Director of Policy & Projects

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

Fixed Terms

Closing on 26 Aug 2025

What the role is

Introduction to Asia Pacific Sustainable Aviation Centre (APSAC)

The Asia Pacific Sustainable Aviation Centre (APSAC) is a company limited by guarantee that was set up by CAAS and registered with ACRA on 9 April 2025. APSAC is a Singapore-based centre with a regional mission to support Asia Pacific (APAC) countries to advance sustainable aviation through policy research, collaboration and capacity building. APSAC’s key activities are to:

(i) Undertake policy research in areas such as cleaner aviation fuels, carbon accounting, and carbon market development & green financing.
(ii) Facilitate collaboration across governments, industry and academia for joint studies and projects to harmonise and advance sustainable aviation policies and plans for APAC.
(iii) Provide capability-building through technical assistance and training in areas of sustainable aviation policy development and implementation.

What you will be working on

Position: Director of Policy & Projects

We are recruiting a Director of Policy & Projects to lead the Policy & Projects department at APSAC. The successful candidate will spearhead the Centre’s policy research programme, organise the curation, development, and management of policy research projects with industry and other partners, and participate in engagement with regional stakeholders to support APAC-centric sustainable aviation policy formulation.

Job Scope:

Lead the Policy & Projects department.
Main liaison with CAAS Sustainability Office for research, projects, and funding.
Identify sustainable aviation policy development needs for APAC.
Develop partnerships across APAC stakeholders that include governments, aviation and related industry organisations and academia.
Develop and define problem statements in the areas of cleaner aviation fuels, carbon accounting, market development and green financing.
Develop think pieces and papers for Asia Pacific sustainable aviation policies
Work with partners from the aviation, energy, carbon markets and financing sectors to curate research studies and projects that address APAC’s sustainable aviation policy development needs and problem statements.
Develop project scopes and requirements, including seeking approvals for budgets, deliverable and timelines.
Negotiate and formalise partnership agreements, research collaboration agreements and other forms of contracts with collaborators, as necessary and required.
Project management to ensure successful delivery of outcomes by monitoring project KPIs, reporting progress and administering project funds.
Engage with State agencies on policy development.
Share sustainable aviation policies at international platforms to build thought leadership.
Data mining and research on trends in decarbonization and related topics.
Undertake secretariat duties for APSAC Advisory Council.

What we are looking for

Competencies / Requirements:

Appropriate tertiary education, training and qualification.
A minimum of 15 years of relevant work and leadership experience.
Maturity, self-awareness and drive to work independently and as part of a team.
Relevant background and experience in aviation, sustainability, cleaner energy fuels, carbon market development and sustainability financing.
Strong interpersonal skills and cultural awareness and sensitivity for managing stakeholders across multiple sectors, including government entities, commercial companies, universities, research institutes, and international organisations and partners.
Experience in negotiating and drafting agreements related to project partnerships, research collaboration and other forms of collaboration.
Experience in managing projects across diverse stakeholders.

About Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore's raison d'etre is to develop the air hub and aviation industry in Singapore, expanding Singapore's links to the rest of the world. We enable opportunities through aviation, making connections, opening doors and enabling choices in people's lives.

About your application process

This job is closing on 26 Aug 2025.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore or the wider Public Service.