Designer, MOE Digital Excellence & Products Division (Geospatial Team)

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore is looking for a skilled designer to create intuitive geospatial interfaces aimed at improving educational planning. You will design mapping features, develop consistent design patterns, and conduct user research to ensure that tools effectively meet user needs. The role requires strong experience with geospatial product design and visualization tools. Join us to help shape the future of public services through effective digital solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience designing geospatial products or mapping interfaces.
• Familiarity with geospatial concepts and tools.
• Strong user research and usability testing skills.

Responsibilities

• Design intuitive interfaces for spatial models to visualize education forecasts.
• Develop consistent design patterns for geospatial tools.
• Conduct user research to understand user needs and decision-making.

Skills

Geospatial product design

GIS platforms (e.g., ArcGIS)

Data visualisation

User research

Collaboration

Tools

Web mapping libraries

2D/3D mapping interfaces

Job description

GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity. At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

What you will be working on

Design Intuitive Spatial Modelling & Planning Interfaces for MOE’s users (Primary)

• Design intuitive interfaces for spatial models that visualise future education demand forecasts, housing growth patterns, demographics, and accessibility insights.
• Create clear visual representations of multi-year scenarios to support decisions on new schools, mergers, campus shifts, capacity planning, and infrastructure renewal.
• Design map-based workflows that allow planners to explore, compare, and interrogate spatial data from URA, SLA, LTA, DOS, HDB, and GovTech.
• Translate complex geospatial data and modelling outputs into understandable visual formats for non-technical users.

Establish MOE-Specific Design Patterns in the Geospatial Platform (Secondary)

• Develop consistent design patterns, components, and interaction models for map-based interfaces across MOE's geospatial tools.
• Design how users interact with geospatial data layers (school locations, travel-time layers, catchments, urban constraints, environmental layers) intuitive and meaningful ways.
• Create design standards and guidelines that ensure geospatial features are accessible, consistent, and user-friendly across different products.
• Work with product and engineering teams to ensure design, feasibility and technical implementation.

Integrate Geospatial Features into MOE Products (Secondary)

• Design mapping and location-intelligence features for existing MOE planning and operating tools such as School Cockpit+.
• Improve decision-making workflows through thoughtful information architecture, visual hierarchy, and interactive map-based interfaces.
• Conduct user research with planners, policy officers, and operational teams to understand their needs, pain points, and decision-making processes.
• Test and iterate designs based on user feedback and real-world usage patterns.

What Success Looks Like

• Planners can easily understand and trust spatial-modelling outputs through clear, intuitive visualisations.
• A consistent design system for geospatial interfaces used across MOE planning tools.
• Planning teams can efficiently explore spatial data and scenarios to make informed infrastructure decisions.
• Geospatial features are seamlessly integrated into key MOE products with high user satisfaction.
• Strong working relationships with product, engineering, and planning teams that result in user-centred solutions.

Candidate Profile

• Experience designing geospatial products, mapping interfaces, data visualisation tools, or planning systems.
• Familiarity with geospatial concepts and tools (GIS platforms such as ArcGIS, web mapping libraries, spatial data visualisation, 2D/3D mapping interfaces).
• Ability to design for complex data sets including demographics, land-use, transport networks, and spatial relationships.
• Strong user research and usability testing skills, particularly with specialist or technical user groups.
• Excellent visual design skills with attention to information hierarchy, data visualisation, and interaction design.
• Strong collaboration skills with product managers, engineers, planners, and policymakers.
• Design thinking mindset with the ability to translate planning questions and user needs into functional, elegant interfaces.

About Government Technology Agency

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity. At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better. We empower our people to master their craft through continuous and robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Our GovTechies embody our Agile, Bold and Collaborative values to deliver impactful solutions. GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today! Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.