Community Relations Traineeship [GRIT@Gov]

In this role, you will get to work with a diverse range of stakeholders to tackle emerging socio-economic challenges faced by at-risk groups within the community. You will be required to analyse key trends across a range of socio-economic indicators, such as education and employment, conduct deep dives to identify barriers to progress at the local level, and design practical interventions to help the at-risk communities overcome these barriers. In the course of the partnership and engagement work, you will also have the opportunity to trial different digital tools that can help strengthen the stakeholder engagement process.

You will be working on community-based pilots involving the design and implementation of practical interventions to uplift at-risk communities and improve their socio-economic outcomes, e.g. preschool enrolment and attendance, academic performance, employment rates, etc. This will require you to: • Work with relevant government agencies and community partners to coordinate efforts in each of the identified pilot locations • Identify and track programme-level KPIs to measure the effectiveness of the community-based interventions • Synthesise the insights and learning points from each pilot to support subsequent scaling up across other geographical locations You will also have the opportunity to review existing processes in data collation, analysis and presentation to maintain a dashboard of relevant outcome indicators, and pilot the use of digital/AI tools to support the stakeholder engagement process, including in areas of stakeholder mapping, synthesis of stakeholder information from internal and public sources, and creation of structured engagement logs to enable more effective stakeholder management.

Candidates with relevant experience (such as through internship or volunteerism) in community development, programme management and stakeholder engagement, are welcome to apply. Experience in managing inter-agency projects or working with diverse community partners, including with minority groups, would be an advantage. As the role will require the candidate to design and implement community-based interventions, candidates who are able to demonstrate awareness of implementation challenges, including balancing ideals with on-the-ground realities, would be preferred.