Senior Manager / Assistant Director (In-Employment Upgrading and Job Redesign)

Reporting to the Deputy Director (In-Employment Upgrading and Job Redesign), you will be part of the Workforce Development cluster in PSD. 

As a Senior Manager / Assistant Director (In-Employment Upgrading and Job Redesign), you will lead a team to work with public agencies to implement workforce development initiatives at the sectoral and agency level to help them transform the workforce and be more future-ready. The team works to enhance the relevance and diversity of public officers’ skills, partnering with public agencies and training providers to scope and implement in-employment skills training and conversion initiatives, competency-based HR management, and other workforce development strategies (e.g. job rotation).

 What you will be working on

1. Work with agencies to translate business priorities into workforce development strategies and implementation plans at the sectoral and agency levels. 
2. Work with agencies to identify competencies needed for their jobs, and support the implementation and use of competencies across HR processes such as recruitment, in-employment training and performance management.
3. Partner agencies in the development and refresh of competency frameworks and supporting resources.
4. Drive workforce initiatives by identifying internal workforce needs and working with partners to implement workforce development solutions, including developing and driving adoption of programmes, tools, and resources.
5. Implement, track progress and drive continuous enhancement of career development programmes (including attachments, gig projects and job rotations) to develop an agile and skilled workforce.
6. Manage workforce development projects and partnerships.

We are looking for self-motivated individuals who value integrity, teamwork and take pride in going the extra mile to provide excellent service.

 KEY COMPETENCIES:

[Working Effectively with Citizens and Stakeholders]: Can work effectively with and mobilise stakeholders to act and deliver outcomes. Creates and promotes opportunities for collaboration across organisational boundaries. 

 [Working as One Public Service]: Strong belief in the values and principles of the Public Service, thinking and acting beyond the cluster’s and agency’s work, strong commitment to serving Singapore’s national interest. 

 [Tech and Digital Adopter]: Keeps abreast of emerging technologies and recommend employee-centric solutions based on application in HR. Collaborates with technology providers to design and implement digital solutions.

 [Analytics]: Comfortable with synthesizing large amount of quantitative and qualitative information to derive trends and provide evidence-based recommendations and insights.

 [Learning & Development]: Ability to identify learning needs and create/curate meaningful interventions that are aligned to organisational goals and strategies in order to develop a capable workforce. This might involve competency modelling, learning and development planning, learning needs analysis, and learning effectiveness evaluation.

 [Thinking Clearly and Making Sound Judgements] Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities. Able to make sound and timely decisions. Thinks ahead to anticipate issues, identify opportunities and appreciate implications.

WORK EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE:

 An ideal candidate should possess the following:

1.  At least 5 years of work experience in manpower or workforce planning, capability development, or HR strategy and operations.
2. Work experience in developing insights from quantitative and qualitative information, and translating insights into actionable strategies and initiatives.
3. Working knowledge and hands-on experience in competency development and/or job redesign is preferred.

 PERSONAL TRAITS:

1.  Resilient and able to cope with ambiguity.
2. Thrives in challenging, fast-paced work environments and doing more with limited resources.
3. Strong communication, writing and presentation skills.
4. Driven, curious, resourceful, and agile