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UAE , Dubai
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The Opportunity
You will be joining a global team of passionate Career Development Advisors who excel at coaching students to secure great jobs opportunities around the world.  This role will be based out of our Dubai Campus, focusing on the UAE and wider GCC market in a lean, all hands-on deck operational environment. The role contains multiple priorities namely student advising, student engagement for events and initiatives and spotlighting the value of Hult Students to employers in the local job market.
You will be working with students to kickstart their early careers journeys in the region, whilst utilising your knowledge of globalised working trends, HR and recruitment best practices and understanding of the localised work culture in the GCC. You will draw on your excellent communication and job search strategy skills to deliver workshops, one- to- one advising sessions and contribute to building a robust network of employer partners to place Hult students each year.
Ability to use a creative approach and content creation skills to ensure engagement from students from a GenZ demographic will be key, coupled with a nothing is impossible mindset and desire to be part of a high growth, entrepreneurial business school.
This role reports to the Campus Dean and works closely with the Career Development and Employer Relations Postgraduate Team, the Undergraduate Program Management team and Undergraduate Student Development Coach and other academic and professional services teams.
Responsibilities
  • Career Advising –Provide 1:1 coaching session to support students in identifying target jobs and establishing an action plan for achieving job success.  Set student expectations and understanding the nuances of a competitive job market.
  • Employer Relations - create and nurture strong relationships with key corporations, Ecosystems and nurture the Alumni community in Dubai and the wider MENA region to encourage the Hult hires Hult strategy, identifying employment pathways that make winning jobs and internships easier for students.
  • Event and Internship Management - Facilitate networking and career development events for students along with maintaining internship experience records.
  • Market Readiness - Utilise AI tools to ensure students are “market ready” with their professional documentation and build a CV look book to distribute to the network.
  • Career Platform - Students have access to online tools and resources that allow them to learn at their own pace and on their own timeline. Contribute to update new resources and knowledge to the platform, and forward to students curated materials, insights and advise on an ongoing basis.
  • Relationship Building- Build a rapport with your students YOY in order to collect annual employment data and document their successes for rankings, employability and accreditations.
Key Requirements
  • Belief in and desire to participate in the Hult mission for educating, inspiring and empowering students from more than 150 different countries, to carve a career path in international business, and transform their lives and the lives of others in the process.
  • 5 years’ experience of building recruitment expertise and best practices, most in demand roles and skills and overall market dynamics, regionally and nationally. Deep knowledge and network in one or more functional areas and/or one or more industry sectors is highly valued.
  • Previous career advisory experience and knowledge of student development and career counselling practices is highly valued but not a showstopper - assessment tools, career planning models, career communications including social media, and job search execution.
  • Previous end to end event management experience withproven operations / event facilitation / project management skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Undergraduate degree required, everything additional including post graduate degrees, certificates, credentials, formal trainings is highly valued.
  • Collegial and collaborative, able to work effectively across teams and campuses.
Mission statement
We strive to be the most relevant business school in the world. By using our global reach and always being creative, entrepreneurial, and on the cutting edge, our aim is to have a positive impact on individuals and organizations by transforming their management practices. In so doing, we hope to be the business school of choice for existing and aspiring leaders. We will contribute to sustainable growth, helping leaders to integrate commercial success and societal well-being.
Equal opportunities at Hult
Hult is dedicated to actively creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing opportunity regardless of gender, religion, race, color, sexual identity, disability, ethnicity, age, and all the individual identities that make us unique. If you require any accommodation to assist you in the interview process, please submit this with your inquiry.

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