You will report to the Team Lead and be part of a team that plans, manages and allocates WSG’s annual and multi-year budgets, and manpower establishment. You will evaluate budget requests submitted by WSG divisions and work with key stakeholders to ensure a robust system in managing WSG’s financial resources. Your responsibilities include:
Manager/ Senior Manager, Resource Planning Team [RPD]
Workforce Singapore
Fixed Terms
What the role is
What you will be working on
Resource Planning & Management
Implement and review WSG’s budget allocation framework and budget governance structure to support WSG business needs and priorities.
Ensure alignment of resource planning with WSG’s strategic priorities and the Jobs and Skills strategies and desired outcomes.
Drive WSG’s annual budget planning process, providing guidance and strategically evaluating budget requests from WSG divisions. This includes evaluating budget and spending effectiveness against corporate outcomes, as well as budget forecasting and sensitivity analysis of budget data.
Implement and review the approach for manpower estab planning and management, and ensure effective estab management by critically evaluating requests for manpower estab against alignment to overall organisational objectives.
Negotiate with and secure support from central agencies on budgetary and estab matters and undertake analysis of feedback and change requests to further refine budget, estab and funding policies.
Budget Evaluation
Provide objective evaluations of budget requests to ensure justified and prudent spending, for decision by key approving authorities such as the Budget and Resource Allocation Committee, as well as WSG Finance Committee and Board.
Work with WSG divisions on their budget requests and handle budget-related queries.
Review and enhance the budget evaluation framework for improvements in process, analysis and strategic alignment to WSG’s goals.
What we are looking for
Requirements
Preferably at least 3 years of public sector experience in relevant fields such as resource planning and management
Possess good communication, writing and presentation skills
Possess strong analytical, critical thinking and numerical skills
Organised, meticulous and detail-oriented
Able to work well with internal and external stakeholders
All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.
About Workforce Singapore
Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). It will oversee the transformation of the local workforce and industry to meet ongoing economic challenges.
WSG will promote the development, competitiveness, inclusiveness, and employability of all levels of the workforce. This will ensure that all sectors of the economy are supported by a strong, inclusive Singaporean core.
While its key focus is to help workers meet their career aspirations and secure quality jobs at different stages of life, WSG will also address the needs of business owners and companies by providing support to enable manpower-lean enterprises to remain competitive. It will help businesses in different economic sectors create quality jobs, develop a manpower pipeline to support industry growth, and match the right people to the right jobs