Assistant Director, Student Community Engagement

About the role

The NTU Student Affairs Office (SAO) is seeking an Assistant Director, Student Community Engagement to support the Deputy Director in planning, executing and improving student life initiatives across campus. The role drives the NTU Community Engagement Framework and oversees a portfolio of more than 60 community and interest-based clubs, aiming to strengthen student engagement across Arts, Sports, Residential Life, Leadership and Academic Clubs.

Key responsibilities

• Manage community and interest-based student clubs and lead the year-round planning and delivery of their activities
• Implement the strategic plans of the Student Engagement and Campus Vibrancy Division and drive innovation in co-curricular programming
• Lead the operationalisation of the Community Engagement Framework, including setting annual priorities and plans for clubs
• Build partnerships with external partners such as the People's Association and grassroots leaders, and collaborate with internal stakeholders and faculty advisors
• Mentor student leaders and build their competencies
• Oversee governance, compliance, budget stewardship and grant utilisation (e.g. Social Impact Internship Stipend)
• Set portfolio-wide KPIs and reporting standards, and consolidate insights for MOE/NTU reporting
• Supervise and coach a team, develop its skills and build standard procedures

Required profile

• Degree in any discipline with at least 10 years of relevant experience in student development, community engagement, programme management, stakeholder partnerships and/or public/education sector work, with at least 3 years in a supervisory role
• Experience leading teams and delivering multi-stakeholder initiatives at scale
• Strong programme design capability with proven ability to deliver measurable outcomes
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills
• Comfortable with budgeting, compliance and grant stewardship
• Resourceful, analytical, operationally strong and detail-oriented
• A passion for youth development

Required skills

• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications
• Comfort with digital systems and workflows