Senior Manager/Principal Manager, Strategic Planning Division [SPD]

[What the role is]

You could be an individual contributor or may lead a unit under the Strategy team to support the development of organisation-wide strategies, synchronise with corporate planning as well as ensure alignment and coordination within WSG and with MOM. This includes the following:

[What you will be working on]

• Lead or support the Alliance for Action on Advancing Career & Employment Services (AfA-ACES) project to develop and pilot new career & employment services to support new work models
• Strong liaison skills to effectively engage MOM’s policy division which is co-leading AfA-ACEs
• Proficiency to derive insights from applied research, drive coordination, planning and project management of pilots
• Engage industry to participate as pilot owners and industry experts
• Manage funding contracts, arrangements and disbursements
• Evaluate the outcomes of the pilots and develop post-pilot prototypes/new initiatives
• Perform secretariat duties as needed
• Develop and implement new programmes and initiatives with industry partners to enable WSG to be an effective sector lead for career and employment services,  
• Conceptualise new programmes and initiatives involving internal stakeholders and industry partners
• Seek funding and resourcing to implement programmes and initiatives
• Engage and appoint industry partners to develop and implement programmes and initiatives
• Manage funding arrangements and disbursements
• Evaluate outcomes of programmes and initiatives
• Manage International Relations for WSG, including assessment for strategic opportunities, building and maintaining connections with best-in-class public employment services and international entities
• Support the development, coordination and review of whole-of-WSG strategies to drive productive reallocation of labour
• Competencies in critical thinking, a general understanding of economics, and outcomes reporting, that will help to develop and establish the value and impact of workstreams under WSG’s multi-year strategy, WSG 2030, and report on its progress
• Proficiency in coordinating and driving WSG’s overall efforts as a sector lead in the career and employment services sector to build career health of individuals and employers
• Support Budget/COS materials and speeches, PQs, Cab Memo and management reports

[What we are looking for]

Knowledge/Skills

• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and able to understand issues beyond the surface
• Good project management and problem-solving skills
• Have a good theoretical understanding and application of principles and concepts in labour economics
• Have a good understanding of public governance and its principles
• Skills to derive data-driven insights and understand quantitative data would be preferred

Aptitudes/Abilities

• Strong interpersonal skills and able to engage external and internal stakeholders
• Perceptive and able to problem-solve and work independently
• Resourceful and pro-active in managing work assignments
• Comfortable to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Organised, meticulous and detail oriented with an inquisitive mind that seeks to understand beyond the surface
• Be committed to the ethos of public service

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.