SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (STRATEGIC AND RESOURCE PLANNING),

At MSE and our family of agencies – PUB, NEA, and SFA – we drive sustainability and resilience initiatives that improve the everyday lives of Singaporeans. As part of the MSE Family, you will be at the forefront of innovation, leading efforts to safeguard water resources, protect public health, and ensure food safety. Through partnerships across sectors, we tackle evolving challenges while fostering an inclusive, safe, and supportive workplace. Join us in shaping Singapore’s sustainable future and making a lasting impact on the everyday lives of generations to come. The Research, Futures & Planning Division (RFPD) functions as a sense-maker across MSE and our 3 statutory boards. We ensure that the MSE family: • Plans effectively for the future, through identifying driving forces, challenges and opportunities that impact or will impact our work. • Supports the development and implementation of policies and decisions, through a combination of analytics, decision science and behavioural insights. • Continually enhances the way our officers work, through driving a culture of innovation, use of technology and data, and process improvement. • Allocates resources efficiently and effectively, according to the Ministry's strategic priorities and through a framework for prioritisation and evaluation. Within RFPD, the Strategic and Resource Planning (SRP) team oversees: • Planning – we drive MSE planning through annual work plans, performance accountability, parliamentary processes, and enterprise risk management. • Futures – we identify relevant driving forces, challenges & opportunities, and translate them to actionable insights for policy divisions and statutory boards to plan for. • Capability building – we identify areas for improvement in strategic capabilities and implement projects to address these gaps. These translates to frameworks, SOPs, systems within the MSE family. • Connecting and coordinating – we represent MSE at inter-agency platforms, and coordinate Ministry family positions for whole-of-government issues.

Your key responsibilities include: • Driving the overarching sustainability agenda and plans for MSE and its Statutory Boards (MSE Family). • Periodic benchmarking of corporate and operational sustainability measures. • Identifying competency and resource needs at the MSE Family level in operationalising different phases of the plans. • Exploring feasibility studies and technological pilots with stakeholders. • Cultivate and maintain networks and partnerships with sustainability officers in MSE Family and relevant external agencies. • Organising related activities, meetings and events as needed.

• Tertiary qualifications with at least 6 years of relevant work experience, with preference for candidates with certifications in sustainability reporting standards and carbon accounting. • Prior experience in formulating and/or implementing corporate policies and measures in environmental sustainability. • Independent, motivated, and able to multi-task in a dynamic environment. • Strong communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills. • Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast paced environment. • Resourceful and strong problem-solving skills.