Policy Planning, Assistant Manager/Manager (Network Project Office)

Public Service Division; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Service Division in Singapore seeks a policy professional to help craft and refine strategies to counter scams, ensuring Singapore remains at the forefront of anti-scam and defensive network measures across infocomm and internet channels.

You will collaborate with government agencies and industry partners, analyse horizon scanning results, support regulatory policy development, and provide advisory input to business units in telecom and media on scam-related issues.

Qualifications

• Background in Computer Science, Social Sciences, Mass Communications or Legal Studies.
• At least 2 years of experience in an operations policy or technology policy related role in the private or public sectors.
• Strong interest in preventing scams and good knowledge of how telco operator and internet service providers operate.
• Strong analytical, inter-personal and writing skills.
• Experience in Public Policy, Horizon Scanning, Strategic Futures work would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with other government agencies and Industry to ensure the effective implementation of mitigation measures against scam calls and messages.
• Assist to implement strategy to engage telco regulators and facilitate international cooperation to address the issue of scams at source.
• Perform horizon scanning of anti-scam development and other network defence measures and analyse the impact of these developments on IMDA’s regulatory and market policy; Play an advisory role to other business units within IMDA regarding existing policy positions and new areas of policy work in the telecom and media space for scams.
• Organise and provide secretariate support for workgroups and forums.

Skills

Analytical

Inter-personal

Writing

Education

Computer Science

Social Sciences

Mass Communications

Legal Studies

Job description

[What the role is]

The candidate will be involved in crafting policies to ensure that Singapore is at the forefront of anti-scam and other defensive network measures spanning across all infocomm/internet channels;

[What you will be working on]

• Work closely with other government agencies and Industry to ensure the effective implementation of mitigation measures against scam calls and messages;
• Assist to implement strategy to engage telco regulators and facilitate international cooperation to address the issue of scams at source;
• Perform horizon scanning of anti-scam development and other network defence measures and analyse the impact of these developments on IMDA’s regulatory and market policy; Play an advisory role to other business units within IMDA regarding existing policy positions and new areas of policy work in the telecom and media space for scams;
• Organise and provide secretariate support for workgroups and forums.

[What we are looking for]

• Background in Computer Science, Social Sciences, Mass Communications or Legal Studies.
• At least 2 years of experience in an operations policy or technology policy related role in the private or public sectors. Job grade commensurate based on level of relevant work experience.
• Strong interest in preventing scams and good knowledge of how telco operator and internet service providers operate.
• Strong analytical, inter-personal and writing skills.
• Experience in Public Policy, Horizon Scanning, Strategic Futures work would be advantageous.