Senior Executive/Manager, Planning, Strategy and Data Analysis

National Trades Union Congress (NTUC); Singapore; On-site; SGD 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) invites applications for a Senior Executive/Manager role within the Planning, Strategy and Data Analysis Team. You will support NTUC’s sub-department, assist the Deputy Director, and lead a small team to translate discussions into actionable strategies.

You will engage with government agencies, conduct evidence-based studies, and monitor KPIs. You will organize corporate planning sessions, prepare regular reports, and ensure data quality for analysis.

Qualifications

• 3-8 years of experience in planning/policy, consultancy, or strategy formulation.
• Hands-on experience in PowerBI and Microsoft Excel would be an advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal, writing, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, coordinate, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including government agencies such as MOM and WSQ.
• Conduct studies of industry groups, worker segments, and employment landscape to identify trends and opportunities.
• Craft data-driven recommendations and present findings to senior stakeholders.

Skills

PowerBI

Microsoft Excel

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Job description

Are you passionate about enhancing workers’ employment and employability? Can you connect workers with employers through job-matching, career guidance, and skills upgrading? Ready to collaborate on recruitment, training, and job redesign to support nationwide skills development? If your answers are “yes”, we want you to join us and make a significant impact on the employment and employability landscape today! We are seeking a highly effective Senior Executive/Manager to join our Planning, Strategy and Data Analysis Team in our department dedicated to employment and employability! In this role, you will support NTUC’s sub-department. You will contribute individually and assist your Deputy Director in managing a small team. Your responsibilities will include facilitating discussions, developing measures and creating strategies to meet the organisation’s needs. You should excel at communicating and engaging with multiple stakeholders, including government agencies, conducting evidence-based studies and analysis, and moving strategies into implementation.

Job Responsibilities

• Negotiate, coordinate, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Workforce Singapore (WSG).
• Conduct studies of industry groups, worker segments, overall employment and employability landscape, and/or ad hoc studies as requested, to identify trends, threats, and opportunities.
• Craft compelling stories and data-driven recommendations from findings or insights to be presented to various stakeholders.
• Support senior management with new matters that arise by making sense of emerging issues and gaps that do not fit neatly into clear categories, as well as corporate and strategy matters, including monitoring and tracking KPIs; preparation for external meetings with government agencies; analysing developments that impact the organisation.
• Organise and support annual corporate planning sessions and seminars (and ad hoc brainstorming sessions) to conceptualise overall workplan and communicate corporate strategy, provide analysis and insights to support and guide management in decision-making.
• Prepare and present regular reports and topical presentations to senior management, including NTUC senior management.
• Oversee, plan for, maintain, and track clean data to be used for data analysis.

Job Requirements

• Good interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills
• Project management, problem-solving, and leadership skills
• Meticulous, self-driven, and able to multi-task
• At least 3 - 8 years’ experience in planning/policy, consultancy, or strategy formulation
• Hands-on experience in PowerBI and Microsoft Excel would be an advantage.

Working Location: Jurong East, Devan Nair Institute

Designation and salary will commensurate with experience.

We will only contact shortlisted candidates.