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Position Objectives:
- The Career Guidance Officer is responsible for providing information and assistance to clients in career planning and development.
- Providing adequate services to ensure that career development clients have access to the information and resources they need to make appropriate choices about training, education and employment.
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide information and assistance about career development, career search.
- Responsible for delivery of structured and individualized support for conducting a successful job search.
- Interview clients to obtain employment history, education and career goals.
- Administer and interpret tests designed to determine the interests, aptitudes and abilities of clients.
- Assist clients in establishing career goals and developing education plans
- Assist clients with job readiness skills, search strategies, writing resumes, prepare for job interviews
Support to assist clients with job retention and training completion:
- Able to support clients dealing with job dissatisfaction or wanting to make a mid-career change
- Point to resources and training to meet clients’ objectives of changing jobs and/or for upward mobility
- Recommend resources and training to meet their objectives of changing jobs and/or upward mobility
- Assess need for assistance such as rehabilitation, financial aid or further training and refer clients to the appropriate services with in CEC, TEVT services and others.
Job Placement and Matching Services:
- Maintain on-going communications with clients.
- Collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
- Advise employers supporting ASDP on human resource and other employment-related issues
- Provide consulting services to community groups and agencies, business and industry, and to other organizations involved in providing community-based career planning resources
- Match trainee skills set with placement opportunities
Plan and participate in community events concerning education and career development:
- Plan and participate in career fairs and other community activities
- Distribute career, educational and employment information
- Make presentations to community groups
Other responsibilities as assigned by the CDC Manager
Job Requirements
- University degree (bachelor's degree), with 5+ years of experience, preferably progressive experience in Career Counselling Services.
- Working knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies and procedures for employment, also training and career development.
- Proficient in career and education planning and development with an understanding of economic, cultural and political environment generally in Egypt and specifically within Upper Egypt
- Computer literate: able to operate computerized accounting, spread sheet, word-processing, graphics and website development programs at a highly proficient level.
- Ability to work under pressure with multiple tasks, demands and deadlines with a positive and constructive attitude.
- Ability to handle sensitive matters and information with integrity and confidentiality
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent spoken and written English and Arabic is essential.