Employer Partnerships and Placement Senior Associate

About the role

The Employer Partnerships and Placement Senior Associate reports directly to the Student Professional Development Lead and works within the Student Professional Development team, which supports students' professional development and career paths. The role drives employer partner sourcing and onboarding, and employer-student matching for internships, final-year students and recent alumni, working with the Alumni Relations Team. It is primarily an in-person position based in Kigali, Rwanda.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end sourcing and employer partner onboarding experience
• Plan, prepare and host employer partnership events (in person or online) to raise student awareness of opportunities
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with employer partners and key industry players
• Represent ALU at employer and industry events in Kigali
• Maintain regular contact with employer partners, respond to their inquiries promptly and help retain key accounts
• Hold office hours with students, assist in pre-screening applicant profiles and manage the SPD Hub and related platforms
• Track incoming opportunities for monthly reporting, process internship support letters and analyse internships, manager and student self-assessments
• Track employer partner engagement activities and report on feedback from partners and students
• Coordinate employer engagement across ALU Rwanda and ALC Mauritius campuses, collaborate with the Student Preparation workstream and academic and non-academic teams, and maintain the SPD Salesforce dashboards and student records
• Adhere to ALU's safeguarding policy

Required profile

• 3-5 years of work experience, ideally across different company types (multinational, high growth, SME)
• Understanding of what companies expect of entry-level talent
• Negotiation skills and ability to create common interests and tangible value for all parties
• Self-motivated, proactive and passionate about transformative education

Required skills

• Salesforce CRM, WordPress and email campaign platforms
• Relationship and account management, data analysis, project management and problem solving
• Data-driven, collaborative mindset with design thinking skills