Career Officer

About Bakhtar University

Bakhtar University (BU) is one of the Afghanistan’s oldest and most prestigious privately held Universities. Bakhtar University is now recognized as an integral part in Kabul’s growing economic, political and social dynamics. With an academic focus on Accounting, Business Management, Leadership Development, Engineering, Law, Political Science, Journalism and entrepreneurial studies, BU strives to provide students with a broad general education and necessary knowledge and skills to stimulate their desire for life-long learning. The recent accreditation of BU by International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) is a testimony to the fact that BU strongly believes in quality education, based on research, learning, innovation and technology. BU has a commitment to the next generation of business, political and cultural leaders in the modernization and economic revival of Afghanistan. BU focuses on building academic linkages and partnerships with regional and international universities, two notable examples of these are MOUs signed for faculty exchange and research collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) India and Ata Turk University of turkey. BU works with government and non-government entities to serve the purposes of local and regional reconstruction, BU has partnerships with USAID, the Asia Foundation and the World Bank, since working together; we have trained over 2000 civil servants from 25 different government entities.  To illustrate our role in economic and social empowerment of women, we became the first private University that started master degree programs in Afghanistan and to enroll and educate women as an integral part of the University’s commitment to diversity and pluralism.

Job Summary

• Demonstrated ability to resolve problems both independently and collaboratively
• Demonstrated ability to identify priorities and work to tight deadlines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent language proficiency in Dari, Pashto, and English
• 3 years of relevant experience in this position

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure that graduates have employment interviews and that a high percentage of graduates acquire employment in their field of study.
• Provides career advising expertise to students and alumni regarding the job search process, interviewing, resume and letter writing, and all other facts of career planning conducts workshop, seminars, and other presentation to student’s employer, and alumni group.
• Frequent use if telephone call to graduates and employer is required.
• Maintain all graduates career services work record.
• Ensure that required reports are completed accurately and timely, presented to the requesting VC student affairs.
• Schedule mock- interviews with employee in timely manner.
• Ensure all students receive s minimum of two mock–interview as requirement to graduates.
• Participate and assist in all formal graduation.
• Responsible for fiscal planning and management for career services, including all operation and staffing matters.
• Develop new contacts with external organization for the purpose of expending employment opportunities for students and alumni.
• Reviews and supervise the on- campus recruitment and interviewing process as we as resume referral and job- listing service for current student as well as alumni .coordinates and supervise staff professional development workshop, seminars and conferences.
• Closely coordinate communicate communication with deans, departments chairs and other faculty to ensure that the career service department is meeting the needs and desire of the academic colleges and departments, within the limitation imposed by the size of the staff and financial support provided by the university.
• Maintaining filing system for faculty member (PERSONAL FILES).
• Any other duties assigned by the administration.
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·        And any other tasks related to career service department

Job Requirements

Bachelor but Master, will be preferred

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent language proficiency in Dari, Pashto, and English
• 3 years of relevant experience in this position

Submission Guideline

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to send their CVs along with an application letter and apply via E-mail to hr@bakhtar.edu.af

Please ensure to write the number of vacancy and position you are applying for, in the subject line of your E-mail Add.

Incomplete applications or applications received after closing date will not be given consideration. Candidates who meet the above criteria will be short listed;

Address: Kart-e-Char Opposite to Ministry of Higher Education

Kabul, Afghanistan

Contact#: 0786-35-35-35

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Submission Email

hr@bakhtar.edu.af

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