Career Coach

Since 2011, General Assembly has transformed tens of thousands of careers through pioneering, experiential education in today’s most in-demand skills. As featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times, GA offers training in web development, data, design, business, and more, both online and at campuses around the world. Our global professional community boasts 60,000 full- and part-time alumni — and counting. In addition to fostering career growth for individuals, GA helps employers cultivate top tech talent and spur innovation by transforming their teams through strategic learning. More than 21,000 employees at elite companies worldwide have honed their digital fluency with our upskilling and reskilling initiatives. GA has also been recognized as one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, and Fast Company has dubbed us leaders in World-Changing Ideas as well as the #1 Most Innovative Company in Education.

GA is at the leading edge of creating practical solutions to one of the most pressing challenges of our time - the future of work. As recognized by The World Economic Forum, BCG, the OECD and more, these are big challenges to which only a few companies are offering real solutions. In this role, you'll be speaking every day to corporate leaders who rely on GA to help them apply these solutions to their workforce of the future.

General Assembly has partnered with Tamkeen to build a national academy in Bahrain and train Bahraini Nationals in new-economy skills. The academy will support individuals as they launch or accelerate their careers, providing best-in-class education in Data Analytics & Data Science, Software Engineering, UX design, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and more!

Length of contract : 1 year

Role Description

The Career Coach (CC) is an integral member of the Middle East Outcomes team. The goal of the Career Coach is to ensure students are supported as they start to think about their next professional steps and graduates are prepared and confident in their job search. A balance of supporting students to meet their obligations of becoming a qualified job seeker, developing market specific career development curriculum, delivering programs and content appropriate for the tech industry, and ensuring that graduates are empowered to find jobs in a timely manner and find roles that they are passionate about. The Career Coach will partner with corporate hiring managers to build relationships and ensure that graduates have access to top companies as they explore career options. They will work with the student success and instructional teams internally.

Specific Responsibilities

• Manages a robust pipeline of students and graduates through scalable and innovative programming initiatives, one-on-ones, employer engagement
• Responds to students and job seeker needs to identify challenges and mitigate areas of struggle to develop cohesive and intentional action plans
• Strives to understand and engage the local tech scene and incorporate this community and perspective as much as possible
• Serves as an accountability and thought partner to students and local GA teammates (Instruction, Admissions, Marketing) and communicates a consistent, thoughtful, and unified message
• Drives partnership relationships with top companies to ensure that GA graduates have access and visibility with hiring managers as they explore their career options.
• Coach & Counselor - Ensure all job-seeking students & graduates have a smooth transition from the classroom to job seeking and that they feel supported during this process. Reduce anxiety for students & graduates around their job search through clear communication. Help students identify their personal goals to best impact their job search & educational experience.
• Content Delivery - Educate students & graduates of immersive programs on skills needed to perform an effective job search. Lead both recurring one-on-one and classroom based programming.
• Content Creation - Work with teams at GA that are responsible for curriculum to highlight updates as needed and create new student-facing resources. Be a key thought partner in the curriculum and resource creation.
• Internal Team Connector - Utilize and coordinate with GA community resources as needed to acquire additional educational opportunities (mock technical interviews, project feedback, etc.)
• Risk Management - Track student progress and highlight to teammates and stakeholders when a student isn’t doing well or falling out of communication. Also, ensure that we’re putting quality, qualified grads into our community.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements (Baseline Role Expectations)

Standard Job Requirements

Qualitative Requirements

Qualifications

1. Managing Google Classroom

2. Assisting in career coaching sessions, ice-breakers, activities, and energizers

3. Following up on student employment status

4. Assist on Career & Outcomes analytics

5. Coordinating and assisting in GA (General Assembly) events preparation and execution

6. Arranging placements for corporate placement compatibility list

Unless otherwise noted, remote positions can be performed from the following approved General Assembly operating countries.

United States of America (states of operation may vary), Canada (provinces of operation may vary), United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore.

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