Manager/Snr Mngr (Leadership and Talent Management), Workforce Development, SNDG

What The Role Is

The Smart Nation Group – Digital Government (SNDG), under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and administratively managed by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), plans and prioritizes key Smart Nation and digital government projects, raises the standards of Government ICT and services, builds long-term capabilities for the public sector, and promotes adoption and participation in digital and smart innovations. It takes a whole-of-nation effort, and we will actively engage the public, the industry and fellow agencies as we build a Smart Nation together.

The Leadership and Talent Management (LTM) team in Workforce Development Division, SNDG ensures a strong leadership bench strength for the Government Information and Communications Technology and Smart Systems (ICT&SS) sector, through effective and collective talent management, in partnership with Ministries and Statutory Boards (“agencies”).

What You Will Be Working On

As part of the LTM team, you will report to the Assistant Director and be responsible for the following key areas to ensure a healthy pipeline of tech talent for key ICT&SS leadership jobs for the Government:

• Talent Attraction and Outreach. Develop, review, and execute young talent attraction and outreach strategies and initiatives, particularly in the areas of scholarships and internships. This includes overseeing talent outreach initiatives and events (e.g., information sessions, open houses) to increase the awareness and interest in an ICT career with the Singapore Government.
• Assessment and Selection. Review and manage the end-to-end assessment and selection process for young talent initiatives in the ICT&SS sector, which includes the Smart Nation Scholarship and the PSC Scholarship (Engineering) – ICT&SS sector.
• Talent Engagement. Review and refresh existing initiatives and approach for engaging young / early career talent in the Government ICT&SS sector. You will also oversee the organisation of the annual scholars’ meetup for the ICT&SS sector.
• Early Career Talent Management. Develop and implement a framework to ensure young / early career talent pool builds a strong foundation in digital tech competencies, tech leadership competencies, etc. to prepare them for ICT&SS leadership jobs in the Government.
• Effectiveness Measures. Review, implement, track and report on key metrics to measure the effectiveness of young talent initiatives. This includes improving the young talent database and data collection to enable the harnessing of deeper insights to guide informed decision-making for young talent initiatives.
  
  
  

What We Are Looking For

We are in search of motivated individuals who possess the following skillsets and traits:

Specific Experience and Competencies

• Minimally 3-5 years of experience in HR, particularly in talent acquisition and talent management.
• Basic appreciation of digital technologies is necessary, to enable the identification of digital competencies required for building a strong foundation towards key ICT&SS leadership jobs in the Government. Higher levels of digital technologies know-how will be advantageous.
• [Business Acumen] Demonstrate keenness and quickness in understanding the organisation’s as well as Government ICT&SS sector’s business context, drivers, opportunities, and risks. In doing so, develop and execute talent management strategies based on sound judgment and in alignment to the organisation’s as well as sector’s goals.
• [Sense-making and Data Analytics] Possess the ability to make data-driven recommendations. This entails the ability to perform data analysis using appropriate tools and techniques to obtain and present insights.
• [Communications and Engagement] Good writing, communication and interpersonal skills to engage a wide spectrum of external and internal stakeholders, including multi-agency and inter-departmental teams.
  
  
  

Traits and Values

• Value integrity, teamwork and take pride in going the extra mile to provide excellent service (i.e. do what is right and reasonable with empathy and respect for the people we serve, while having the overall interest of our nation and people in mind)
• Committed, with a strong passion in shaping Singapore into a Smart Nation
• Dependable, pro-active, resourceful and possess an agile problem solving mindset
• Able to work independently and manage multiple concurrent workstreams