Senior Learning & Development Specialist (Leadership Development)

We are looking for an experienced Senior Learning and Development (L&D) Specialist to join our Leadership Development team that creates learning experiences and other developmental interventions to support the leader growth journey of middle managers and directors in the Singapore Public Service.

• Managing leadership milestone programmes and other leadership development workshops: At appropriate junctures in their leader journey, our leaders attend selected milestone programmes to learn and grow during such leadership transitions. You will manage a few of these programmes with a high volume of runs per year, working with a range of stakeholders (e.g. decision makers, associates, vendors, and internal administration) to ensure their proper and timely implementation. You will shape the learning design of these programmes, evaluate learner’s satisfaction, and provide recommendations for improvement for each programme. In addition, as a project manager for other skills-based leadership development workshops, you will also need to manage the workshops’ budget and plan for regular runs. You will need to work with our associates on their deployment to deliver the workshops to quality and relevance. • Creating self-paced learning experiences via virtual platforms: You will support our creation and dissemination of self-paced learning objects and experiences. These can be follow-ons from the programme experiences stated above, to support our leaders to apply learnings from the classroom to their leadership situations in the workplace. You will also explore emerging learning technologies that push our imagination as to what we can offer our leaders in the Public Service and excite them to learn.

• Experience: About 7-8 years of relevant work experience in learning design and development with a strong interest in leadership and organisation development. In addition, you should have some experience with designing and delivering digital learning experiences to positive impact for leaders. Lastly, you should have a proven track record in partnering colleagues and influencing stakeholders across department and/or organisational boundaries. • Knowledge and Expertise: Excellent project management skills and ability to manage and influence stakeholder and partner relationships to progress each project within budget and timelines, anticipating risks and problem solving along the way. Good design thinking and has an emerging point of view on leadership, leadership development and building change capabilities in leaders and organisations. • Qualities: • A sense of purpose to serve in the Singapore Public Service. • Demonstrates integrity, humility, curiosity, and drive for excellence. • Self-aware and situationally aware, quick to pick up on interpersonal and environmental dynamics. • Comfortable with uncertainty, working with unknowns and adapting with a “can do” spirit. Sees opportunities instead of challenges with each change. • Good attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities or high volume of tasks in the same period. • A good team player who works well in an egalitarian team environment. At the same time, has the capacity to be independent-minded, and ambition and ability to drive projects to completion with minimal guidance.