Senior Executive/Deputy Manager - Student Development [ITE College East]

[What the role is]

As a Senior Executive/ Deputy Manager in the Student Development (SDV) department, you will plan, facilitate and execute student engagement and development programmes, including local and overseas learning experiences, that nurture the holistic growth of our students.

[What you will be working on]

Student Engagement & Overseas Exposure

• Plan and execute student engagement activities, workshops, and community-based programmes that integrate learning experiences to holistically develop students.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver meaningful programmes and opportunities for students.

• Ensure smooth operations by handling logistics, communications, and stakeholder coordination for events and activities.

• Manage procurement, grants reporting and budgeting for programmes and activities.

• Drive systems and process improvements, including designing and automating processes to support digitalisation needs.

• Serve as trip leader for overseas exposure trips, accompanying and supervising students overseas, and overseeing trip planning and coordination with stakeholders and vendors.

• Coordinate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, to organise Overseas Exposure Programmes, obtaining quotations for airfares, accommodation and ground transport in compliance with procurement policies.

• Manage trip costings and related financial processes, including student subsidies computation, PSEA deductions, student co‑payments, overseas daily allowance computation and claims, as well as Statements of Account and post‑programme reporting.

[What we are looking for]

• You should have at least 2 years of relevant work experience, preferably in student development, youth engagement or programme/event management.

• Good organisational and interpersonal skills, with a passion for engaging and developing youth.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across departments and with external partners and vendors.
• High attention to detail, with the ability to manage budgets and perform projections.
• Adaptable and open to taking on varied portfolios, including leading overseas exposure trips, planning and processing.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially MS Excel.
• Proficiency in Power BI/ analytics/ automation would be an added advantage.