Manager/Senior Manager (CLPO)

[What the role is]

You will be part of a team planning for and setting up the Career Longevity Programme Office (CLPO) at its initial stage, and eventually to be deployed to the CLPO when it is launched in mid-2027 (tentative) under the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA). The CLPO will be the first tripartite-led centre in Singapore that focuses on extending the career longevity of Singaporeans, in line with promoting a wider Career Health culture. The CLPO will promote dedicated initiatives to help mature and senior workers plan and prepare for their later stage careers early, and equip employers with resources and capability development to redesign jobs and workplace practices to support career longevity of their workforce. In the longer term, the CLPO will drive thought leadership and research to amplify career longevity on a national level. You will have the opportunity to engage individuals and employers to understand their needs to implement career longevity. You will need to work collaboratively with other SWDA departments, MOM, tripartite partners, industry players and solution or technology providers to co-develop initiatives and resources.

[What you will be working on]

You will support the Executive Director (ED) and Assistant Director (AD) of the CLPO.

Planning and Operations

• Establish the setup of CLPO, including setting up a Tripartite Advisory Panel
• Develop CLPO overall mission, vision and strategic plan, corresponding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and priority focus areas
• Identify individual and employer archetypes, and their corresponding needs to serve prioritised archetypes
• Implement data collection mechanisms to generate insights and trends, and work with partners on research
• Track and monitor corporate KPIs and programmes deliverables

Partnership Management and Engagement

• Drive adoption and innovation of CLPO programmes and initiatives
• Ensure programmes delivery and performance, in conjunction with internal and external partners and stakeholders
• Foster and engage strategic partners to establish trusted and sustained collaborations, and as advocates on the ground
• Manage programmes grants to partners

[What we are looking for]

• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Ability to work well in a team
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Highly motivated, proactive and able to work effectively in a fast-paced and multi-project environment
• Business development mindset with the ability to identify and pursue new collaboration opportunities
• Curiosity to understand an issue deeply, with tenacity and perseverance to find solutions to the challenges identified
• Strong ability to adopt a forward looking and strategic perspective of the big picture, yet sufficiently grounded to understand ground constraints to propose realistic and implementable solutions
• Ability to manage funds/grants, or with relevant experience
• Prior experience in a similar area of work will be an advantage

Successful candidates will be offered a contract in the first instance and may be considered for an extension or be placed on a permanent tenure.

Candidates are encouraged to sign up for a Careers & Skills Passport (CSP) account and include your CSP public profile in your resume. Please check out www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg for details on the CSP.