create industry events related to tech and talent and more.
• Professional Development Skill Training: A core part of the Moringa program involves our students undertaking various professional development skill training modules. You and your team will be responsible for ensuring these are aligned with the market needs and are fully integrated into our Career Preparation offerings.
• There is a strong existing team in place so we are looking for a strategic, action and results-oriented leader who will provide impactful, creative leadership to the team and cultivate senior level relationships with key partners. In addition this role will directly lead the creation and direction of our alumni engagement and community commercialization strategies.
• This role reports directly to the CEO and is part of the Senior Leadership Team.

Responsibilities

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Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years work experience in career services, alumni or member engagement community building, employer partnerships, or talent acquisition.
• Proven experience in building a strong and engaged community network and building and commercializing products and services to meet the needs of this network
• Proven track record of building and managing employer partnerships at senior levels.
• Demonstrated understanding of the tech job market and industry trends, particularly relevant to the Moringa’s student population.
• Experience developing and delivering career coaching programs for students or graduates.