Placements Officer

Paragon Internships is a business unit within Paragon Europe Ltd, a Maltese company that runs a leading successful internship placement programme. The core mission of Paragon Internships is to provide targeted work placement services that meet the student's and community's needs.

Description: 
The Placements Officer is expected to create and foster a sense of importance for the development of career skills necessary for interns to achieve success in both the work placement process and subsequently in their careers. To meet this end, the Placements Officer must work to build and maintain relationships with employers and community leaders to enhance the opportunities for the international students.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and facilitate the welcome and closing interns’ meetings.
• Coordinate and facilitate student work placement orientations.
• Participate, coordinate and facilitate cross-functional Paragon Internships meetings.
• Coordinate grievance hearings and provide follow-up to affected parties.
• Creating and scheduling professional development workshops.
• Coordinating and facilitating events, meetings, and student activities.
• Conducting surveys of students, graduates, and employers.
• Responsible for the creation and distribution of all appropriate documents to Higher Education Institutions and other providers.
• Conducting surveys of students, graduates, and employers.
• Responsible for the creation and distribution of all appropriate documents to Higher Education Institutions and other providers.
• Oversee the creation and distribution of work placement and career development information and services and manage their staff.

Requirements:

• Have a minimum 'A' level standard of education.
• Have at least 3 years of related experience.
• Excellent communicator in oral and written English and preferable be multilingual.
• Meticulous with a keen eye for detail.
• Organized with an analytical mind and strong technical skills.
• Meticulous with a keen eye for detail.
• Multitask effectively and able to problem-solve with a can-do attitude.
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative and also as part of a team.

*For consideration, only online applications will be accepted.

Paragon Recruitment:
Paragon Europe is an innovative, international EU affairs, advisory, recruitment & compliance company with head offices in Malta and Brussels. From its inception, Paragon Europe has striven to realise excellence by competing with cutting edge peers in the ultra-competitive market of EU funding. Paragon Europe works with both private and public organisations, NGOs, universities, educational institutes and agencies offering various services related to European funded programmes such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Youth Workers, COSME, PON/POR and more to supply the best workforce possible.