Training & Event Management Executive (Junior Position)

Mind Kinesis Investments Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment education firm in Singapore is seeking an Event Coordinator who will manage workshops and customer interactions. The ideal candidate has experience in event management, is proactive, and possesses strong communication skills. This role offers the chance to work creatively in a dynamic environment, with an emphasis on personal growth and development.

Benefits

Regular team activities

Dynamic work environment

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of full-time experience in organizing events as a project leader.
• Able to work weekends and weekday evenings once or twice a month.
• Enjoy working with people and managing customer enquiries.

Responsibilities

• Marketing and managing workshops, following up with emails/sms.
• Handling all customer enquiries and managing events on that day.
• Managing paperwork related to the training.

Skills

Event management

Bilingual

Proactive

Microsoft Office

Job description

A) WHAT WE DO AT VALUE INVESTING ACADEMY

A 5-Room resale HDB flat can cost more than S$1 million nowadays.

Our official retirement age has been increasing as we live longer.

Costs of living have also increased significantly over the years.

So what should most people do?

Work harder, and longer?

We recognised the challenges faced by everyone residing in Singapore and our Vision at Value Investing Academy (ViA) is to "Support Anyone to Invest at their Fingertips!" so that they can improve their financial well being through value investing which was founded more than 100 years ago by the late Prof Benjamin Graham at Columbia Business School.

Our mission is “We Care to Make You a Better Investor”.

Through our community with thousands of members in Asia and learning platforms, we have so far trained at least 50,000 people in Asia. Countries and cities that we have impacted include Malaysia (Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, Penang), Thailand (Bangkok), Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Vietnam (Ho Chi Min City), Hong Kong, Japan (Tokyo) and of course our own home, Singapore.

B) WHY JOIN US

1. We are the leading Value Investing Educational training company that runs the largest Value Investing Programme in Singapore and Asia. You will have a chance to be the pioneer in spearheading new strategies.
2. We are result oriented and we believe in compensation that correlates with results. Our Top Performers in FY 2024 received a total of 8 months bonus. You are the limit!
3. We give you the space to do crazy things as long as it works. We are unlike MNCs or big companies. We grow by breaking the rules. We constantly challenge ourselves to scale new heights by doing new things. If you dislike red tape, this is the place.
4. You will get a chance to meet very successful people in the speaking industry. Our past Keynote Speakers include Mary Buffett, the Internationally Acclaimed Author and Speaker of How Billionaire Warren Buffett invests, Lauren Templeton, etc.
5. Regular lunches, Movie Shows, Popcorns, Makan, etc! We do these regularly after every project! The best part is we do ALL these Fun things during office hours!
6. Office politics is a dirty phrase, and we eliminate any politics and bureaucracy
7. We constantly DO New Things. If you dislike routines and wanted to learn New Things, you will get a chance.
8. Most importantly, you will learn from the Founder, Cayden Chang, himself.

(C) WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

1. You are someone who has at least 2 years of full-time experience preferably in organizing events from beginning to the end as a project leader. Candidates without experience are welcome to apply.
2. You are independent and proactive in getting things done without much supervision. You are honest, meticulous, responsible and mature in personality
3. You are able to work weekends once to twice every month (there will be off-in-lieu) and able to work in weekday evenings around once/twice per month (We love the moon and the stars). Do note that in event management, working hours are awkward, and you will have to adapt to such working hours. But you will be faulr compensated.
4. You enjoy working with people (About 60% deskbound, and 40% interaction with our customers)
5. Familiar with Microsoft Office, Excel and Powerpoint
6. Effectively Bilingual

(D) WHAT YOU DO

1. Marketing and managing workshops, following up with emails/sms
2. Handling all customer enquiries and managing event on that day
3. Managing all paperwork related to the training
4. Post-Course enquiries and support

E) TO APPLY, YOU NEED TO DO THE FOLLOWING

1. Provide cover letter why we should meet you.
2. Email résumé to [e-mail]

NOTE: Please note that we don't read off-the-shelve résumé.