The Urban Redevelopment Authority is a statutory board under the Minister of National Development (MND). Our Urban Design departments within the Conservation and Urban Design Group (CUDG) play a role in transforming Singapore’s physical environment and draw up district masterplans and urban design plans that contribute to the rejuvenation of our city centre.
As planning and design work becomes more complex and data-driven, there is increasing need to streamline internal workflows and reduce manual effort. We are strengthening the use of automation and digital tools to enable more efficient and responsive planning processes.
As a tech specialist within the Urban Design Central Area team, you will develop practical automation solutions to support architects and planners in their day-to-day work. This is a hands-on, staff-level role focused on delivering usable tools and workflow improvements.
This is a 1-year contract role. The successful candidate will be offered a 1-year contract.
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Manager (Urban Planning Tech Specialist: Automation and Workflow Support)
Contract
Closing on 27 May 2026What the role is
What you will be working on
You will work closely with architects, planners and technology teams to:
1. Develop automation solutions
Build lightweight scripts, tools and workflows to automate repetitive tasks such as document processing, data handling and file management.
2. Improve day-to-day workflows
Identify workflow pain points and translate them into simple, practical technical solutions that staff can adopt easily.
3. Enable adoption and usability
Ensure solutions are user-friendly, well-documented and maintainable by non-technical users.
4. Coordinate with technology teams.
Act as a liaison with our IT teams to communicate requirements and support implementation of solutions.
Within the contract period, you are expected to:
- Deliver working automation tools or scripts addressing key workflow bottlenecks.
- Achieve measurable reductions in manual processing effort for selected tasks.
- Establish simple, sustainable solutions that can be used and maintained by the team.
What we are looking for
Core requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, IT, or related fields.
- Ability to develop scripts or automation tools (e.g. PowerShell, Python or equivalent).
- Strong analytical skills to break down workflows and identify automation opportunities.
Preferred
- Experience with GIS tools and automation (e.g. ArcGIS Pro, ArcPy).
- Experience automating document or data workflows across common office tools.
- Familiarity with working in a user-facing technical support or implementation role.
General competences
- Able to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and explain solutions clearly.
- Detail-oriented and comfortable working with data.
- Proactive, practical, and focused on delivering usable solutions.
About your application process
This job is closing on 27 May 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 Urban Redevelopment Authority or the wider Public Service.
About Urban Redevelopment Authority
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is Singapore's national land use planning authority. URA prepares long term strategic plans, as well as detailed local area plans, for physical development, and then co-ordinates and guides efforts to bring these plans to reality. Prudent land use planning has enabled Singapore to enjoy strong economic growth and social cohesion, and ensures that sufficient land is safeguarded to support continued economic progress and future development.
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