Executive/Senior Executive (Strategic Planning), RFPD [GRIT@Gov]

At MSE and our family of agencies – PUB, NEA, and SFA – we drive sustainability and resilience initiatives that improve the everyday lives of Singaporeans. As part of the MSE Family, you will be at the forefront of innovation, leading efforts to safeguard water resources, protect public health, and ensure food safety. Through partnerships across sectors, we tackle evolving challenges while fostering an inclusive, safe, and supportive workplace. Join us in shaping Singapore’s sustainable future and making a lasting impact on the everyday lives of generations to come. The Research, Futures & Planning Division (RFPD) functions as a sense-maker across MSE and our 3 statutory boards. We ensure that the MSE family: 1. Plans effectively for the future, through identifying driving forces, challenges and opportunities that impact or will impact our work; 2. Develops and implements policies and decisions better, through a combination of analytics, decision science and behavioural insights; 3. Continually enhances the way our officers work, through adopting an innovation mindset, employment best practices and leveraging technology; 4. Allocates resources efficiently and effectively, through a framework for prioritizing and evaluating our programmes; and 5. Is connected at relevant inter-agency platforms and for Whole of Government issues. Within RFPD, the Strategic Planning (SP) team oversees: 1. Strategic planning – this includes the annual work plan cycle, management of annual Budget/COS and Strategic Budget Review Meeting, and Senior Management Advance; 2. Corporate planning – this includes the annual Enterprise Risk Management review, strategic KPIs, management of parliamentary matters, and driving corporate sustainability initiatives; 3. Connecting & coordinating – we represent MSE at inter-agency platforms, and coordinate coherent Ministry family positions for whole-of-government issues; and 4. Foresight and research – from time to time, we undertake foresight and research initiatives such as a review of MSE’s long-term outcomes and strategies.

As a member of the team, you will be involved in managing a mix of both strategic and corporate planning projects, including involvement in some research and programming. You will also work closely with MSE, NEA, PUB, and SFA colleagues on MSE family initiatives and other government agencies on WOG related workstreams.

To succeed in this role, you should have: 1. Analytical skills, instincts & acumen – ability to analyse and grasp the crux of new problem statements or issues, break down into component pieces, and structure a solution; 2. Resourcefulness – ability to figure out where to get facts and who to collaborate with; and having a self-starter mindset, taking the initiative to find information and propose solutions; 3. Writing ability – strong language skills and writing ability to put across ideas clearly and effectively. Requirements - Keen ability to grasp issues and acquire knowledge in new domains, and to analyse multiple sources of information and data. - Strong analytical, strategic, and conceptual thinking skills; able to connect the dots or draw implications from facts and findings to derive insights for strategy formulation. - Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast paced environment. - Resourceful and strong problem-solving skills. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills. - Highly motivated, takes the initiative and able to learn and work independently and multi-task in a dynamic environment.