Associate, Talent Acquisition (Early Careers)

Are you passionate about shaping the future workforce and connecting early-career talent to meaningful career opportunities? As an Associate, Talent Acquisition (Early Careers), you will play a pivotal role in building a strong pipeline of talent through impactful recruitment, engaging internship programmes, and strategic campus partnerships.

Reporting to the Early Careers Lead, you will manage end-to-end internship recruitment, plan and execute internship programmes, and drive engagement initiatives. You will work closely with hiring managers, Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs), and internal stakeholders to deliver a positive candidate and intern experience.

What will you do?

Internship Hiring

• Drive full-cycle internship recruitment across various IHLs.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and provide regular recruitment updates.
• Prepare and maintain recruitment reports, analysing data to generate insights that improve hiring outcomes and candidate quality.

Intern Events & Engagement

• Plan, organise, and execute intern engagement initiatives, including orientation, graduation, and key engagement events.
• Create meaningful experiences that enhance intern engagement, sense of belonging, and overall programme satisfaction.

Internship Programme Management & Journey Enhancement

• Oversee the internship referral programme and its processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment and internship processes for greater efficiency and programme quality.
• Enhance the overall candidate and intern experience through thoughtful communication, structured touchpoints, and journey design.

Stakeholder Engagement & Partnerships

• Build strong relationships with hiring managers and IHL partners to align hiring plans and expectations throughout the internship lifecycle.

Campus Engagement

• Represent the organisation at career fairs, networking events and industry talks to enhance NCS brand visibility and connect with top early careers talent.