Senior Executive, Communications

Cognita Asia Holdings Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international school in Singapore is seeking a Senior Executive for Communications. The role focuses on enhancing communication standards to improve staff and parent experiences. Responsibilities include writing and approving communications for key audiences, building communication frameworks, and utilizing parent insights to foster engagement. A Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications and 4-6 years of relevant experience are required. This position offers a dynamic work environment as part of a diverse team.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years’ experience in communications or stakeholder engagement.
• Experience building communication workflows or governance frameworks.
• Confident in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.

Responsibilities

• Strengthens communication standards across the school.
• Builds clear systems and reduces noise in communication.
• Serves as the lead writer for communication to key audiences.

Skills

Strong writing and written editing skills

Ability to coach and influence colleagues

Highly organised with planning skills

Customer Experience mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Communications

Tools

Publishing tools or email platforms

Job description

Overview

As a leading international school in Singapore, Stamford American International School (Stamford American) caters to students aged 2 months to 18 years old. With students from 79 countries and over 3000 students across two state-of-the-art campuses, we offer a dynamic educational journey emphasizing student well-being and academic excellence.

Stamford American is proud to be an IB World School, offering the full continuum of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes: the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), and IB Diploma Programme (DP). The school’s outstanding faculty comprising more than 350 experienced and highly qualified teachers from over 40 nationalities, through a competitive recruitment process. Educators are highly skilled in their content areas and pedagogy, but equally important, they excel at building strong relationships and creating an environment where students feel safe, supported, and valued.

The school now has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Executive, Communications to join our Communications team.

Responsibilities

The Senior Executive, Communications strengthens communication standards across the school and directly improves staff and parent experience. The role builds clear systems, reduces noise, ensures alignment across channels, and uses Voice of Parent (VOP) insights to drive meaningful improvements in parent sentiment. They are our lead writer and approver of communications from the School to key audiences (teachers, parents and on occasion students).

Position Requirements

• 4-6 years’ experience in communications, internal communications or stakeholder engagement
• Strong writing and written editing skills for varied internal audiences
• Experience building communication workflows or governance frameworks
• Ability to coach and influence colleagues at all levels
• Highly organised with the ability to plan across multiple channels and timelines
• Confident working in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments
• Familiarity with tone-of-voice frameworks and change communication
• Customer Experience mindset and track record
• Comfortable using publishing tools or email platforms
• Demonstrates the Stamford Values – Courage, Ingenuity, Compassion, Integrity

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Communications

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With a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, all potential employees undergo mandatory pre-employment background checks, and appointments are contingent upon satisfactory completion of all reference and background checks, as required by our parent organization, Cognita.

The school is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and valued. There is no discrimination on the basis of age, ethnicity, nationality, gender, religion, sexual orientation, family status, pregnancy, marital status, medical or mental health history, physical characteristics, or disability. All applications from qualified candidates are welcome.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps in the recruitment process.