Government jobs in United States

The Government Partnerships & Engagement Group (GPEG) contributes to the development of a collaborative government that galvanises partnerships and engagement (PE) with citizens who are empowered to take action for a better Singapore. GPEG coordinates whole-of-Government (WOG) public engagement efforts and partnership initiatives to ensure robust policies, strengthen trust between government and citizens and encourage citizens’ civic participation.

• The Planning and Development team drives WOG public sector PE strategies and initiatives, develops organisational PE capacity, and enhances the PE capabilities of public officers.
• The Singapore Government Partnerships Office is a first‑stop for those seeking to partner Government. The SGPO facilitates interactions between partners and government agencies, and develops resources to enable these partnerships.

• Guide a team in working with citizens and agencies to support ground‑up partnership ideas and develop meaningful partnerships, for the benefit of Singapore and Singaporeans.
• Coordinate, implement and institutionalise systems, processes and structures to sustain and advance partnership and engagement across government and other stakeholders.
• Manage and build relationships with a variety of partners and stakeholders.
• Drive programme delivery of citizen engagement outreach platforms.
• Assess and refine citizen ideas, pulling in appropriate partners and resources to bring these ideas into reality.
• Work with other government agencies to collectively build up capabilities and processes to better partner citizens and jointly implement ground‑up ideas.
• Drive and manage the governance, administration and review of funding options and grant schemes to support citizen partnerships.
• Develop a wider ecosystem beyond the government that can support citizen ideas.
• Identify and build relationships with key stakeholders that have synergies with GPEG objectives in ground up, community, and philanthropic spaces.
• Support the growth of these stakeholders such that they can play the role of enablers in a wider ecosystem that supports partnerships.
• Develop the capabilities of civil society and citizens to lead and take action for their communities.
• Lead and advise on major government engagements.
• Design and execute major cross‑cutting engagements with citizens for better policy and programme outcomes.
• Provide advisory to individual agencies that require help for their engagement efforts.
• Experiment with new engagement methods which can be adopted at larger scale.

• At least 5 years of experience in fields related to government citizen partnership and engagement, or with stakeholder management.

• Excellent writing, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to multi‑task.
• Ability to work independently as well as in teams.
• Ability to work with and build relationships with a variety of partners and stakeholders.
• Proactive and able to handle new challenges.
• Past experience in designing and executing government partnership and engagement.
• Effective manager with a passion for developing people and building a strong team.