Senior Assistant Director, Built Environment Policy

NLB; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of National Development (MND) in Singapore seeks a policy professional to support the Built Environment sector by strengthening manpower, capabilities and enablers for ambitious urban transformation. You will work with WOG and industry partners to balance trade-offs, rethink policies, and pilot creative solutions that unleash BE sector potential.

You will contribute to policy analysis, stakeholder engagement and data-driven decisions across foreign/local manpower, industry

Qualifications

• A team player who fits into the division’s dynamic and vibrant culture.
• Strong communicator who can build strong working relationships with a wide range of WOG and industry stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, open to challenges and have the “can-do” spirit.
• Enjoys rigorous analysis, problem-solving and data-driven policy work.

Responsibilities

• Accelerating the adoption of advanced BE technologies through a variety of levers (e.g. innovation, grants, procurement, regulations) so that we can build better and build faster;
• Monitoring the health and capacity of the BE sector to meet our development needs, and engendering a pro-enterprise environment for our BE sector to thrive; and
• Developing a strong core of local capabilities and talents as we embark on more complex and challenging projects, as well as projects in emerging areas (e.g. coastal protection).
• Recalibrating our foreign worker policies so that the construction sector has access to the necessary manpower while managing possible disamenities and taking good care of our foreign workforce;The officer can expect a rigorous and rewarding experience that will sharpen highly transferrable skills in policy analysis, balancing trade-offs, stakeholder management, scheme design, data analysis, public communications, amongst others.The officer will also gain exposure to a variety of policy domains including foreign and local manpower policies, industry development, technology and innovation, procurement policies, legislation etc.

Skills

Team player

Strong communicator

Self-motivated

Data-driven

Job description

The Ministry of National Development (MND) in Singapore seeks a policy professional to support the Built Environment sector by strengthening manpower, capabilities and enablers for ambitious urban transformation. You will work with WOG and industry partners to balance trade-offs, rethink policies, and pilot creative solutions that unleash BE sector potential.

You will contribute to policy analysis, stakeholder engagement and data-driven decisions across foreign/local manpower, industry