Specialist - Graduate Employement​/Alumni affair

Specialist - Graduate Employment Alumni Affairs (Dubai)

Position Summary:

The Specialist - Graduate Employment / Alumni Affairs is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships between HCT and its graduates to promote employment of graduates and engagement of alumni with HCT and its students in coordination with Central Services.

• Implement Alumni Affairs Central Services policies, procedures, and processes.
• Promote HCT graduating students and alumni within the community through events, seminars, and publications.
• Research and reach out to community organisations to identify opportunities for employment, mentoring and sponsorship for HCT graduates.
• Establish and maintain a network for local campus alumni through on‑campus and off‑campus activities (e.g., reunions, invitations, engagement of alumni in events, social media).
• Contribute to the development of alumni relations programmes in collaboration with Alumni Affairs Central Services to support continuous personal and professional development of HCT alumni and their engagement within the community.
• Support Alumni Affairs Central Services in the arrangement of alumni networking events and activities at the local community level.
• Maintain an accurate, comprehensive, and up‑to‑date local alumni database covering information such as careers, place of employment, time spent searching for a job, and provide periodic input to Alumni Affairs Central Services for database consolidation purposes.
• Educate HCT graduating students on campus about alumni benefits and engage them in alumni programmes.
• Work closely with Partnerships to support building partnerships with HCT alumni to enhance the employability of graduate students.
• Identify and invite alumni to campus events and manage their involvement in events.

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Communications, Public Relations).
• Full proficiency in English and Arabic.
• Intermediate computer literacy (e.g., MS Office).
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience in Graduate Employment, Alumni Affairs, or any relevant field with a focus on work placement, communications, and/or public relations.