Senior Associate/ Associate (Land & Infrastructure Programmes)

Ministry of Finance; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Finance in Singapore invites you to join the Land & Infrastructure Programmes Directorate to help shape Singapore’s living environment through strategic allocation of manpower and funding for infrastructure projects.

You will support decision makers, review programme proposals, and apply economics to drive cost effectiveness, efficiency, and fiscal sustainability across environmental sustainability, urban planning, and transport.

Qualifications

• Interest in public policy and its real-world impact.
• Strong analytical skills with system thinking.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support decision makers in conceptualising national programmes.
• Review resourcing requests from partner ministries.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative information to evaluate options.

Skills

Public policy

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Numerical literacy

Economics training

Education

Formal training in economics

Job description

What the role is:

In the Land & Infrastructure Programmes (LIP) Directorate, you will help shape Singapore’s future living environment by enabling infrastructure investments through the strategic allocation of manpower and funding resources, as well as other financing instruments.

What you will be working on:

You will support decision makers in conceptualising and reviewing national programmes and evaluating resourcing requests from our partner ministries: the Ministry of Law, the Ministry of National Development, the Ministry of Sustainability & the Environment and the Ministry of Transport. You can look forward to applying economics in public policy to drive cost effectiveness, efficiency and fiscal sustainability in areas such as environmental sustainability, urban planning and the built environment, as well as air, land, and sea transport. In the process, you will consult internal stakeholders, drive synergies and coherence across different ministries, synthesise a wide range of qualitative and quantitative information, generate robust options and evaluate their trade-offs.If you are relentlessly curious about what makes the physical environment and infrastructure around us click, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and share our passion in stewardship and in building a better Singapore, join us.

What we are looking for:

• Keen interest in, and passion for public policy
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to look at issues with system and long-term perspectives
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Numbers give you insights rather than the jitters
• Formal training in economics is a distinct advantage
• Knowledge in aspects of sustainability, urban planning, the built environment, and/or transport is an advantage but not necessary

About Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is responsible for managing Singapore’s fiscal policies and the structure of its economy. We work to maintain international standards and best practices in areas such as company law, accounting standards and corporate governance principles. We aim to advance the well-being and development of Singapore by:

• achieving a balanced budget through prudent and sustainable fiscal policies;
• ensuring the prudent investment of the government's reserves and other public funds;
• setting out policies for government procurement, customs regulation, accounting standards and business regulation;
• fostering a regulatory environment conducive to business and enterprise;
• ensuring that businesses operating within Singapore's jurisdiction are compatible with international standards and practices, in areas such as company law, accounting standards and corporate governance principles.