You lead a team responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing the Digital and Intelligence Service's (DIS) external and internal communications campaigns to achieve strategic communications (SC) outcomes.

Together with your team, you develop media and publicity plans to support DIS communications objectives and ensure internal stakeholders are informed about DIS updates. In addition, you formulate and execute crisis communications plans to manage incidents and crises, preserving and strengthening public trust and confidence in the DIS. You also collaborate with internal partners to develop media collaterals for DIS media channels. Your challenges lie in working in a fast-paced environment with short media cycle deadlines, maintaining close coordination with relevant DIS agencies, staying abreast of events and news, and creatively portraying the DIS with interesting angles and visuals.

You must have a tertiary qualification in Communications, Psychology, International Relations, Social Sciences, or related fields, with at least 6 years' relevant work experience in public communications, corporate communications, or marketing. Possession of strong leadership, team management, planning, public relations, and communication skills is preferred. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

The mission of MINDEF and the Singapore Armed Forces is to enhance Singapore's peace and security through deterrence and diplomacy, and should these fail, to secure a swift and decisive victory over the aggressor. The Defence Executive Officer (DXO) scheme is the non-uniformed career scheme of MINDEF that offers myriad opportunities in various job functions, such as corporate communications, cyber security, data analytics and visualisation, defence policy, finance, HR, psychology, and more. Embodying the same level of commitment towards defence, DXOs work together with their military counterparts to contribute to MINDEF/SAF’s mission and ensure Singapore's security and stability. United by this common cause, our lines of defence complement each other to secure the prosperity and progress of our nation.