Details
  • Job Title: Manager Student Development
  • Organization Name: The Citizens Foundation
  • Location: Karachi
  • Number of Vacancies: 1
  • Gender: Any
  • Closing on: 2026-06-04
How to Apply
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Background
    • Lead the design and implementation of holistic student development programs focused on leadership, communication, confidence building, resilience, agency, ethics, professionalism, and life-skills.
    • Develop structured interventions and developmental journeys for students across college years.
    • Design and oversee English language proficiency initiatives aimed at improving spoken communication, comprehension, writing, presentation skills, and confidence for university and professional environments.
    • Design and implement a comprehensive digital literacy curriculum, ensuring students gain proficiency in essential computing skills, online research, digital ethics, and productivity tools required for higher education and the modern workplace.
    • Create exposure and enrichment opportunities including workshops, speaker sessions, university visits, industry interactions, mentoring forums, reading and discussion circles, public speaking opportunities, and experiential learning initiatives.
    • Develop and oversee individual and group mentoring frameworks for students.
    • Lead counselling initiatives supporting academic, personal, emotional, and career development needs.
    • Oversee university preparation initiatives including aptitude test readiness, application support, interview preparation, and admissions counselling.
    • Coordinate with internal teams including assessments, scholarships, and tertiary pathways teams to support placement decisions.
    • Design systems to monitor student participation, growth, engagement, outcomes, and intervention effectiveness.
    • Lead, coach, and develop team members within the Student Development function.
    • Work closely with the College Leadership Team to integrate student development priorities into the overall college strategy.
    • Champion a culture of aspiration, wellbeing, empathy, responsibility, and continuous growth.
Requirements
  • Education

    Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a reputable institution

    Experience

    5–7 years of relevant experience in student development, youth engagement, counselling, mentoring, education management, or the development sector, preferably with adolescents and young adults from underserved backgrounds.

    Required Skills

    • Strong understanding of adolescent and young adult development and socio-emotional learning.
    • Deep commitment to educational equity and youth uplift.
    • Strong leadership and team management capabilities.
    • Excellent communication, mentoring, facilitation, and relationship-building skills - must be able to motivate and lead with example.
    • Good knowledge/understanding/experience of education paradigms, academics & teaching with a worldview on progressive methodologies/developments.
    • Understanding of university admissions, scholarships, aptitude testing, and career pathways.
    • Ability to create systems for student tracking, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation.
    • Good analytical skills; must be a good problem solver capable of making well-informed, principled decisions and creating innovative solutions.
    • High ownership, initiative, empathy, and growth mindset.

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