Assistant Director / Senior Manager / Manager (Social Resilience Policy)

PMO - Strategy Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PMO - Strategy Group in Singapore seeks a policy-focused professional to drive whole-of-government coordination, prioritisation, and progress assurance on social cohesion and resilience. The role works across domains to shape strategic planning and to engage a wide range of stakeholders, including political officers and public sector agencies.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and governance skills.

Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to synthesize data for policy analyses.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication abilities.
• Proven ability to work well in a team and engage diverse stakeholders.
• Comfort with ambiguity and long-term, system-wide perspective.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director and Deputy Director in governance and policy coordination across agencies.
• Drive cross-agency strategy development and progress assurance for social cohesion and resilience.
• Staff WOG platforms, Ministerial Committees and Cabinet-level meetings.
• Provide policy support to senior government leaders as needed.

Skills

Critical thinking

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Written communication

Verbal communication

Ambiguity management

Long-term/system thinking

Job description

What the role is:

Strategy Group brings Government together to drive ambition and alignment of strategic priorities and policies within and across sectors.The job holder will drive whole-of-government policy coordination, prioritisation, development and progress assurance to address social cohesion and resilience issues from a cross-domain and longer-term perspective, which is a WOG Policy Priority. The job holder will have the opportunity to work across domains to develop the WOG perspective in complex and interdependent policies, identify gaps and emerging issues, and shape the WOG strategic planning process and system to achieve our strategic outcomes.The job holder will also have opportunity to hone stakeholder management skills, as the job involves interaction with a wide range of stakeholders, including political officers, public sector agencies, civic organisations and citizens.

What you will be working on:

He or she is expected to:
a. Support the Director and Deputy Director to:
i. Strengthen systems governance for the social cohesion and resilience landscape;
ii. Drive cross-agency and cross-sector strategy development and policy coordination;
iii. Assure progress on key shifts affecting social cohesion and resilience under the agenda for the current term of Government;
iv. Commission and drive new workstreams to refresh policy thinking, including mitigating emerging divides and other key drivers impacting social cohesion.
b. Support the staffing of (i) key WOG platforms and Ministerial Committees related to social cohesion and resilience, (ii) Cabinet Retreats, and (iii) related meetings at the PS-level.
c. Provide policy support to PM, DPM and CM/SP for policy areas within their portfolio, as necessary.

What we are looking for:

• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, including the ability to synthesise qualitative and quantitative data to develop policy analyses.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence in engaging a wide range of stakeholders.
• A strong team player.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to handle ambiguity and uncertainties.
• Able to take on a long-term and system’s perspective, and look beyond current events and near-term operations

About PMO - Strategy Group

The Strategy Group in the Prime Minister’s Office drives Whole-of-Government strategic planning, and partners government agencies on policy development. It identifies key priorities and emerging issues over the medium to long term, such as population and climate change; it influences strategic resource allocation; and catalyses new functions and capabilities in order to deliver policies that are in the long-term interest of Singapore.