Assistant Director, Human Resources Business Partner

Agency for Integrated Care (Singapore); Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Agency for Integrated Care (Singapore) is seeking an Assistant Director to advise senior leaders and translate business priorities into effective people strategies. You will connect insights across the organisation to strengthen workforce capability and overall effectiveness, requiring sound judgement and resilience with a strong enterprise perspective.

You will build trusted relationships through strategic business partnering, drive people strategy and workforce planning, lead recruitment and

Qualifications

• Translate business priorities into practical people strategies.
• Develop and implement workforce, talent and capability plans.
• Lead recruitment, talent management and succession for key roles.
• Connect workforce data with operational priorities to guide decisions.
• Drive talent, performance and organisational change initiatives.
• Manage employee relations with discretion and policy alignment.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior leaders with strategic people insights.
• Translate business priorities into integrated people strategies.
• Lead recruitment, talent management and succession planning.
• Strengthen enterprise insight and organisation effectiveness.
• Lead change initiatives to build alignment and sustain adoption.
• Oversee employee relations, HR governance and service delivery.

Skills

Strategic acumen

Business partnership

Systems thinking

Resilience

Integrity

Education

HR / Business / Organisational Psychology degree

Job description

The Assistant Director will advise leaders, translate business priorities into effective people strategies and connect insights across the organisation to strengthen workforce capability and organisational effectiveness. The role requires sound judgement, resilience and a strong enterprise perspective.

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders through strategic business partnering, developing a strong understanding of business priorities and providing timely, evidence-based advice on organisation and people matters.
• Drive people strategy and workforce planning by translating business plans into integrated workforce, talent, succession and capability strategies that address current and future needs.
• Lead recruitment and talent management by partnering leaders to attract, assess and appoint talent, while strengthening talent pipelines, development and succession for critical roles.
• Strengthen enterprise insight and organisation effectiveness by connecting workforce data, employee insights and operational priorities to anticipate risks and advise on sustainable enterprise-wide solutions.
• Lead talent, performance and organisational change initiatives, including talent reviews, succession planning, performance management, leadership development and employee engagement, while developing and implementing change plans to build alignment, address resistance and sustain adoption.
• Lead employee relations, HR governance and service delivery by managing complex employee matters with discretion and sound judgement, and ensuring consistent, practical and policy-aligned outcomes.

Job description:

The Assistant Director will advise leaders, translate business priorities into effective people strategies and connect insights across the organisation to strengthen workforce capability and organisational effectiveness. The role requires sound judgement, resilience and a strong enterprise perspective.

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders through strategic business partnering, developing a strong understanding of business priorities and providing timely, evidence-based advice on organisation and people matters.
• Drive people strategy and workforce planning by translating business plans into integrated workforce, talent, succession and capability strategies that address current and future needs.
• Lead recruitment and talent management by partnering leaders to attract, assess and appoint talent, while strengthening talent pipelines, development and succession for critical roles.
• Strengthen enterprise insight and organisation effectiveness by connecting workforce data, employee insights and operational priorities to anticipate risks and advise on sustainable enterprise-wide solutions.
• Lead talent, performance and organisational change initiatives, including talent reviews, succession planning, performance management, leadership development and employee engagement, while developing and implementing change plans to build alignment, address resistance and sustain adoption.
• Lead employee relations, HR governance and service delivery by managing complex employee matters with discretion and sound judgement, and ensuring consistent, practical and policy-aligned outcomes.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Human Resources, Business, Organisational Psychology or a related discipline, with at least 15 years of relevant HR experience, including at least 6 years of managerial experience.
• Demonstrate strategic acumen by translating business priorities into practical people strategies with the ability to communicate clearly and collaborate with different stakeholders.
• Build credibility through effective business partnership and influence senior stakeholders with sound judgement.
• Apply systems thinking to connect workforce insights and organisational interdependencies and develop integrated solutions.
• Bring strong HR experience across workforce planning, talent, performance, organisation development, employee relations and change.
• Demonstrate resilience and integrity by adapting to ambiguity, remaining composed under pressure and handling sensitive matters with discretion.