Aspire Future Leaders Programme

Aspire Future Leaders Programme

Department: Human Resources

Entity: The Aga Khan University

Location: Global

About AKU:

We are an academic institution (Aga Khan University) as well as a healthcare and research service provider (Aga Khan University Hospital). The latter also serves as the principal sites for clinical training for the University’s medical colleges and schools of nursing and midwifery in Pakistan and East Africa.

Why AKU?

Our international presence and unique portfolio of entities give us the flexibility to formulate our programme experience in a way that plays to your strengths and aspirations. We harness the potential of our youth in ways that propel them into leadership and catalysts for social impact.

Our Culture:

Our culture is progressive and diverse. It is an authentic representation of people from various backgrounds, with unique experiences and intelligent thought processes. Our emphasis on diversity and inclusion is reflected not just in our recruitment process but also in the great lengths we go through to cultivate spaces and opportunities that allow our people to thrive.

Our Human Resources department has won awards for diversity and inclusion for over 6 years. This year we are also included in the top 10 Most Inclusive Places to Work in Pakistan. Our engaging environment has also won our organisation the Most Preferred Employer award.

Introduction to Aspire Future Leaders Programme:

Aspire Future Leaders Programme is a fast-track eighteen months job rotation, which serves as a catalyst to career development.  It is designed to offer core professional skills through project-based learning, mentorship and exposure to processes and systems.

The components of the programme have been weaved together such that our trainees emerge with valuable insights, the 'know-how' to deliver, and confidence to make meaningful decisions pertaining to their future careers.

The programme includes global exposure, mentorship, leadership networking opportunities and customised learning and development opportunities.

Responsibilities:

The rotation programme will help to gain functional expertise. They will be working on assigned projects in their departments of rotation. These may include:

• Reviewing global HR process and system to identify business needs for developing and managing the human capital.
• Assisting the projects in Finance to create meaningful sustainable value for the business.
• Understanding the brand vision to create captivating marketing and communication strategies across the healthcare industry.
• Facilitating in devising efficient means of material management through intelligent procurement.
• Learning the data analytics strategies to optimize statistical efficiency and quality to leverage past trends and behaviours for making better future decisions.
• Observing and reviewing the internal data scope and propose the risk aversion measures where necessary.

Requirements:

• A bachelor's or master's degree holder in any discipline. Must have graduated in 2023 or later
• Graduates with a minimum 3.0 CGPA
• Fresh graduates or young professionals with maximum 1 year of work experience 
• Graduates and young professionals who have a reputation of being exceptional both in and out of their academic and professional circles. These individuals are committed, open-minded, fast learners and able to pivot with change. They are great communicators and bold thinkers. They use their most valuable commodity, time, to expand their knowledge and experiences both social and professional.