Manager / Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Office (SPD)
With a strong focus on innovation and collaboration, SSG works closely with employers, training providers, and individuals to create a vibrant ecosystem of learning and growth. By offering a wide range of initiatives, programs, and funding schemes, SSG enables individuals to unlock their full potential, acquire new competencies, and stay ahead in a rapidly changing job market.
Join the SPD team in SSG. We drive strategic coherence across the organisation, while sparking new forms of thinking and conceptualise new national and agency level policies to advance SSG’s mission in supporting the SkillsFuture movement. We also advance research aligned to the SSG strategic priorities to facilitate evidence-based policymaking, programme development and improvements to practice.
The Manager/Senior Manager in the Corporate Planning Office within SkillsFuture Singapore’s Strategic Planning Division is an individual contributor role focused on strategizing and planning corporate strategies that align with the whole-of-agency direction.This position involves conceptualizing, tracking, and reporting corporate KPIs to ensure long-term targets remain on track, driving collaboration with Workforce Singapore (WSG), and overseeing the SSG Board portfolio. The incumbent will also perform secretariat duties for key meeting platforms, requiring a detail-oriented and proactive individual capable of engaging stakeholders and synthesizing complex information.
The Senior Manager level will be expected to handle work of greater complexity and manage additional projects.
Strategic Planning & Direction- Strategize and plan short-to-medium term corporate strategies, aligning whole-of-agency direction to map out year-on-year priorities
- Drive collaboration with sister agency Workforce Singapore (WSG) to strengthen the Jobs-Skills nexus with joint strategies, workstreams, and indicators
- Conceptualize, track, and report corporate KPIs to ensure SSG’s longer-term targets remain on track
- Plan and oversee the SSG Board portfolio, including the selection, appointment, and renewal of members to advise on and support strategic direction and corporate priorities
- Engage with various stakeholders and drive fruitful collaborations
- Perform secretariat duties for key meeting platforms
- Synthesize a broad range of information with an eye for detail, structuring and substantiating findings using both written and visual formats
- Communicate clearly in both written and verbal form
- Possess the required competencies to execute the job duties proficiently
- Manager: Up to 6 years of relevant work experience in corporate planning. Those with no relevant experience but have been involved in relevant projects or short stints in similar areas / functions can apply
- Senior Manager: At least 6 years of relevant work experience in corporate planning
- Strong ability to synthesise and communicate complex information effectively
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to multi-task and balance competing priorities, at times under tight deadlines and with ambiguity
- Proven experience in engaging stakeholders and driving fruitful collaborations
- Resourcefulness and a strong drive to achieve results
- Ability to anticipate needs and make informed judgement calls within the scope of responsibilities
- Prior experience in organization development (OD) and data analytics is advantageous
Successful candidates will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance and may be considered for an extension or be placed on a permanent tenure.
Candidates are encouraged to sign up for a Careers & Skills Passport (CSP) account and include your CSP public profile in your resume. Please check out www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg for details on the CSP.