Manager/Senior Manager/Principal Manager, Organisation Development (SPD)

Skills & Workforce Development Agency (SWDA); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills & Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) is seeking an experienced strategist to support its strategic planning and organisational development efforts. The role involves translating strategic priorities into cross-divisional change initiatives, strengthening alignment, and building capacity for future growth.

You will contribute to policy work, drive culture improvements, and partner with HR and corporate planning to sustain organisational change and readiness.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Good project management and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support development of SWDA’s strategic direction and policy work.
• Translate strategy into organisation-wide change efforts across divisions.
• Drive organisational development to strengthen culture and readiness for change.
• Build alignment and capacity for future organisational growth.

Skills

writing & communication

analytical thinking

project management

problem solving

Job description

What The Role Is

You will play a key role in the Strategic Planning Division as an individual contributor and/or team lead, supporting the development of SWDA’s strategic direction, policy work and driving organisational development efforts that strengthen SWDA’s organisational effectiveness, culture, operating model and readiness for change. This includes working across SWDA to translate strategy into organisation-wide change efforts, strengthen alignment across divisions, and build organisational capacity for the future. Your responsibilities may include the following:

What You Will Be Working On

• Support strategic planning work to ensure OD efforts are anchored on SWDA’s long-term direction and priorities
  • Ensure OD interventions are aligned to SWDA’s mission, priorities and operating context
  • Work with divisions to translate strategic priorities into coordinated OD plans, change initiatives and capability-building efforts
• Drive organisation development initiatives to strengthen SWDA’s effectiveness, culture and ways of working
  • Diagnose organisational issues using data, staff feedback and stakeholder insights, and recommend practical interventions to address root causes
  • Design and implement OD interventions that support SWDA’s transformation, including organisation design, culture-building, staff engagement and change management
  • Develop frameworks, tools and engagement platforms and collaborate with relevant divisions to strengthen organisational alignment, collaboration and readiness for change
  • Partner relevant divisions, including Strategic Comms and HR, to support clear, coherent communication and engagement around strategic and organisational change priorities
• Build OD capability and sustain organisation-wide change
  • Work with divisions to embed new ways of working, clarify roles and interfaces, and strengthen collaboration across SWDA
  • Partner HR, Corporate Planning and other divisions on Strategic Workforce Planning projects, build OD practices, change management capability and staff engagement channels
  • Enhance organisational capacity to respond to internal and external challenges through planning, coordination and capability-building efforts
  • Track progress, surface organisational risks and issues, and support leaders and change champions in sustaining implementation

What We Are Looking For

Knowledge/Skills

• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and able to understand issues beyond the surface
• Good project management and problem-solving skills