Manager/Senior Manager (CLPO) New Skills and Workforce Development Agency | Marketing/Business Development Fixed Terms Closing on 17 Nov 2026

NLB; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) is assembling the Career Longevity Centre in Singapore and seeks a planner to support the Executive Director and Assistant Director during its initial setup for deployment in mid-2027.

You will collaborate with MOM, tripartite partners, industry players and solution providers to design initiatives, monitor KPIs, and develop data-driven insights and communications for individuals and employers.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Strong ability to adopt a forward looking and strategic perspective of the big picture, yet sufficiently grounded to propose realistic and implementable solutions.
• Prior experience in a similar area of work will be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support the Executive Director and Assistant Director of the CLC.
• Planning and Operations: Establish the setup of CLC, including setting up a Tripartite Advisory Panel; Develop CLC overall mission, vision and strategic plan, KPIs and priority focus areas; Identify archetypes and their needs; Implement data collection mechanisms and collaborate on research; Track and monitor KPIs and programme deliverables.
• Communications and Marketing: Develop strategic marketing plans for individuals and employers; Promote career longevity as a national agenda and profile resources; Use data to curate targeted EDMs and nudges; Develop profile bank with success stories and use cases.

Skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Proactivity

Business development

Curiosity

Strategic thinking

Related work experience

Job description

What the role is:

You will be part of a team planning for and setting up the Career Longevity Centre (CLC) at its initial stage, and eventually to be deployed to the CLC when it is launched in mid-2027 (tentative) under the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA). The CLC 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 CLC 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 CLC 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 CLC.

Planning and Operations

• Establish the setup of CLC, including setting up a Tripartite Advisory Panel
• Develop CLC 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

Communications and Marketing

• Develop strategic marketing plans for individuals and employers
• Promote career longevity as a national agenda and discourse, and profile resources provided to individuals and employers by CLC
• Utilise data and insights to curate targeted EDMs and nudges to enable prioritised individual and employer segments to plan for career longevity
• Develop individual and employers profile bank with success stories and use cases

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
• Prior experience in a similar area of work will be an advantage

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.