Senior Assistant Director (Workforce Planning)

What the role is:

The Ministry of National Development (MND)’s operating environment is changing rapidly. Amid an evolving geopolitical and socioeconomic context which has reshaped the collective demands on infrastructure and our living environment, the issues we face today are increasingly complex and multi-faceted. The MND Family has started our workforce transformation journey to ensure that our workforce has the right size, shape and skills to deliver on our key business ambitions and organisational priorities. We drive our workforce plans on a medium to long-term horizon, set aspirations and goals, analyse gaps, as well as plan and implement the appropriate strategies and staging plans. Through these, we strive to build a future-ready workforce with the right profile and skills, that is also responsive to our evolving business context and operating models.

What you will be working on:

You will be part of the Workforce Planning Team in MND’s Corporate Development Division, and report to the Team Lead of Workforce Planning. Your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Drive MND Family’s resource planning and prioritisation strategies to ensure that MND HQ and our Statutory Boards continue to be well-resourced. These include strategising and prioritising resource asks across the MND Family for the annual resourcing exercises like Reinvestment Fund/Manpower Management Framework (RF/MMF), Central Digitalisation Budget (CDB), Ministry Family PST Budget etc.
2. Drive MND Family’s strategic workforce planning to manage manpower growth by planning our future manpower trajectory and aligning our manpower resourcing strategies with our business priorities. This also includes developing and implementing an efficient system to capture and manage MND Family’s MMF data.
3. Drive MND Family’s strategic capability building efforts to transform the MND Family workforce in tandem with our business priorities. These include envisioning the future-state in terms of emergent priority capabilities needed, and drawing up a prioritisation framework and specific capability building strategies.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for someone who is resilient and able to work well in a fast-paced job, able to think strategically and analytically, open to new ways of thinking, and has the perseverance to push boundaries. You should preferably possess:

1. At least 4 to 6 years of experience in policy, planning and/or project management work.
2. Ability to think logically and systematically, collect and synthesise multiple sources of information, to put forth sound and grounded recommendations and implementation plans.
3. Ability to implement, monitor and ensure the execution of all aspects of a project, meet project timelines and milestones, strategically using available resources to achieve objectives efficiently, anticipate potential risks and put in place mitigation measures.
4. Ability to engage and manage internal and external stakeholders across various levels, and form effective partnerships both within and beyond agencies.
5. Excellent writing and presentation skills, attention to details, strong in problem solving.

Experience in corporate strategy or corporate planning, workforce transformation, capability development strategies and implementation will be a bonus.

About Ministry of National Development:

The Ministry of National Development (MND), the lead government agency responsible for land use planning and infrastructure development, aims to transform Singapore into an endearing home and a distinctive global city. At MND, we aspire to create a quality, vibrant and sustainable living environment for our people. We also strive to shape Singapore into a world-class city of knowledge, culture and excellence – one which keeps pace with global challenges and the rising aspirations of Singaporeans.

Our Vision: An Endearing Home, A Distinctive Global City
Our Mission: Develop world-class infrastructure, Create a vibrant and sustainable living environment, Build rooted and cohesive communities