Assistant Director, Youth Development

Young NTUC is the youth wing of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). Since our founding in April of 2005, Young NTUC has grown to over 150,000 members aged 35 years and below. Young NTUC supports youth throughout their professional and personal journey to achieve their aspirations through a multitude of purposeful activities and opportunities. In collaboration with a vast number of partners ranging from unions to companies to government agencies, we can provide career discovery and navigation, workplace protection and support, leadership development, mental well-being resources, holistic personal development and many more.

Assistant Director, Youth Development

Responsibilities:

• Support the development and execution of strategic plans and initiatives to promote the objectives and mission of YD, especially in growing mindshare about NTUC and membership among the youths, and in developing a pipeline of youth leaders.
• Provide leadership and guidance to YD staff in the Programmes & Partnerships, Outreach & Engagements and Mentorship teams and to ensure alignment and continuity of work amongst them.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify and address the needs and concerns of youths, and to formulate policy proposals in the youth space which NTUC can advocate for.
• Establish partnerships with internal and external stakeholders such as government agencies, institutes of higher learning (IHLs), youth organisations, and industry partners to develop initiatives which further the objectives and mission of YD.
• Lead efforts to plan and organize programmes, events, campaigns, and activities to promote youth participation in the Labour Movement.
• Support Director and Dy Director in managing the budget and resources allocated for YD's programmes and initiatives such as maintaining files and records, managing the annual calendar of events, and work allocation.
• Manage any other duties as assigned in relation to Programmes & Partnerships, Mentorship, Outreach & Engagement.

Requirements:

• Degree holder in any discipline.
• At least 8 years work experience
• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a diverse team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Possess project and resource management skills to handle concurrent work assignments and deliver high quality work within tight deadlines.
• Able to work on some weekday evenings and Saturdays.
• Good understanding of the dynamics and challenges of youth (IHL youths and first jobbers specifically) sector.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.