About Centre for Future-Ready Graduates
NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG) adopts a multipronged, student-centric approach to help them make sense of their strengths, refine their skills and demonstrate their value to employers. Beginning with the end in mind, CFG has developed a four-year roadmap to help enhance the employability of our graduates through a repertoire of skills programmes and industry focused experiential opportunities. This bolsters students’ assurance to grow deeper, discover their passion and explore multiple pathways.
Serving the entire spectrum of students from undergraduates to post-graduates, CFG offers more than 15 credit-bearing courses in collaboration with academic and industry partners. We continuously innovate and enhance the quality of our offerings, as our students deserve the best tools, preparedness, and mindset to not just launch a good career, but be equipped with life skills that can help them navigate a future that is unpredictable.
About the Role
Reporting to the Head of Strategic Planning & Coordination, you will support end-end strategic planning and reviews of university wide programmes and initiatives. This includes planning, monitoring progress and milestones for high-impact projects, and supporting organisational development and operational excellence.
We are looking for:
- An energetic, proactive self-starter with strong ownership and drive
- An organised coordinator who can multi-task effectively, navigate ambiguity, and follow through on details
- A strong communicator who possesses excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Someone tech-savvy, quick to adopt new tools, and keeps up with industry developments and best practices
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Plan, coordinate and execute university wide programmes and initiatives (e.g. NUS Cares, QAFU, NUSOne), with clear timelines, milestones, risk management, and reporting.
- Communicate and collaborate with colleagues across CFG and the wider university on strategic programmes and initiatives to align objectives, decisions, and deliverables.
- Support the planning, delivery, and evaluation of department-wide wellness and team building initiatives.
- Perform Secretariat duties at the Internship Steering Committee Meeting and other stakeholder communication and engagement platforms (e.g. work plan meetings/retreats) to identify and cascade key information on organisational performance
- Support or contribute to cross-functional projects or priorities as required
- All other special projects and ad hoc tasks as assigned
Requirements of the Role:
- Bachelor’s degree with 1-2 years working experience, preferably in corporate planning or strategic project management. Graduates with no experience will also be considered
- Keen acumen in synthesising information and substantiating recommendations with practical applications
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, coupled with professional discretion
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage stakeholders across different business levels. Fluency in both written and spoken English is required
- Resilient and adaptable, with ability to work independently and collaboratively with partners and colleagues to manage change and achieve goals
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications (especially Powerpoint and Excel)
- Familiarity with data analysis tools (e.g., Power BI) is an advantage
More Information
Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: Centre for Future-Ready Graduates
Department : Strategic Planning and Co-ordination
Employee Referral Eligible: No
Job requisition ID : 31131
