Senior Executive / Assistant Manager, International Students Coordination (2-Year Contract)

About the role

The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) at NUS supports the student experience and campus life. Its Community Engagement and Integration (CEI) Division runs programmes that help students integrate into the community and support international students' wellbeing. This two-year contract role drives engagement and integration initiatives, focusing on international students and scholarship holders, and calls for strong interpersonal skills, cross-cultural sensitivity and collaboration with diverse stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and evaluate engagement and integration initiatives such as welcome sessions, orientation programmes and wellbeing activities, including end-to-end project delivery and outcome tracking
• Build partnerships with students, faculty, residences, internal units, alumni and community partners, and support student-, faculty- and residence-led initiatives
• Advise stakeholders on integration initiatives and act as a key contact for resources and funding, developing toolkits and training materials
• Support scholarship holders as a key point of contact, addressing enquiries and referring them to wellbeing and integration resources
• Guide student interest groups involved in cultural, faith-based and ethnic activities, and integration efforts
• Manage programme reporting, data and evaluation, including MOE reports, and present data insights to stakeholders
• Contribute to work planning with the Section Head and collaborate on cross-functional projects and committees within OSA

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, education, public policy, communications or a related discipline
• At least 4 years of experience in student engagement, programme management, higher education administration or community development, preferably in a multicultural or international student context
• Demonstrated end-to-end programme/project management experience, including planning, stakeholder coordination, execution, budgeting, risk management and evaluation
• Experience engaging diverse stakeholders and managing relationships with students, faculty, residences and external partners
• Experience in data-driven programme evaluation, including designing metrics, analysing data and preparing reports for senior management
• Intercultural competence and experience supporting international, culturally diverse or scholarship students, including wellbeing concerns and referrals
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent programmes and timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Flexibility to support occasional events outside regular office hours (evenings and weekends)

Required skills

• Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Survey and data tools such as Qualtrics
• Digital engagement platforms
• Familiarity with dashboards or data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau is an advantage