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Career Coach
Role summary
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The Career Coach supports students and graduates with career planning, job-search strategies, employability skills, internship and employment preparation, and connections with employers. Typical requirements include a degree in career counselling, education, human resources, psychology, business, or a related discipline, along with relevant experience in career coaching, recruitment, counselling, or student development. Strong communication, facilitation, coaching, and stakeholder-management skills are expected. The successful candidate should be student-focused, approachable, commercially aware, comfortable using career platforms and labour-market information, and able to deliver workshops, provide individual guidance, track outcomes, and work effectively with academic schools and external employers.
Can I work in Singapore?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Employment Pass: SGD 5,600+ a month at 23 (6,000 from January 2027), more with age, plus 40 COMPASS points; a degree from a top-tier university scores 20 of them.
Before you apply: Schools want a degree and often a teaching qualification, and some places license teachers before you can teach: schools maintained by councils in England, and schools in Hong Kong, New Zealand and Thailand. Ask which licence your post needs.
Watch for: The post is usually advertised to locals for 14 days first; teacher aides and infant caregivers in licensed childcare centres are on the Work Permit list for South Asians and Filipinos since September 2026.
Official source: Ministry of Manpower: COMPASS points framework. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Singapore
Usual for Education jobs in Singapore, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not usual; senior expats may get an allowance; Work Permit staff: employer must ensure proper housing (by law) |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Work Permit staff: employer pays levy, bond and insurance (by law); relocation help is an expat perk |
| Flights | Work Permit staff: flight home paid by the employer (by law); others only if the offer says so |
| Contract | Work Permit up to 2 years; S Pass and Employment Pass up to 2, then 3; notice 1 day to 4 weeks by default |
| Leave | 7 to 14 days (by law; many get more); 11 public holidays; 14 days' sick leave, 60 in hospital |
| Income tax | 0% up to SGD 20,000 a year, then 2% to 24% (about 3% at SGD 60,000); resident rates on a 1-year pass |
| Health cover | Employer must insure Work Permit and S Pass staff, SGD 60,000 a year (by law); Employment Pass: company plan |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a major public research university in Singapore, recognised internationally for its strengths in engineering, technology, science, business, education, humanities, and social sciences. Its main campus is located in the western part of Singapore and combines teaching facilities, research institutes, student residences, libraries, sports amenities, and green spaces. NTU serves a large and diverse community of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional learners from Singapore and around the world. The university works closely with industry, government, and international partners, creating opportunities in research, education, innovation, administration, and student services. As an employer, NTU offers a multicultural working environment and supports professional development, collaboration, and initiatives that improve student outcomes and strengthen the university’s global impact.