National Council of Social Service

Centre Manager/Deputy/Senior Assistant/Assistant Director (Sun Ray)

Permanent

Closing on 28 Apr 2026

What the role is

A Centre Manager oversees day-to-day operations and run programmes within the centre. They coordinate cross-centre and cross-sector programmes, and take on operational, HR, and finance management responsibilities for the centre. They monitor and strive to achieve key indicators of the centre’s impact and financial health, as part of achieving the overall organisation strategy.

An excellent communicator to both internal and external stakeholders, the Centre Manager provides leadership to all staff when managing incidents/problems, ensuring that all issues are resolved satisfactorily and timely.

Assistant Directors / Senior Assistant Directors / Deputy Directors are expected to lead the formulation of strategies for sub-departments or units, in order to support the department and organisation's overall strategies. They are required to negotiate with senior internal and external parties during the course of work, to reach agreement to accept whole approaches. In order to improve on and modify existing processes and techniques, the incumbent will identify and solve for complex problems through extensive investigation and analysis. At this level, roles will manage multiple teams through application of mastery of knowledge in a particular discipline, or practical experience in several functional areas

What you will be working on

Corporate functions – Corporate Services, Communications, Data & Digitalisation, Finance, Fundraising, Human Resource, Information Technology, Organisation Development, Partnership & Engagement, Strategy, Transformation, Volunteer Management

Skills and Competencies

1. Leadership

2. Strategy Planning

3. Strategy Implementation

4. Communication

5. Decision Making

6. Problem Solving

7. Interpersonal Skills

8. Resource Management

9. Stakeholder Management

10. Project Management

11. Team Management

12. Developing People

Requirements: Substantial management experience in people, private or public sector with demonstrated ability to lead teams and deliver results. Proven expertise in corporate roles.

What we are looking for

This job description is for the NCSS Sun Ray scheme. The Sun Ray scheme identifies and develops individuals with strong leadership potential for deployment and rotation across various social service agencies in leadership positions.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

About your application process

This job is closing on 28 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 National Council of Social Service or the wider Public Service.

About National Council of Social Service

NCSS is the umbrella body for over 500 member social service agencies in Singapore. Its mission is to provide leadership and direction in enhancing the capabilities and capacity of our members, advocating for social service needs, and strengthening strategic partnerships, for an effective social service ecosystem. Community Chest and Social Service Institute (SSI) are part of NCSS. For more information visit www.ncss.gov.sg

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