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Ministry Of Social And Family Development

Ministry Of Social And Family Development

Assistant Director (Systems Management), FLG/FSP

Permanent/Contract
Closing on 30 Apr 2026

What the role is

We want families to realize their hopes and aspirations. We want families to remain resilient when faced with challenges and bounce back higher after adversity. We want strong families as the building blocks of a caring community, where families readily help other families. We focus on providing a continuum of support for mainstream and early-risk families in the areas of marriage, divorce and family counselling support.

What you will be working on

Reporting to the Senior Assistant Director, you will be part of the Family Support Division ("FSP") team responsible for the Family Assist Portal and related systems development projects that support the implementation of our programmes. You will be a product manager for Family Assist Portal, as well as a supervisor for managers in the team. Product Management and Operations: • Conduct research and service journeys, and develop a comprehensive roadmap to better serve families facing relationship stressors through Family Assist Portal • Develop user stories, prioritise features, groom product backlogs, taking into consideration impact, feasibility, and strategic importance • Manage system integrations through close collaboration with internal departments, other government agencies and IT vendors • Lead user acceptance testing and follow-up in addressing issues • Track overall progress to ensure alignment to outcome metrics • Drive stakeholder engagement with government agencies, social service partners and other collaborators • Ensure operational quality and support continuous improvement initiatives • Oversee budget monitoring, procurement processes and administrative matters for the Family Assist portal

What we are looking for

• At least 5 years of experience in product management and/or systems development • Supervisory experience with ability to guide and support team members • Strong project management skills and able to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines • Strong communication skills. Able to establish good collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders • Ability to analyse issues from a strategic and systems perspective, while having a good grasp of details and processes. • Strong problem-solving skills. Ability to consider all facets in implementation – business value, user impact, technology readiness and risks • Ability to support senior management in strategic planning and implementation • Knowledge and experience implementing agile/scrum methodology will be an advantage Only shortlisted candidates will be notified within 4 weeks from the closing date of this position.

About your application process

This job is closing on 30 Apr 2026.

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 Ministry Of Social And Family Development or the wider Public Service.


About Ministry Of Social And Family Development

Join Us at MSF for a Meaningful, People-Centric Career! At MSF, our mission is to nurture and build resilient individuals, strong families, and a caring society. We offer meaningful and impactful people-centric careers in the design and delivery of policies, services and programmes. We are an all-inclusive and family friendly workplace where career growth is prioritised through a comprehensive suite of development opportunities to help our officers succeed today as well as be future-ready. We do this through various formal and informal learning and development programmes for officers to build different competencies and gain diverse work experiences within MSF, the Public as well as the Social Service Sectors.

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