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

WSG Workforce Singapore Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WSG Workforce Singapore Agency seeks a practitioner to support the Strategic Planning Division in shaping the organisation's strategic direction and driving organisational development across the agency.

The role involves translating strategy into change initiatives, building capacity for future readiness, and partnering with HR and strategic comms to ensure cohesive communication and alignment across divisions.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking.
• Good project management and problem-solving abilities.
• Understanding of organisation development, change management, organisation design and culture-building concepts.
• Understanding of public governance and its principles.
• Familiarity with staff engagement, pulse surveys, data analysis and insights generation.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic planning to anchor OD efforts in SWDA's long-term direction and priorities.
• Ensure OD interventions align with SWDA's mission and contexts; translate priorities into coordinated plans.
• Drive organisation development to strengthen effectiveness, culture and ways of working; diagnose issues and propose interventions.
• Design and implement OD interventions: organisation design, culture-building, staff engagement and change management.
• Develop frameworks and tools; collaborate to strengthen alignment and readiness for change; communicate change priorities.

Skills

Excellent writing and communication

Analytical and critical thinking

Project management and problem-solving

Organisation development/change/organ.

Public governance understanding

Staff engagement/data insights

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
• Good understanding of organisation development, change management, organisation design and/or culture-building concepts
• Have a good understanding of public governance and its principles
• Familiarity with staff engagement, pulse surveys, data analysis and insights generation is preferred

Aptitudes/Abilities

• Strong interpersonal skills and able to engage external and internal stakeholders
• Perceptive and able to problem-solve and work independently
• Resourceful and pro-active in managing work assignments
• Comfortable to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Organised, meticulous and detail oriented with an inquisitive mind that seeks to understand beyond the surface
• Be committed to the ethos of public service