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Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Home Affairs

Senior Manager / Assistant Director (HR Management)

Permanent/Contract
Closing on 05 Mar 2026

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What the role is

The job holder plays an integral role in developing HR policies and day-to-day HR operations to build a competent, high performing and motivated workforce. The position provides an excellent opportunity for you to be involved in the development and implementation of HR policies to attract, develop and retain officers in MHA.

What you will be working on

• Conduct and Discipline The jobholder will play an integral role to uphold the integrity of the Home Team and safeguard officers’ trust that discipline is enforced in a fair, consistent and expeditious manner. The jobholder will be involved in reviewing and developing guidelines, reviewing processes, building up capability as well as knowledge management • Relationship Manager for Home Team Departments The jobholder will be the business partner for officers (across schemes of service) in Home Team Departments such as the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, to look into and provide timely delivery of HR support. • Performance Management The jobholder will manage the full spectrum of performance appraisal processes i.e. ranking and promotion for officers in the HTD. These include secretariat duties for ranking sessions and putting up recommendations to the ranking board and PSD for approval thereafter. • Recognition The jobholder is responsible in reviewing and the administration of various awards to recognise officers’ contributions. • Others The jobholder takes on other ad-hoc duties assigned by his/her supervisors to meet Ministry's / HR mission and strategic needs.

What we are looking for

• Meticulous and detail-oriented in his/her work • Dynamic and committed • Able to work independently and at the same time, a good team player with strong interpersonal skills • Ability to take a broad, strategic perspective as well as drill deep to understand business needs and challenges. • Good writing and communication skills • Able to multi-task and work with tight deadlines

About your application process

This job is closing on 05 Mar 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 Home Affairs or the wider Public Service.


About Ministry of Home Affairs

We work as a team, in partnership with the community, to make Singapore our safe and secure Best Home.

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