The Assistant Manager drives the end-to-end Early Careers strategy (campus recruitment, internship & traineeship) and leads the team, focusing heavily on execution, engagement, and conversion of future talent.
Campus Relations & Event Management
- Establish and cultivate strong, sustainable relationships with key career services departments, faculty, student organizations, and program directors at target universities and polytechnics.
- Lead the team to plan, coordinate, and lead all campus engagement activities, including career fairs, networking sessions, information workshops, university presentations, and on-campus interview days.
- Act as the primary external face of NFC, delivering engaging presentations and workshops that promote the Employer Value Proposition (EVP) and the mission of early childhood education.
- Develop a strategic calendar of campus events, prioritizing institutions and programs that align with NFC's most critical talent needs (e.g., Early Childhood Education, Human Resources, Finance).
Early Talents Program Management & Conversion
- Traineeship & Internship Program Ownership: Own and manage the full lifecycle of the NFC Traineeship, Internship, Practicum & Work attachment Programs, including delivering a structured recruitment and onboarding process
- Develop strategies to maximize the conversion of trainees, interns, practicum & work attachment students into full-time employees, ensuring a strong return on investment for all early talents programs.
- Lead the Early Talents Team to conduct proactive sourcing for entry-level talent for traineeship and internships.
- Ensure that the team delivers on the end to end process from interview to offer & coordinate seamless pre-onboarding documentation and communication for all early talents hires.
Branding & Performance Metrics
- Collaborate with Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition and Strategic Communications teams to develop early talents-specific content, collateral, and social media campaigns that resonate with student demographics.
- Track and report on key early talents metrics, including campus event attendance, campus relationship strength, cost-per-hire, and trainees/intern-to-full-time conversion rates to measure program ROI.
- Ensure the Early Talents team adhere to accurate and timely data entry within the ATS/CRM specific to early talents candidates, events, and pipelines.
Compliance
- Ensure all hiring activities, documentation, and candidate data management strictly comply with local employment laws and internal audit standards.
Requirements
- At least a Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related discipline.
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience in Talent Acquisition, HR, or a dedicated early talents/university relations role.
- Demonstrated experience in coordinating and running successful large-scale events or public-facing programs.
- Strong knowledge of best practices in campus recruitment and sourcing techniques.
- Proven proficiency in using and navigating an Applicant Tracking System (ATS/CRM) for reporting, workflow management, and process automation.
- Prior experience in team leadership is required.
- Strong public speaking and presentation skills with the ability to engage and excite large student audiences.
- Ability to compile and analyze early talent recruitment metrics (e.g., event attendance, campus relationship strength, cost-per-hire, and students-to-full-time conversion rates to measure program ROI.) and present findings clearly.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
- Highly self-motivated, results-oriented, and adept at managing multiple projects and complex logistics simultaneously.
- Highly organised with a strong attention to details and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong team player with a proactive and open mindset to take the initiative and collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
- Passionate about the early childhood sector with a strong dedication to deliver results.
