ABOUT US
HyperionDev is one of the largest providers of accelerated tech education in EMEA and one of the oldest providers of 'coding bootcamps' in the world. We work with top universities such as Imperial College London, The London School of Economics, The University of Edinburgh, and Stellenbosch University to deliver structured technical courses and bootcamps that accelerate people into fulfilling tech careers. We have been recognised as one of the top education technology scaleups in the world and gained the financial backing of Meta (previously Facebook) which recognised us as the most socially impactful startup operating in Africa, where we initially started our work.
We are dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap and we achieve this by integrating tech education with human mentorship and expert code review powered by a workforce in Southern Africa, which lowers the cost of an accessible education in technology. This model has been successful, allowing us to reach millions of learners a year from over 60 countries. We have also partnered with government bodies such as the UK's Department for Education who provide scholarships for students to study on our bootcamps and gain employment at companies such as AstraZeneca and the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).
We're backed by nearly 2000 investors, having raised the largest crowdfunding round of funding for an edtech company in history. As a primarily bootstrapped, profitable, and scale up tech business join us as we play our part in making the world a more stable, safer, and fair place.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As the Junior Career Coach at HyperionDev you will be working in the Career Services team to ensure that our graduates are ready to be placed into tech careers after completing one of our coding bootcamps.
This involves taking ownership of the post bootcamp graduate program and ensuring graduates are market-ready. This includes delivery of career development learning and advisory services to ensure that graduates are technically ready and prepared to enter the job market. You must be proficient in offering 1:1 consultations with students to optimise their CV, LinkedIn profiles and GitHub portfolios. Part of the graduate program includes you facilitating mock interviews with graduates to practise their interview skills.
You will also assist the Alumni Coordinator in building a strong and supportive alumni network of HyperionDev graduates.
The Career Coach will also be working closely with the marketing team to coordinate and report on the effectiveness of top of the funnel lead generation campaigns in order to better target, expand awareness of our developer placement offering and the product development of the HyperionDev Careers platform.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure our final-level students and graduates are on track in completing their technical and portfolio work required to have them ‘Technically Ready’ for the job market.
- Delivery of Mock Interviews and ensuring all material is current and up to date.
- Full management of graduate dashboard and analytics.
- Providing access to bespoke career development resources that support graduates in honing their professional profiles and portfolios.
- Encourage students to create side-projects to fill the non-experience barrier.
- Delivery of career advisory 1:1 consultations with graduates.
- Regularly check-in, career support and monitoring of Alumni communication platforms.
- Assist with interview scheduling and candidate availability through the hiring companies’ recruitment process.
- Support and assist students who were unsuccessful with the Job Application process.
- Manage our applicant and company leads database on the CRM accurately and efficiently to ensure a healthy pipeline.
- Support and drive effective marketing initiatives for placing our graduates, provide feedback on lead quality and engagement ratio, and assist with the market segmentation and targeting strategy by providing feedback on most likely to convert hiring company profiles.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum
- At least 2+ years of interviewing experience in an agency or inhouse recruitment, or HR role with talent or recruitment responsibilities.
- At least 2+ years recent and relevant experience in Careers-related Advising, coaching and mentorship in Higher Education or in a comparable role advising graduates seeking formal employment (HR Talent-role)
- Experience working under pressure with strict targets showing initiative and the ability to multi-task
- Understanding of the technical recruitment market
- Outstanding reporting skills and experience with CRMs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skilled in working with virtual tools for effective education and communication purposes.
- Fast learner, meticulous attention to detail and experience working with data and delivering reports.
- Client relationship and candidate management skills
- Proven computer literacy and comfort with creating and working on G-suite applications and project management tools.
- Development, planning, facilitation and hosting of events
- Experience in skills development workshops
Preferred
- A relevant tertiary qualification would be preferred
- Prior tech startup experience in a high-growth and ambitious environment
- At least 1 year experience with email automation and campaign outreach
- Experience with lead generation and market research for business development
- Interest / experience in the coding education and ed-tech space
- Understanding of International technical recruitment environments
BENEFITS
Hybrid working: We are a hybrid-friendly organisation and offer flexible work options. Remote working options are available for candidates not in proximity of a HyperionDev campus
Join the heart of tech in Africa, the US, and Europe: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments. Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a founding team that draws experience from top tech companies.
Life-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it.
OUR VALUES
We're a people-first company with a purpose that underlines everything we do. We're obsessed with the potential in people and challenge them to do their best work. We embrace a culture of growth and learning to deliver on our vision and ours is a relentless quest for improvement
