Snr Lead Policy Analyst (Compensation and Org. Design), HR Policy Transformation

Public Service Division; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore seeks a policy analyst to reformulate HR policies related to compensation and organizational design. The ideal candidate will leverage strong analytical abilities and have at least 2 years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include policy development, stakeholder engagement, and advocating best practices for a diverse public sector workforce. Opportunities for collaboration and impact exist within this pivotal role.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical abilities with detail orientation.
• Curiosity and resourcefulness to design effective solutions.
• Strong communicator in both writing and presentations.
• Ability to engage stakeholders effectively.
• A resourceful approach to getting things done.
• Values integrity and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HR policies.
• Lead end-to-end policy development and refinement.
• Advocate best practices in public service compensation.
• Forge partnerships with HR leaders and management.
• Manage queries from agencies effectively.

Skills

Analytical abilities

Data-driven decision making

Effective communication

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Education

2+ years in policy development or HR work

Tools

Excel

Job description

What the role is:

PSD’s HR Policy cluster is reimagining HR policies, including compensation and benefits, talent attraction, development, and performance management, for Singapore’s biggest employer – the public service and its 153,000 officers. We’re rethinking how policies, operations and tech could look like for a multi‑generational workforce, against the backdrop of career tour‑of‑duties and tech disruption. Play a driving role in enabling a diverse, flourishing public sector workforce that continues to deliver great policies, initiatives and services, for the next 60 years.

What you will be working on:

You’ll be part of a team of policy analysts from various agencies and specialists from Michael Page, Accenture, PWC and Kantar to ensure that our compensation and organisational design policies don’t just keep pace – they lead the way, ensuring that we attract the best talent for the job, while balancing fiscal prudence and being future‑ready to cater to evolving trends such as job fractionalisation. The short feedback loop means that you will land tangible impact, quickly, on the ground.

• Do the end‑to‑end of policy development and implementation: From understanding the need, developing policy solutions, operationalising through agencies and systems, closing the feedback loop and refining policies.
• Develop deep expertise and specialist knowledge in (a) formulating performance and market‑based rewards framework and compensation packages and (b) organisational design, structure planning, job grading/evaluation methodologies.
• Develop policy acumen for national‑level strategic considerations, future needs, economic and manpower trends.
• Be a thought leader in advocating best practices of how Public Service compensation policies and strategies can evolve to be future‑ready.
• Forge deep partnerships with key stakeholders, such as HR leaders, agency senior management and HR systems and tech teams, to land your policies.
• Manage agencies’ clarifications and requests, and innovate on the operational front through tech, process and policy redesign, to free up time for more impactful work.
• Have opportunities for stretch assignments that involve cross‑cluster collaboration on areas such as compensation, performance management, talent mobility, ops and tech.

What we are looking for:

• Strong analytical abilities, data‑driven with detail orientation. Comfortable with quantitative analysis, particularly in Excel.
• Curiosity about problems and the why, and resourcefulness to navigate the macro context to design and implement effective and timely solutions.
• Strong communicator in written, slides and spoken. Ability to communicate complex issues and policy solutions simply. Ability to extract and distil complex analysis into key decision points for senior stakeholders.
• Willingness and drive to effectively engage a range of stakeholders to ensure that policy is successfully implemented.
• Bias for action and relentlessly resourceful in getting things done.
• Values integrity, teamwork and takes pride in going the extra mile.
• At least 2 years of experience in policy development or HR work, preferably in related areas of compensation or total rewards, job grading/evaluation, organisational design or organisational structure planning. We also welcome candidates without such prior experience who are willing and keen to pick up these competencies.
• Experience in policy and/or government – a plus.
• Understanding of tech and innovation – a plus.
• Familiarity with data processes – a plus; this entails understanding best practices, engaging stakeholders to co‑create a portfolio of standard and customised data products, and working with systems and processes to ensure that data is captured and analysed in a useful way for stakeholders.

Applicants will typically be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of the job posting. Successful candidates will be appointed on a 2‑year contract in the first instance.

About Public Service Division

The Public Service Division (PSD) stewards a trusted Singapore Public Service for a successful and vibrant Singapore. Our 4 key roles include:

• Developing a flourishing and diverse workforce by supporting our public officers’ continual growth of skills and creating meaningful careers.
• Developing a forward‑looking and inspiring community of leaders who are united, resilient, and anchored in public service values and ethos.
• Building future‑ready public sector organisations by steering and supporting transformation of our organisations and catalysing innovations for organisations to work more effectively.
• Driving good governance, values and excellence to safeguard the integrity and reputation of the Public Service and uphold the trust of citizens.

Why Join Us

When you join PSD, you become part of a community that learns together and cares for one another. We look out for your well‑being and partner you in your career growth. Being in the business of developing People and driving transformation makes our work deeply Purposeful. What you do will impact our public officers and agencies, and in turn make a difference to Singapore and Singaporeans.

If you share our passion in reimagining Possibilities and pushing boundaries to shape a first‑class Public Service, we welcome you to join us!

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