Deputy Director (Defence Relations Strategy & Operations)

You lead a team to strategise and plan the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)'s Defence Relations (DR) efforts with defence partners while maintaining an overarching view of each Services' engagement to ensure alignment and understanding of the overall SAF's intent.

- Collaborate with key stakeholders in MINDEF and respective Services for defence relations engagements - Oversee principals' DR calendar to plan and prepare for incoming/outgoing visits and bilateral forums - Lead preparation of briefing notes to support principals in discussions with defence partners, including clearing minutes, notes of calls, and congratulatory and valedictory letters - Head Secretariat for High-Level Meetings and respective Sub-Forums - Lead planning of engagement programmes to strengthen relationships with defence partners Challenge(s) - Leading and motivating team - managing extensive interaction with internal and external stakeholders under time pressure - Requiring deep understanding of defence partners and languages such as Bahasa Indonesia for effective communication - Maintaining granular planning and organisational skills

- Education in International Relations, Political Science, Security Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, History or Social Sciences related fields - At least 15 years of experience in defence relations/policy/research work or related areas - Experience in research and analysis preferred - Ability to lead and motivate team with high level of maturity - Interpersonal skills for networking with internal and external stakeholders - Deep understanding of defence partners with language skills such as Bahasa Indonesia critical for effective communication - Granular planning, organisational and communication skills with high emotional intelligence - Ability to write clearly and succinctly - Good analytical and problem-solving skills - Able to think critically to analyse and synthesise large amounts of information - comfortable working independently or as part of team - Ability to manage team dynamics effectively Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.