Career Advisor for School of Design

**Location**

Singapore, Central Singapore

**Job Type**

Permanent

**Date Posted**

1 hour ago

Additional Details

**Job ID**

10352

**Job Views**

1

**Job Description**:
NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG) adopts a multipronged, client-centric approach to help our students discover their passion, refine their skills and demonstrate their value to employers. Beginning with the end in mind, we create a four-year road map to help enhance the employability of our graduates through a repertoire of career programmes and industry focused experiential opportunities. Students take a structured approach from Year 1 to explore multiple pathways, develop people skills, build their resilience, and gain relevant exposure to chart their trajectory amidst change and uncertainty.
CFG is continuously innovating and enhancing the quality of our services, as our students deserve the best tools, preparedness, and mindset to not just land a good career, but be well equipped with key transferable skill sets that can help them navigate a lifetime of careers across multiple industries.

About the Role:
This is a challenging, purposeful and rewarding role for a Career Advisor to join the CFG team on a full-time basis. We are looking for an additional new team member, who believes in collaborative work, one who is genuinely passionate about working with undergraduates and who will take the time to listen, understand, motivate, and support their aspirations. Join our committed team and make a positive impact by helping us to drive career readiness.

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Advise School of Design & Environment (SDE) undergraduates on exploring career options that match their interests, values and skills, and on how to develop action plans to enhance their employability
- Conduct 1-1 and group coaching for students and young alumni on career planning, development of job search strategies, resume and cover letter review, and interview preparation
- Organise and facilitate workshops for SDE undergraduates on essential career preparation skills e.g. resume/cover letter writing, interview and networking skills, communication skills at the workplace, personal branding, etc.
- Develop and implement workshops and experiential learning programmes to equip students with the relevant career and workplace competencies
- Collaborate with faculty to organise career programmes and events to equip students with industry knowledge and improve their employability
- Develop initiatives to promote careers services and foster student engagement
- Partner with the Industry Relations team to deepen engagement with employers and advance their recruitment strategies
- Collaborate with the CFG team and provide related administrative support for key activities and events throughout the academic year such as SDE Career FairQualifications
- At least a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in the built environment (e.g. project and facilities management, and architecture), industrial design, or related industries
- Good industry knowledge of the latest transformation, emerging opportunities and hiring trends
- Prior experience in coaching/mentoring and familiarity with the use of personality profiling and career assessment tools is an advantage
- Strong written and verbal persuasive communication skills
- Excellent organisational and presentation skills with strong ability to build communities, develop relationships and establish networks
- Resilient and adaptable with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with partners and colleagues to manage change and achieve goals
- IT savvy, proficient in computer software for research and data analysis/management
- Familiarity with online social media tools

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