Assistant Manager, Care & Guidance

NTU’s Student Affairs Office seeks to achieve its mission of collaborating and co-creating a meaningful and enriching student life experience with its partners by: 

• promoting students’ personal growth through co-curricular learning arising from student-led activities, leadership development initiatives, residential hall programmes, inclusion and integration efforts, community engagement initiatives and sports

• facilitating meaningful engagement among key stakeholders within and outside of the NTU community.

Responsibilities

1) NTU’s Bridging Programme

• Coordinate with various NTU Offices to support NTU Bridging Programme Students’ administrative transition into Singapore and NTU.

• Collaborate with various NTU Offices to plan and implement the pastoral care programme for NTU’s Bridging Programme Students.

2) Student Support and Case Management

• Work with NTU Offices and Schools to identify and provide relevant support services to SM2, ASEAN and Science & Engineering scholars, both academic and non-academic.

• Plan and implement activities for these students, to help them better integrate academically and socially.

3) University-Wide Integration Efforts

• Collaborate with and provide advice to students, staff, and faculty to educate and raise awareness of integrative practices.

• Plan and implement programmes and initiatives that inculcate the importance of diversity and integration.

• Support the development and implementation of policies and practices which enhance integration within NTU.

4) Data analysis and preparation of reports for submission to regulators and NTU senior management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any related field from a recognised University.

• Good working knowledge on the transition and integration of international students in higher education.

• At least 3 - 5 years of relevant experience which involves considerable interaction with youth.

• Experience with international students in the tertiary education sector will be advantageous.

• Sensitive to and empathetic towards the transition and integration challenges faced by international students.

• Critical and lateral thinking skills.

• Ability to adapt effectively in a complex and constantly changing environment.

• Communication, negotiation and influencing skills (written and verbal).

• Ability to work collaboratively with university students and colleagues from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds.

• Strong drive to initiate, plan, implement and deliver integration initiatives on time and on target.

• Proficient in all Microsoft Office application software.

Hiring Institution: NTU