Individual Insolvency Administrator/Executive, 6 months

What The Role Is

The Ministry of Law ensures a sound and progressive legal infrastructure, intellectual property infrastructure and insolvency regime, and optimizes land resources, to support national goals. You will be part of the Individual Insolvency and Debt Repayment Scheme Division of the Insolvency & Public Trustee's Office (IPTO) and handle Adjudication or Asset Realisation.

What You Will Be Working On

Adjudication

You will be responsible for all areas of adjudication under the division and be involved in engaging bankrupts, individuals/entities in possession of information/documents relating to bankrupts’ assets, law firms and creditors.

• Examine the validity of claims filed by creditors.
• Correspond with creditors, solicitors and/or bankrupts on request for additional information and/or further documentary evidence in support of the claims filed against the bankruptcy estate – may include resolving disputes between creditors and bankrupts which arise in the adjudication of the Proof of Debt.
• Sending statutory rejection notice to creditors whose claims are not admitted by the Official Assignee.
• Conduct preliminary adjudication for case classification and the Official Assignee’s asset realisation efforts.
• Assess creditors’ appeals to file Proof of Debt after the expiration of statutory timeline.
• Liaise with solicitors in respect of suits, counterclaims, contingent claims, and unquantified damages.
  
  
  

Asset Realisation

You will be responsible for all areas of asset realisation under the division and be involved in engaging bankrupts, individuals/entities in possession of information/documents relating to bankrupts’ assets, law firms and creditors.

• Liaise with external parties on matters relating to bankrupts’ assets
• Examine and verify documents submitted by the bankrupts or asset holders
• Ensure that information on bankrupts’ assets are properly recorded and documented
• Follow procedures and guidelines in realising/liquidating bankrupts’ assets
• Handle both general and case-specific enquiries from bankrupts and creditors
• Ensure that the proceeds from the realisation of bankrupts’ assets are remitted timely to the bankruptcy estates
• Review existing asset realisation processes and suggest improvements to work procedures
  
  
  

What We Are Looking For

Key Competencies

• [Customer Service and Case Management] Effectively deliver services, coordinate, and manage service cases, from the start of service requests to their resolution, including resolving service challenges and performing service recovery where needed.
• [Engaging Public and Stakeholders] Reach out, educate, and mobilise citizens/ businesses, stakeholders, and volunteers to support and promote community compliance.
• [Investigating and Gathering Evidence] Investigate potential enforcement violations (online and offline) by collecting and analysing all evidence while considering facts of the case, and with an appreciation of different privacy laws, security standards, and frameworks across countries and jurisdictions. Ensure all evidence related to the case are appropriately obtained, documented, processed, and stored in accordance with agency policy and procedures to support case resolution.
• [Leveraging on Technology] Keep up to date on technological trends relevant to my work in enforcement. Adopt relevant technology-enabled solutions to address current and future enforcement challenges.
• [Managing Incidents] Assess and respond professionally to difficult and exceptional incidents that disrupt daily operational activities (e.g. major threats to officer, agency, stakeholders and/ or general public).
• [Processing Cases] Ensure that each step in the case management process is carried out with professionalism and integrity.
• [Demonstrating resilience] Demonstrate emotional resilience and courage to overcome difficulties, persevering in driving towards purposeful outcomes.
• [Planning and managing operations] Plan and/or execute daily operations according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to optimise enforcement functions.
  
  
  

Personal Traits / Work Experience

• Academic training preferably in Accountancy, Finance, Economics, Finance, Business Administration or Law.
• Work experience of 1 to 2 years, preferably with experience in customer service.
• Meticulous and ability to multi-task.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Energetic team-player with good interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Comfortable working with figures and have eye for detail and willing to deal with legal documents (e.g. judgments, Order of court).
• Self-aware, with a strong learning orientation.
  
  
  

Successful candidates will be appointed on a 6-months’ contract ending on 31 March 2025 with no renewal.