Assistant Director, Student Development

About the role

The Student Affairs Office (SAO) fosters the holistic development of students through student-led activities, leadership development, transition and integration efforts, residential programmes and community engagement. The Assistant Director, Student Development provides overall leadership and integration across Transition, Undergraduate Student Development, Postgraduate Student Development and Governance portfolios, leads the portfolio leads and their teams, sets collective priorities and operating direction, and is accountable for coherent student development outcomes across the student lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Transition Experience: set the strategic direction and outcomes for the university-level Transition portfolio, advise and staff the Vice Provost and Director on the University Orientation Coordinating Committee, oversee the Transition and Orientation Programme (TOP) and intervene on material cross-unit issues.
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Development: drive student development programmes with Associate Deans and Associate Chairs, promote inter-school and UG-PG collaboration, and oversee constituent clubs, scholar clubs, the NTU Students' Union and the Graduate Students' Association.
• Policy and Governance: lead the team responsible for formulating, reviewing and implementing policy and governance for all student organisations (constituency, activities, finance, safety), determine escalation approaches for major policy changes and act as policy subject-matter expert consultant.

Required profile

• Degree in any discipline.
• At least 10-12 years of relevant experience involving considerable interaction with students or youth, including a minimum of 3 years in a supervisory role.
• Experience in the tertiary education sector is advantageous.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management, with excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills across the organisational hierarchy.
• Ability to lead multiple portfolio leads and teams, coach managers, manage performance and capability and align resources and priorities across interdependent workstreams.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.