Job Description

Are you passionate about enhancing workers’ employment and employability? Can you connect workers with employers through job-matching, career guidance, and skills upgrading? Ready to collaborate on recruitment, training, and job redesign to support nationwide skills development? If your answers are “yes”, we want you to join us and make a significant impact on the employment and employability landscape today!We are seeking a highly effective Assistant Director, Grant Policy to join our Grant Management Group in our department dedicated to employment and employability!In this role, you will support NTUC’s sub-department. You will work with the Deputy Director to drive improvements in funding programmes and policies administered by the organisation. You will also contribute towards the streamlining and harmonisation of various grant schemes. As a strong negotiator, you are required to balance our interests while meeting stakeholders’ objectives when managing funds and programmes. You will also lead the secretariat of an NTUC grant scheme.Job RequirementsWorked for at least 10 years with at least 3 years’ experience in policy work, preferably in the Singapore public service.Possess managerial and organisational skills, and able to provide guidance and lead a team effectively.Possess strong interpersonal and negotiation skills to drive effective collaboration with relevant stakeholders both within and outside the labour movement.Possess strong analytical and writing capabilities, and the ability to communicate complex policies/ issues clearly.Responsive, adaptive and able to multi-task in a fast-paced working environment.Working Location: Jurong East, Devan Nair Institute Designation and salary will commensurate with experience.We will only contact shortlisted candidates.

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