Career Coach

ntu; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU seeks a Career Coach to support NTU Education 2025 and beyond as part of the Career & Attachment Office (CAO). The successful candidate will guide and empower NTU undergrad and postgrad students in self-discovery, career exploration and professional development to enhance employability aligned with their goals.

The role combines career coaching with business partnering to Schools and Colleges, including delivering workshops, creating school-specific initiatives, and serving as a POC for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 9–10 years' experience in coaching/counselling/HR/learning and development.
• Strong coaching skills and ability to engage young adults.
• Knowledge of traditional and AI-enabled career coaching tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 personalised career coaching and small group coaching.
• Guide students in exploring career preferences, strengths, values and interests.
• Administer self-assessment and career profiling tools to help students understand themselves.
• Coach students in early career exploration and planning over NTU years.
• Provide information and resources on career topics (resume, interview, strategies).
• Conduct mandatory resume critique and mock interview coaching sessions.
• Coach on internship and job search strategies.
• Engage students, groups and faculty on career awareness.

Skills

Career coaching

Coaching skills

Active listening

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

To support NTU Education 2025 and beyond, this role is critical as part of the (Career & Attachment Office) CAO's strategy to develop NTU students into future-ready graduates.

This strategic role of a Career Coach (with a dual role as a Career Business Partner to Schools and Colleges) guides, coaches and empowers NTU undergraduate and postgraduate students in their personal self-discovery, career exploration and professional development, thereby enhancing their employability and employment aligned to their career interests and goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 personalised career coaching and small group coaching.
• Guide students in exploring their career preferences, strengths, values and interests.
• Administer self-assessment and career profiling tools, where necessary, to enable students to understand themselves better.
• Coach students in their early career exploration and planning over the 4 years at NTU.
• Provide students with information and resources on career-related topics (job search strategies, resume writing, interview skills, industry skills frameworks, career workshops etc).
• Conduct Mandatory ML0004 Small Group resume critique and mock interview coaching sessions.
• Coach students in strategies for internship and job search.
• Engage students, student groups, and faculty members in career awareness and preparation matters.
• Customize and design school-specific career initiatives and programmes to increase students' employability (e.g., career and industry talks, alumni-sharing sessions, and bespoke workshops).
• Collaborator and Point of Contact (POC) to respective School's leadership on career-related matters.
• Involve in Schools' outreach programmes (e.g. Career Day).

Job Requirements

• A recognised degree with 9 to 10 years of experience, including at least 5 years' experience in career coaching/counselling/career services/graduate recruitment/human resources/executive search/learning and development.
• Change agent and constantly initiating new ideas within the College-level team of Career Coaches to increase awareness and CAO's services to the students.
• Relevant career coaching certification(s).
• Possess qualifications/certification in self-assessment and career profiling tools.
• Experienced coach with excellent coaching skills and ability to engage young adults.
• Knowledgeable in traditional and technology/AI-enabled career coaching tools.
• Knowledgeable of industries, workplace and employer expectations.
• Strong initiative, self-motivated, and focused on helping students achieve career success.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Competent in conducting/presenting career-related workshops.
• Active listener with strong critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Meticulous with strong organisation and administration skills.
• Excellent team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in MS Office tools.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU