Assistant Senior Manager/Senior Manager (Career Advisor for Postgraduates), BIZCareers

Founded in the same year that Singapore gained independence, NUS Business School stands today among the world’s leading business schools. It is distinctive for offering the best of global business knowledge with deep Asian insights, preparing students to lead Asian businesses to international success and to help global businesses succeed in Asia.

For more than 50 years, NUS Business School has offered a rigorous, relevant and rewarding business education to outstanding students from across the world. That would not have been possible without a group of dedicated professionals who are passionate about building a positive environment to grow and groom future business leaders. And we are looking to add to our BIZ family!

To learn more about the NUS Business School, please visit https://bschool.nus.edu.sg/

Career Coaching

• Actively reach out to the students to take the first step in seeking career coaching
• Communicate with the students sufficiently, either in a 1-on-1 setting, small or big group setting to understand their career goals and aspirations
• Provide students with relevant industry knowledge and employment information that will empower them to make realistic career choices and implementation plans
• Work with students to identify their strengths and teach them to use them effectively
• Help students discover their personal barriers and career gaps through formal and informal career assessments, and point them to resources that can help them close the gaps
• Direct students to develop a job search strategy and inspire them to build a professional network
• Guide students through all internal and external career resources (in-house platforms and external platforms subscribed by NUS), and motivate students to engage in self-directed online workshops and materials to enhance knowledge at their own pace

Career Development Curriculum/Training Programme/Workshops

• Take ownership of the Career Development Programme for the programme/s assigned with the aim to improve student preparedness for job search activities or sharpen career skills in the workplace
• Initiate discussions with Programme Offices, Academic Directors and other stakeholders in designing the provision of all career related offerings such as career workshops, learning platforms and other resources to enhance students’ knowledge, career readiness and career development
• Identify trainers to design and deliver curated workshops for programme/s assigned, evaluate effectiveness and participation rate with an aim to improve on them
• Plan workshop timetable for programme/s assigned, in partnership with Programme Offices, taking into consideration the industry hiring dates, trainers’ availability and students’ academic timetable

Stakeholders Engagement/Communication

• Partner internal stakeholders (Programme Offices, Academic Directors and colleagues within BIZCareers) to understand the strength and uniqueness of each intake of incoming students, the current industry trends and needs, and required job assessment skills so as to prepare our students competitively for internship and job search
• Drive towards a targeted student participation rate in career coaching sessions and career workshops by proactively promoting the activities through numerous channels of communication including physical touch-points, and by identifying and reducing barriers
• Achieve and maintain high level of student satisfaction in career coaching and workshops
• Initiate and foster long-term relationship with every intake of students through formal and informal, 1-on-1 or group engagements or touch-points such as career coaching sessions, career workshops or other activities

Internship and Job Placement

• Monitor the progress of students’ internship and job search
• Take ownership of the graduate employment survey response rate of the programme/s assigned
• Review and approve credit-bearing internships as required

• A good university degree with a minimum of 8 - 10 years of relevant work experience
• Formal coaching certification is a plus
• Must be a mentor who is passionate and eager to support students’ in their career aspirations
• Possess the ability to discover people’s strengths and weaknesses, and guide them in developing a realistic career plan and job search strategy
• A nurturing communicator and active listener who can engage effectively on a 1-on-1 setting and also able to deliver stand-up presentation to a crowd
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Experience in career counselling/coaching, recruiting, job placement, training or learning and development area
• Highly energetic, motivated and positive individual with strong organisational and interpersonal skills and able to work independently and as a team
• Meticulous, good at task execution and be able to deliver under tight time pressures
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

(Appointment job grade will commensurate with the selected candidate's experience)

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: School of Business

Department : Dean's Office (BIZ)

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 18555