Family Life Group (FLG), under the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), aims to strengthen and support families through their different life stages, so as to realise the vision of making Singapore the best place for family life through our policies, programmes and publicity efforts.
Inter-Generational Support (IGS), under FLG, encourages legacy planning through the Lasting Power of Attorney, protects the dignity and safeguards the interests of vulnerable persons lacking mental capacity (P) through deputyship supervision and supports the reconciliation of families.

Ministry Of Social And Family Development
Assistant Director (Operations Policy & Strategy), FLG/IGS
Permanent/Contract
Closing on 13 Apr 2026What the role is
What you will be working on
1. Service Design and Delivery
• Lead the design and improvement of deputyship services across digital and non-digital-channels
• Apply human-centred and systems-thinking approaches to policy, operational and service challenges
• Develop service journey maps, service blueprints and conduct user research to identify improvement opportunities.
2. Stakeholder Engagement
• Facilitate co-creation and service design workshops with deputies and other relevant stakeholders
• Translate user insight into clear recommendations
• Design enhanced service experiences that balance user needs with operational and regulatory constraints. enhancements) and ensure solutions meet user and operational requirements
3. Implementation and change
• Move from discovery into delivery and implementation through prototypes
• Test prototypes, refine and develop plans for scaling using evidence-based approach
• Define and ensure measures are tracked for service performance and user outcomes
• Manage projects and work with internal and external stakeholders including vendors and partnering agencies to achieve the desired outcomes.
What we are looking for
• Service design, UX, or design for public services
• Strong research and analytical disposition and skills
• Strong understanding of end-to-end service delivery in complex landscape
• Excellent writing, communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong collaboration, facilitation and stakeholder management skills
• Meticulous, innovative, resourceful, outcome driven, able to work independently and in a fast-paced environment
• Project management skills
The office location is at Bishan. You will be notified whether you have been shortlisted within 4 weeks from the closing date of this job posting.
About your application process
This job is closing on 13 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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