Manager/Senior Manager, Capability Development

Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore (MSF); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore (MSF) is seeking an experienced HR professional to lead learning and development initiatives that strengthen organisational capability. You will partner across HR and business units to design career development programmes, competency frameworks, and data-driven insights to guide workforce planning and talent growth.

The role focuses on transforming the people experience through tech-enabled, data-informed HR solutions that support MSF as a

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resource Management, Organisational Development, Psychology, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• At least 5–8 years of relevant experience in Learning & Development, Talent Management, Organisational Development, or Human Resource Management.
• Experience supporting workforce, learning, career development, or talent management initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience managing projects and working across teams.
• Ability to translate organisational needs into practical HR and L&D solutions.
• Strategic thinking: understands organisational priorities and applies systems thinking.
• Capability development: applies learning, talent and career development.
• Data literacy: uses data and insights to inform decisions and recommendations.
• Stakeholder management: builds partnerships and collaborates effectively across teams.
• Execution excellence: delivers quality outcomes through effective planning and project management.
• Continuous improvement: seeks opportunities to innovate and improve.

Responsibilities

• Drive the implementation of learning and capability-building initiatives aligned to organisational priorities and workforce needs.
• Support the development, implementation, and integration of competency frameworks across talent, learning and other HR processes.
• Design and implement career development initiatives that support employee growth, mobility and career aspirations.
• Analyse workforce and capability data to generate insights that inform workforce planning and capability development strategies.
• Partner stakeholders to deliver integrated workforce and capability development initiatives.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of learning and capability development initiatives, and recommend improvements based on data and feedback.
• Keep abreast of emerging workforce, learning and HR trends to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Data literacy

HR strategy

Learning & development

Organisational development

Education

Tertiary qualification in HRM/OD/PSY/BA

Job description

Join Us at MSF – A Meaningful, People-Centric Career in HR!

At MSF, our mission is to nurture and build resilient individuals, strong families, and a caring society. We offer meaningful and impactful people-centric careers in the design and delivery of policies, services and programmes. We are an all-inclusive and family friendly workplace where career growth is prioritised through a comprehensive suite of development opportunities to help our officers succeed today as well as be future-ready. We do this through various formal and informal learning and development programmes for officers to build different competencies and gain diverse work experiences within MSF, the Public as well as the Social Service Sectors.

As part of our Human Resource Division, you will join a team that is focused on transforming ourselves into trusted advisers, strategic partners, and future-enablers to deliver seamless, personalised HR experiences that attract, motivate, develop, retain quality talent, and make MSF a great place to work.

The Human Resource Division (HRD) is transforming the people experience at MSF by delivering people solutions that are tech-enabled. Data-driven and people-centred. As strategic partners to the organisation, we build workforce capabilities, strengthen leadership, develop talent and create meaningful employee experiences that enable our people to thrive and deliver better outcomes for Singapore.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a capable and dynamic individual to support the design and implementation of learning, capability-building, and career development initiatives to strengthen organisational and workforce capability.

Reporting to the Senior Assistant Director, you will:

• Drive the implementation of learning and capability-building initiatives aligned to organisational priorities and workforce needs.
• Support the development, implementation, and integration of competency frameworks across talent, learning and other HR processes.
• Design and implement career development initiatives that support employee growth, mobility and career aspirations.
• Analyse workforce and capability data to generate insights that inform workforce planning and capability development strategies.
• Partner stakeholders to deliver integrated workforce and capability development initiatives.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of learning and capability development initiatives, and recommend improvements based on data and feedback.
• Keep abreast of emerging workforce, learning and HR trends to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resource Management, Organisational Development, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• At least 5–8 years of relevant experience in Learning & Development, Talent Management, Organisational Development, or Human Resource Management.
• Experience supporting workforce, learning, career development, or talent management initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience managing projects and working across teams.
• Ability to translate organisational needs into practical HR and L&D solutions.
• Strategic Thinking: Understands organisational priorities and applies systems thinking.
• Capability Development: Applies learning, talent and career development.
• Data Literacy: Uses data and insights to inform decisions and recommendations.
• Stakeholder Management: Builds partnerships and collaborates effectively across teams.
• Execution Excellence: Delivers quality outcomes through effective planning and project management.
• Continuous Improvement: Seeks opportunities to innovate and improve