Associate, Employee Communications (Contract)

GIC; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

GIC, a leading global long-term investor, seeks a Communications professional for its Employee Communications team in Singapore. The role focuses on editorial excellence, strategic storytelling, and data-informed content across channels to engage employees worldwide.

You will draft, edit and publish internal content, manage multimedia assets, and coordinate events and campaigns. The contract runs for 12 months with potential extension, offering hybrid work with in-office collaboration four days

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, research, communications, or related field.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a communications role, ideally within financial services or corporate environment.
• Experience producing written, digital and multimedia communications.
• Experience using CMS, analytics or marketing tech is an advantage.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver internal communications across digital and physical channels.
• Draft and adapt content to explain organisational priorities clearly.
• Develop visual assets like infographics and videos in line with briefs.
• Overlay intranet layout, ensuring house style compliance.
• Maintain internal communications calendar across global offices.
• Use data to assess reach and inform future planning.
• Manage timelines for owned projects and coordinate meetings.
• Leverage AI tools to improve content development and reporting.

Skills

Editorial judgement

Project management

Content production

Analytics & insights

AI tooling awareness

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism, research, communications, or related

Tools

CMS

Digital publishing tools

Analytics platforms

Marketing technology

Job description

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Corporate Affairs and Communications

The Corporate Affairs and Communications (CAC) department is responsible for managing corporate affairs, branding and reputation, and all internal and external communications. It includes GIC’s interface with key stakeholders, including the general public and media.

Employee Communications

We are seeking a communications professional with strong editorial judgement, sound project management skills, an ability to think outside the box and analytical rigour to translate data into insights that inform effective employee communications.

GIC’s Employee Communications team connects employees across 11 global offices to the organisation’s vision, purpose and strategic direction. The team drives impactful storytelling and engagement through internal communications content, channels, events and initiatives — ensuring every employee understands how their work contributes to GIC’s long-term success.

This role is suited to someone with a strong editorial and creative foundation, intellectual curiosity and an interest in how clear, engaging communications can connect employees to GIC’s purpose, priorities and impact. You will lead projects across a range of formats and channels, working with senior communicators, stakeholders and partners to develop content, manage delivery and measure effectiveness.

This is a 12-month contract role with potential for extension.

Your role will include the following:

• Support the planning and delivery of internal communications activities across digital and physical channels, including the intranet, newsletters, digital screens and employee events.
• Draft and adapt clear, engaging content that helps employees understand organisational priorities and key information.
• Manage the development of visual assets, including infographics, videos and other multimedia content, in line with agreed briefs and communication objectives.
• Manage layout and publication of intranet content, working with stakeholders to ensure articles comply with house style and guidelines.
• Manage the internal communications calendar, maintaining visibility of upcoming content, campaigns, events and key milestones across global offices.
• Use channel reach and engagement data to assess effectiveness, identify insights and inform future communications planning.
• Manage timelines and milestones for owned projects, ensuring timely completion and follow-through.
• Coordinate meetings and prepare concise materials, updates and action tracking in support of owned projects.
• Leverage AI tools provided to improve content development, project delivery, reporting and employee engagement while applying sound judgement and appropriate safeguards.

What makes you a successful candidate?

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, preferably journalism, research, communications, or similar.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a communications role, ideally within financial services, a communications agency, consultancy or another business-oriented environment.
• Experience producing written, digital and multimedia communications, including articles, newsletters, briefing materials, visual assets and video or audio content.
• Experience using or working with content management systems, digital publishing tools, analytics platforms and/or marketing technology is an advantage.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Self-motivated, flexible and proactive, with the ability to ramp up quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong editorial judgement, curiosity and ability to translate complex information into clear, useful and engaging employee content.
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and multiple workstreams, with discretion, sound judgement and the confidence to escalates issues appropriately.
• Innovative and open to using AI and emerging tools responsibly to improve communications effectiveness and ways of working.

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

We are an equal opportunity employer

GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please email [e-mail] at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.

Learn more about our Corporate Affairs & Communication Department here:

https://gic.careers/group/corporate-affairs-communication/

Our PRIME Values

GIC is a values driven organization. GIC’s PRIME Values act as our compass, enabling us to fulfil our fundamental purpose and objectives. It is the foundational bedrock which governs our behaviours, our decision making, and our focus. It informs both our long-term strategy as a firm, and the way we relate to our Client, business partners and employees. PRIME stands for Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence.