Manager/Senior Manager (CLPO)

Skills and Workforce Development Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) invites you to join the team planning for the Career Longevity Programme Office at its initial stage in Singapore. You’ll help shape the CLPO’s mission, engage partners, and set up governance structures ahead of its launch in mid-2027.

You will work closely with the Executive Director and Assistant Director, coordinating with MOM and tripartite partners to develop programmes and resources that support senior workers and promoters of lifelong

Qualifications

• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly motivated, proactive and able to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Business development mindset to identify new collaboration opportunities.
• Curiosity to understand issues deeply, with tenacity to find solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support the Executive Director and Assistant Director of the CLPO.
• Help establish CLPO setup and Tripartite Advisory Panel.
• Develop CLPO mission, vision, KPIs and priority focus areas.
• Identify archetypes and needs of individuals and employers.
• Track KPIs and programme deliverables.
• Engage partners and manage grants to partners.

Skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Teamwork

Communication skills

Proactive & motivated

Strategic thinking

Business development mindset

Curiosity & problem solving

Job description

What the role is:

You will be part of a team planning for and setting up the Career Longevity Programme Office (CLPO) at its initial stage, and eventually to be deployed to the CLPO when it is launched in mid-2027 (tentative) under the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA). The CLPO will be the first tripartite-led centre in Singapore that focuses on extending the career longevity of Singaporeans, in line with promoting a wider Career Health culture. The CLPO will promote dedicated initiatives to help mature and senior workers plan and prepare for their later stage careers early, and equip employers with resources and capability development to redesign jobs and workplace practices to support career longevity of their workforce. In the longer term, the CLPO will drive thought leadership and research to amplify career longevity on a national level. You will have the opportunity to engage individuals and employers to understand their needs to implement career longevity. You will need to work collaboratively with other SWDA departments, MOM, tripartite partners, industry players and solution or technology providers to co‑develop initiatives and resources.

What you will be working on:

You will support the Executive Director (ED) and Assistant Director (AD) of the CLPO.

Planning and Operations

• Establish the setup of CLPO, including setting up a Tripartite Advisory Panel
• Develop CLPO overall mission, vision and strategic plan, corresponding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and priority focus areas
• Identify individual and employer archetypes, and their corresponding needs to serve prioritised archetypes
• Implement data collection mechanisms to generate insights and trends, and work with partners on research
• Track and monitor corporate KPIs and programmes deliverables

Partnership Management and Engagement

• Drive adoption and innovation of CLPO programmes and initiatives
• Ensure programmes delivery and performance, in conjunction with internal and external partners and stakeholders
• Foster and engage strategic partners to establish trusted and sustained collaborations, and as advocates on the ground
• Manage programmes grants to partners

What we are looking for:

• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Ability to work well in a team
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Highly motivated, proactive and able to work effectively in a fast‑paced and multi‑project environment
• Business development mindset with the ability to identify and pursue new collaboration opportunities
• Curiosity to understand an issue deeply, with tenacity and perseverance to find solutions to the challenges identified
• Strong ability to adopt a forward looking and strategic perspective of the big picture, yet sufficiently grounded to understand ground constraints to propose realistic and implementable solutions
• Ability to manage funds/grants, or with relevant experience
• Prior experience in a similar area of work will be an advantage

Successful candidates will be offered a contract in the first instance and may be considered for an extension or be placed on a permanent tenure.

Candidates are encouraged to sign up for a Careers & Skills Passport (CSP) account and include your CSP public profile in your resume. Please check out www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg for details on the CSP.

About Skills and Workforce Development Agency

The Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), drives lifelong learning and workforce development to enable Singaporeans to take charge of their careers, learn for life, access good jobs, and grow in fulfilling careers. We enable employers to build a skilled, future‑ready workforce, design quality jobs, and adopt skills recognition practices. Together with our partners, we build a trusted, high‑quality, industry‑relevant, and innovative ecosystem that meets the evolving workforce needs of both businesses and workers.Guided by our vision of a Singapore where everyone can grow in fulfilling careers, we live our promise of Building Skills, Growing Careers by nurturing lifelong learning, strengthening employability and enabling career growth for all, including our own officers, through a continuous learning culture and a supportive, flexible, inclusive working environment that fosters innovation, collaboration, and well‑being.So, join us to be part of a dynamic team driving the national SkillsFuture movement and building a strong Singaporean core. Together, we create opportunities, transform lives, and shape the future of work.