Counseling And Placement Officer

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES In accordance with established Agency policy and procedures, and under the overall supervision of ESC (Employment Services Centre) Supervisor, the Counseling and placement officer reports administratively and technically to the ESC Supervisor. The Counseling and placement officer is responsible for the placement activities of the Employment Service Centre. Precisely, the Counseling and Placement officer role is to: (A)    Deliver individual capacity assessment to registered jobseekers to understand their profiles, their professional objectives and to identify their skills gaps; (B)    Refer registered jobseekers to relevant skill trainings opportunities; (C)    Deliver individualized advisory services to jobseekers (CV making, job seeking techniques, interview techniques); (D)   Deliver group motivational workshops on job search techniques; (E)    Deliver in collaboration with ESC Outreach officer, group informative sessions on sectors with high potential for recruitments; (F)    Actively liaise with the ESC Outreach officer to ensure a robust strategy for placement of jobseekers, in line with the labour market needs identified; (G)   Contact jobseekers and encourage their applications to job vacancies identified relevant to their profiles and skills; (H)    Prescreen applications and refer (with letter of reference) relevant candidates to job vacancies identified by the ESC Outreach officer; (I)      Ensure through specific monitoring tools that job placements are sustainable and that they meet criteria of quality and decent work; (J)    Process with the data entry of information related to jobseekers (update on referral to trainings opportunities, referral to job vacancies and follow-up of placement); (K)    Inform and feedback on a weekly basis the ESC Supervisor on the outcomes of the placement; (L)    Prepare on a monthly basis short reports with data analysis on placement to training and job opportunities.