Senior/ Manager, Plans & Development

hyperscal solutions pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MINDS is seeking a Senior/Manager, Plans & Development to steer strategic planning and long-term initiatives. You will conduct horizon scanning, analysis, and think tank pieces to transform the organisation for the future, engaging with multiple senior stakeholders and cross‑departmental teams.

The role focuses on strategy formulation, change management, and performance monitoring to enhance MINDS' mission and services for PWIDs and their families in Singapore.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or quality improvement.
• Experience in Occupational Health and Safety is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and review MINDS' medium to long term plans and initiatives.
• Conduct horizon scanning and evidence-based analysis to inform strategy.

Skills

Strategic planning

Risk management

Occupational Health & Safety

Quality improvement

Education

Related degree or postgraduate qualification

Job description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

MINDS has been caring for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PWIDs) and their families since 1962.

Grounded in the belief that all PWIDs have innate abilities and talents, MINDS is committed to empowering them and enhancing their quality of life, while advocating for greater inclusivity for PWIDs as a nation.

MINDS is today one of the largest charities in Singapore employing more than 1200 staff. With the key focus to expand community-based services, improving the employability of PWIDS, strengthening education, and engendering inclusive community living, MINDS offers a holistic range of services and programmes across the PWIDs' lifespan.

These include schools, employment and training development centres, home-based care services and community-based services to cater to the physical, psychological, environmental and social needs of PWIDs. For more information, please visit www.minds.org.sg.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Senior/ Manager, Plans & Development is responsible for the sense making of MINDS' strategic and operational environment. S/He plans, implements and reviews MINDS' medium to long term plans & initiatives. S/He is also conscientious in ascertaining and assessing relevant strategic and operational matters that might impact MINDS' business model, modus operandi and strategies, Mission and Vision.

S/He is required to conduct strategic reviews/analysis, study into areas of organisation development, and think tank pieces that will help to reframe and transform the organisation for the future.

S/He may work in various settings within MINDS that pertain directly or indirectly to the organisation's strategic and management planning processes. These could range from Workplan Seminars, Board Management Retreats, Annual Planning Forums, Board Meetings, Partnership Engagements, and Senior Management Meetings.

S/He should be proactive, forward looking, conversant in systems thinking and sensitive to the strategic needs of the organisation. S/He should possess strong inter-personal communication and problem-solving skills.

Strategic Planning

• Conduct regular horizon scanning on relevant strategic and operational matters.

• Plan, conduct and manage Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), where required, and other sensing mechanisms to gather insights, opinions and feedback on MINDS' effectiveness in delivering its mission.

• Analyse and sense-make from collected data points to assess potential implications and impacts on MINDS, and present findings to the Senior Management Team on a regular basis and annually.

• Conduct strategic analysis to support planning for MINDS' service and operational models, as well as its long-term positioning.

• Identify key issues and potential "Black Swan" events arising from horizon scanning that may impact MINDS' Vision, Mission, Business Model and Strategic Thrusts.

• Undertake evidence-based trials, experiments and projects relevant to strategic planning, where necessary.

• Conduct research studies in areas relating to organisational development, such as Knowledge Management and Change Management.

• Conduct strategic reviews and analyses on the effectiveness of organisational policies and programmes, including areas such as data collection and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).

• Produce Think Tank research pieces that reframe and transform strategic thinking within the organisation, such as Inclusive Living for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PWIDs), Independent Living for PWIDs, and funding models shifting from care to development.

Change Management

• Assist in the conduct of change management workshops, where required.

Strategic Partnership

• Liaise and collaborate with external agencies on strategic matters to enhance service delivery standards and improve clients' quality of life.

Organisation Excellence

• Study and review the bi-monthly MINDS Monitoring Dashboard for presentation to Senior Management Meetings (SMM) and the Board.

• Assist in the development and approval of the MINDS Monitoring Dashboard using data analytics.

• Review and present the MINDS Monitoring Dashboard, supported by data analytics, to SMM and the Board.

Culture Building & Planning Cycle

• Design, plan and execute MINDS' Annual Workplan Seminar.

• Assist in the design, planning, execution and, where required, facilitation of MINDS' management retreats.

Any Other Duties Assigned by Reporting Officer

• Participate in cross-departmental projects and initiatives, where opportunities arise.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in strategic planning, risk management and Occupational Health and Safety, or quality improvement

• A relevant degree qualification and/or postgraduate qualification and/or in a related field of expertise

OTHER INFORMATION

• Demonstrated experience and skills in strategic planning; analysing, framing, reframing, systems thinking, wide span of perspective, and grounded in options generation

• High level of written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders

Please note that your application will be sent to and reviewed by the direct employer - MINDSG LTD