Strategy Group brings Government together to drive ambition and alignment of strategic priorities and policies within and across sectors.

The officer will be deployed to the Socio-Economic Policy Directorate. He or she is expected to support the Director in the following areas of work: a. Drive and coordinate the government’s socio-economic strategy and agenda. b. Develop new workstreams to refresh policy thinking on key and emerging socio-economic issues including social mobility and population ageing. c. Conduct research and analysis on key socio-economic issues. d. Strengthen the organisation of agencies in tackling key socio-economic issues. e. Monitor and ensure progress on key socio-economic strategies. f. Support the staffing of key whole-of-government socio-economic platforms and ministerial committees.

a. Strong critical thinking and systems thinking, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to operate in ambiguous, fluid and unstructured environments. b. Able to handle open-ended studies on long-term issues and work with agencies to develop strategies and policy options. c. Ability to harness data to inform policy. d. Independent self-starter who possesses intellectual curiosity. e. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders; a team player prepared to take on different team roles and work across organisational and hierarchical boundaries. f. Prior experience in a social policy portfolio is helpful but not necessary.

The Strategy Group in the Prime Minister’s Office drives Whole-of-Government strategic planning, and partners government agencies on policy development. It identifies key priorities and emerging issues over the medium to long term, such as population and climate change; it influences strategic resource allocation; and catalyses new functions and capabilities in order to deliver policies that are in the long-term interest of Singapore.