School Digital Lead

Ministry of Education; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Education in Singapore seeks a School Digital Lead to drive school-wide digital initiatives, boost staff digital confidence, and uplift digital practices across operations. You will partner with the HOD ICT to align EdTech adoption with school and HQ priorities, travelling between schools and headquarters as needed.

Responsibilities include enhancing productivity through digital tools, providing targeted staff training, and guiding change management while ensuring a secure

Qualifications

• Ability to translate ICT needs into practical digital improvements.
• Clear and confident communicator who can work with school leaders, teachers, and vendors.
• Familiarity with digital governance, cybersecurity essentials, and risk-aware decision-making.
• Strong coaching mindset to guide and develop ICT personnel.
• Proven experience in helping teams adopt digital tools and improve workflow productivity.

Responsibilities

• Enhance Productivity Through Digital Tools – drive MOE digital products usage to streamline operations and improve staff experience.
• Uplift Digital Confidence Across the School – build staff skills via targeted training and guidance materials.
• Strengthen Digital Change Management – support smooth rollouts with user-centred design and evidence-based planning.
• Sustain a Secure & Trusted Digital Environment – maintain cybersecurity readiness and data protection compliance.
• Connect Ground Insights with MOE HQ – share best practices across school networks.

Skills

ICT leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Training & coaching

Digital transformation

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Google Workspace

Job description

What the role is:

The School Digital Lead is a digital leader who leads the execution of school-wide digital initiatives, strengthens staff digital confidence, and uplifts digital practices across operations. The role partners closely with the HOD ICT, who focuses on EdTech adoption for teaching and learning, ensuring that operational enablement and classroom digital use progress hand-in-hand.The role is primarily school-facing, with opportunities to contribute to schools and HQ efforts where school-ground insights and expertise are valuable.

What you will be working on:

• Enhance Productivity Through Digital Tools – Drive effective use of MOE digital products to streamline operations, reduce manual work, and improve staff experience through platform adoption, hands‑on support, and system integration.
• Uplift Digital Confidence Across the School – Build staff skills and confidence with digital tools through targeted training, clinics, mentoring, and clear guidance materials whilst fostering a school‑wide digital culture.
• Strengthen Digital Change Management – Support smooth system rollouts by identifying inefficient processes, applying user‑centred design, and aligning digital improvements with strategic priorities through evidence‑based planning.
• Sustain a Secure & Trusted Digital Environment – Maintain cybersecurity readiness, digital governance, and data protection compliance whilst ensuring secure processes and effective vendor management.
• Connect Ground Insights with Schools / MOE HQ – Bridge school needs with MOE's digital direction by contributing to workstreams, piloting initiatives, providing feedback, and sharing best practices across the network of schools.

What we are looking for:

• Ability to understand ICT systems and translate needs into practical digital improvements
• Clear and confident communicator who can work closely with school leaders, teachers, and vendors
• Familiarity with digital governance, cybersecurity essentials, and risk‑aware decision‑making
• Strong coaching mindset with the ability to guide and develop ICT personnel
• Proven experience in helping teams adopt digital tools such as Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace and improve workflow productivity
• Steady, empathetic change leader who can support staff through transitions while keeping outcomes clear
• The job requires travelling regularly between schools and HQ sites
• Preferably with at least 10 years of relevant experience in an Information Technology-related environment

As part of the processing of your application, you may be required to undergo a medical examination that will be fully paid by MOE. You will be provided with instructions regarding the medical examination.

Note: The medical examination is part of the selection process and does not indicate that you have been offered the appointment.

If you are facing issues submitting your application through the Careers@Gov portal, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance.

About Ministry of Education

The wealth of a nation lies in its people - their commitment to country and community, their willingness to strive and persevere, their ability to think, achieve and excel. Our future depends on our continually renewing and regenerating our leadership and citizenry, building upon the experience of the past, learning from the circumstances of the present, and preparing for the challenges of the future. How we bring up our young at home and teach them in school will shape Singapore in the next generation.The mission of the Education Service is to mould the future of the nation, by moulding the people who will determine the future of the nation. The Service will provide our children with a balanced and well-rounded education, develop them to their full potential, and nurture them into good citizens, conscious of their responsibilities to family, society and country.