• Lead or support the Alliance for Action on Advancing Career & Employment Services (AfA-ACES) project to develop and pilot new career & employment services to support new work models

  • Strong liaison skills to effectively engage MOM’s policy division which is co-leading AfA-ACEs

  • Proficiency to derive insights from applied research, drive coordination, planning and project management of pilots

  • Engage industry to participate as pilot owners and industry experts

  • Manage funding contracts, arrangements and disbursements

  • Evaluate the outcomes of the pilots and develop post-pilot prototypes/new initiatives

  • Perform secretariat duties as needed

• Develop and implement new programmes and initiatives with industry partners to enable WSG to be an effective sector lead for career and employment services,  

  • Conceptualise new programmes and initiatives involving internal stakeholders and industry partners

  • Seek funding and resourcing to implement programmes and initiatives

  • Engage and appoint industry partners to develop and implement programmes and initiatives

  • Manage funding arrangements and disbursements

  • Evaluate outcomes of programmes and initiatives

• Manage International Relations for WSG, including assessment for strategic opportunities, building and maintaining connections with best-in-class public employment services and international entities

• Support the development, coordination and review of whole-of-WSG strategies to drive productive reallocation of labour

  • Competencies in critical thinking, a general understanding of economics, and outcomes reporting, that will help to develop and establish the value and impact of workstreams under WSG’s multi-year strategy, WSG 2030, and report on its progress

  • Proficiency in coordinating and driving WSG’s overall efforts as a sector lead in the career and employment services sector to build career health of individuals and employers

• Support Budget/COS materials and speeches, PQs, Cab Memo and management reports

Knowledge/Skills

• Excellent writing and communication skills

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and able to understand issues beyond the surface

• Good project management and problem-solving skills

• Have a good theoretical understanding and application of principles and concepts in labour economics

• Have a good understanding of public governance and its principles

• Skills to derive data-driven insights and understand quantitative data would be preferred

Aptitudes/Abilities

• Strong interpersonal skills and able to engage external and internal stakeholders

• Perceptive and able to problem-solve and work independently

• Resourceful and pro-active in managing work assignments

• Comfortable to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

• Organised, meticulous and detail oriented with an inquisitive mind that seeks to understand beyond the surface

• Be committed to the ethos of public service

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.