Key Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of emerging talent programmes across the APAC region, including recruitment, onboarding, programme management, and offboarding for interns and graduates.
- Oversee relationships with external recruitment vendors and programme partners, including workforce planning, service delivery, governance, risk management, and performance reporting.
- Partner closely with business leaders and HR stakeholders to ensure the successful execution of emerging talent initiatives, maintaining compliance with local legislation, hiring processes, and people data standards.
- Build and strengthen partnerships with Institutes of Technical Education (ITEs), polytechnics, colleges, and universities to establish sustainable talent pipelines.
- Represent the organisation at career fairs, campus engagement activities, employer branding events, and student outreach programmes.
- Develop and expand strategic partnerships with higher education institutions to enhance early careers and graduate programmes across the region.
- Support regional talent attraction strategies through campus initiatives, diversity partnerships, employer branding, and pipeline development programmes.
- Monitor, administer, and optimise government grants and funding opportunities related to early careers initiatives.
- Coordinate regional onboarding programmes, induction sessions, and engagement initiatives to ensure a positive new hire experience.
- Oversee the delivery of structured learning programmes and mandatory training for interns and graduates.
- Support local HR teams with graduate and intern offboarding activities while ensuring a smooth employee lifecycle experience.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance programme effectiveness, operational efficiency, and participant experience.
- Manage day-to-day programme operations, including placement coordination, issue resolution, stakeholder communications, and governance.
- Ensure compliance with local employment legislation, organisational policies, and HR best practices across all programme activities.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of emerging talent, early careers, or graduate programme management, including recruitment processes, programme frameworks, and HR policies.
- Experience managing external recruitment agencies, service providers, or programme vendors with a focus on service quality and governance.
- Proven experience delivering HR, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, or people-related projects successfully.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all organisational levels.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Comfortable working within a regional, cross-functional, matrix organisation while coordinating multiple stakeholders and third-party partners.
- Passionate about developing emerging talent and creating meaningful early career experiences.
All qualified applicants, please send in your resume to:
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Tricia Celestine Goh (R1981653)
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