Senior Manager (Development & Systems)

Public Service Division; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Service Division in Singapore seeks a dynamic professional to support the CDC Planning & Development HQ in developing strategic plans and initiatives, and managing flagship programmes to assist CDCs in aligning with government community objectives.

You will contribute to communications, data analysis and coordination with CDCs and community/corporate partners, while supporting organisational development and cross-CDC schemes.

Responsibilities

• Support Strategic Planning and Whole-of-CDC policies development.
• Assist to develop and manage whole-of-CDC policies and conduct environment scans of issues affecting the community.
• Assist to initiate, monitor and evaluate professional and career development initiatives of staff; promote learning organisational culture.
• Engage partners and stakeholders to grow communities and connect learning and caring initiatives.
• Handle national schemes across five CDCs; draft papers, reports and presentations to highlight CDC work.

Job description

[What the role is]

The role supports the CDC Planning & Development HQ in development of strategic plans and initiatives, and management of common flagship programmes to support CDCs in complementing government’s efforts in engaging and supporting the community. The role involves some communications, data analysis and coordination work with CDCs and community/ corporate partners.

[What you will be working on]

a) Strategic Planning and Whole-of-CDC policies

• Assist to develop strategies and initiatives to help the CDCs achieve its mission and objectives.
• Assist to develop and manage whole-of-CDC policies
• Conduct environment scan of issues affecting the community and spot trends and changing needs.

b) Organisational Development

• Assist to initiate, monitor and evaluate professional and career development initiatives of staff
• Promote learning organisational culture in CDCs and CPD

c) Network Development and Growth (include Partners and stakeholders)

• Engage partners and stakeholders and grow and connect communities together to build their capabilities to meet emerging and existing needs (for example, connecting learning and caring communities)

d) Common Based Programmes

• Handle national schemes that cut across five CDCs. Review and monitor common based programmes across CDCs to ensure the effective use of resources.
• Draft papers/ reports and prepare/ make presentations to highlight and profile CDC work as assigned by SD.

e) Social Innovation and Community Development

• Develop and incubate innovative programmes to meet emerging and existing, and increasingly complex needs.

f) Secretariat (meetings and parliamentary matters)

• Handle the corporate and administration functions of CPD which includes secretariat and staffing duties for meetings co-ordinated by and involving CPD; for programmes and projects and media matters involving all CDCs
• Assist to design and facilitate Mayors and CPD/CDCs workplan/ workshops, and in the development of the overall CDCs’ strategies so as to align to CDC’s mission and PA’s objectives.

[What we are looking for]

Other ad-hoc duties when assigned.