Senior Career Consultant (Temp Contract - 12 months) [CGD]

Workforce Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore is searching for a driven Career Consultant to support job seekers in their employment journey. The ideal candidate will engage with employers, understand their hiring needs, and advocate job seekers for placements. With a minimum of 8 years experience in recruitment or business development, the successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills and a strong network within the industry. This role is vital in enhancing job seekers' employability and aligning them with suitable opportunities.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of working experience in recruitment, talent acquisition or business development.
• Proven track record of securing job vacancies and placements in one or more industry domains.
• Self-directed, resourceful, enterprising and persuasive.

Responsibilities

• Engage and establish relationships with employers to understand their hiring needs.
• Scan the employment landscape for suitable vacancies for jobseekers.
• Prepare shortlisted jobseekers for interviews.

Skills

Employer Engagement

Business Development

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Networking

Customer Relationship Management

Job description

What the role is

We are seeking a driven Career Consultant who is passionate about partnering individuals in their job search journey, working in a team to improve their career health and employability. The Career Consultant will be expected to understand hiring needs of employers, discover vacancies that are suitable for our jobseekers and profile them to the employers for placement.

What you will be working on

• Employer Engagement and Relationship Management – Keep abreast of labour market trends and employment landscape to provide useful insights and analysis to career coaches and jobseekers.
• Scan employment landscape including tapping onto professional networks to identify vacancies that are suitable for jobseekers registered with Careers Connect.
• Engage and establish relationship with employers and hiring managers to understand their hiring needs behind the identified vacancies and acquire them for Careers Connect.
• Advocate Jobseekers to Employers – Work with career coaches to identify jobseekers who are ready to be profiled to employers and hiring managers including enhancing their resumes to improve alignment with hiring needs.
• Pitch the identified jobseeker to employers and hiring managers to secure interviews.
• Prepare shortlisted jobseekers for interviews and follow up with employers and hiring managers on the outcome of interviews and address concerns to improve chances of securing an offer.
• Seek feedback from employers and hiring managers on both successful and unsuccessful interviews and share feedback with career coach and jobseeker for developmental purposes.
• Support events and activities to drive awareness of job matching services among jobseekers and employers.

What we are looking for

• At least 8 years of working experience in recruitment, talent acquisition or business development.
• Comprehensive and active business network and proven track record of securing job vacancies and placements in one or more industry domains.
• Self‑directed, resourceful, enterprising and persuasive.
• Possess strong business acumen, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment towards helping Singaporeans on their career journey, raising their employability level and achieve job placement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in service excellence or customer relationship management (CRM) will be welcomed.
• The ability to converse in Mother Tongues will be advantageous.

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.

About Workforce Singapore

Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). It will oversee the transformation of the local workforce and industry to meet ongoing economic challenges. WSG will promote the development, competitiveness, inclusiveness, and employability of all levels of the workforce. This will ensure that all sectors of the economy are supported by a strong, inclusive Singaporean core. While its key focus is to help workers meet their career aspirations and secure quality jobs at different stages of life, WSG will also address the needs of business owners and companies by providing support to enable manpower‑lean enterprises to remain competitive. It will help businesses in different economic sectors create quality jobs, develop a manpower pipeline to support industry growth, and match the right people to the right jobs.