Job Description

Job Purpose

The Centre for Experiential Learning (CEL) would like to invite dynamic and collaborative individuals to apply for this exciting role in nurturing young Singaporeans to become professionally competent and contributing citizen who is employment ready and able to make responsible and ethical career choices and decisions.

You will be supporting the Career Development Office in the engagement of SUSS stakeholders, locally and overseas, to strengthen academic-industry relations and to identify work attachment/internship and employment opportunities for SUSS students. You will also play a part in the assessment and development of SUSS students, providing mentorship and guidance in their acquisition of professional skill sets and career choices.

We need someone who possess good industry knowledge (preferably in IT-related industry), with strong coaching experience, has awareness of current and emerging practices in human capital development, and is committed to the preparation and capitalization of young undergraduates.

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• Provide career coaching and career advisory for students throughout their studies in SUSS
• Conduct mentoring and assessment for students during the 6-month local/overseas Work Attachment programme across different disciplines
• Design and conduct workshops and programmes that help students to develop professional competencies
• Design and instruct career-related credit bearing courses that leverage on experiential learning pedagogy to enhance theory-practice link
• Initiate and develop long-term partnerships with local and overseas companies to create learning, applied research and work opportunities for students
• Initiate and lead applied research to enhance the expertise of Career Development Office
• Undertake administrative work to support programming and learning of students

Job Requirements

We are looking for senior people from the industry. They should have the required job experience, network and industry knowledge.

In particular, candidates are expected to have/be:

• A good university degree, preferably with postgraduate degree and/or professional qualification
• Minimum of 10 years work experience (preferably in the Supply Chain Management industry), with at least 5 years in a supervisory capacity
• Experience and/or certification in career coaching
• Good understanding of global and local hiring/employment trends and methods
• Passion for working with students and able to build rapport, motivate and inspire young people
• Meticulous and able to work in a fast-paced environment, perform as a team that is highly diverse and traversing across functions, and manage multiple tasks, including administrative processes
• Ability to travel overseas (estimated once every 3 to 6 months)
• Strong overseas network will be an advantage
• Certification in personality profiling tools will be an advantage

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Additional Information

Career Level

Not Specified

Qualification

Not Specified

Job Type

Full-Time

Company Overview

SUSS is a university with a rich heritage in providing lifelong, learner-centric and industry-relevant education. Our mission is to champion lifelong education to develop future thinkers and leaders to their fullest potential through our 3H's education philosophy - 'Head' for professional competency with applied knowledge, 'Heart' for social awareness of the needs of the society, and 'Habit' for passion towards lifelong learning.

We offer more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programmes, available in full- and part-time study modes which are flexible, modular and multi-faceted in learning experience to cater to both entry level candidates and adult learners. We also launched a broad range of continuing education and training modular courses for the professional skills and knowledge upgrading of our workforce. Our programmes and courses are made available through our five schools:

• S R Nathan School of Human Development
• School of Business
• School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences
• School of Law
• School of Science and Technology

To date, over 30,000 graduates have chosen SUSS as their university of choice. Each year, about 15,000 students are pursuing their full- and part-time studies with us.

From 1 April 2019, the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL) became an autonomous institute of SUSS. Both entities enable a synergistic collaboration as IAL brings to SUSS its expertise and experience in adult learning and Continuing Education and Training (CET), while SUSS provides an ecosystem of resources and experts rooted in academic rigour.

For more information on SUSS, please visit www.suss.edu.sg.

Additional Company Information

Registration No.

200504979Z

Company Size

501 - 1000 Employees

Industry

Education

Benefits & Others

Education support, Medical, Loans, Sports (e.g. Gym), Regular hours, Mondays - Fridays, Business (e.g. Shirts), Family & Health Flexible Benefits