Manager, Training Development

**What the role is**
- The Singapore Police Force (SPF) plays a critical role in keeping Singapore safe and secure with our mission to prevent, deter and detect crime.
The Centre for Protective Security (CPS) was operationalised to support the implementation of the Infrastructure Protection Act (IPA) and the Security Industry Transformation Map (SITM). The key functions of CPS are Infrastructure Protection Regulation, Capability Development and Protective Engineering. In addition, CPS collaborates with various public and private stakeholders to reinforce the IPA and synergise efforts to improve the security industry.
The Training & Development (T&D) Branch in CPS oversees the development of training approaches, strategies and curriculum, including the development of appropriate training pedagogies and content.
As a Manager, Training Development, your role is to manage the learning and development (L&D) activities in CPS. You are responsible for providing policy guidance to CPS staff on training and L&D-related matters, initiating review of CPS training processes and managing the training administration functions.
You will be placed under the Management Executive Scheme.

**What you will be working on**
- As a Manager in the Training & Development Branch in CPS, your roles and responsibilities include:

- Developing, planning and reviewing overall training approaches and strategies in CPS. This would include, but not limited to:

- developing and reviewing the use of training innovation to improve training pedagogy, overseeing the development of CPS trainers on instructional delivery skills and technical knowledge to ensure quality of training;
- initiating review of CPS training processes, conducting horizon scanning of new and emerging trends and technology tools in the T&L industry;
- partnering and working with internal stakeholders to develop, review and implement CPS Frameworks and Learning Roadmaps to ensure they remain current and relevant to CPS staff;
- supporting SPF’s initiatives such as the force-wide implementation of the Training Assessment & Evaluation (TAE) Framework in courses, development of new e-Training & Learning (T&L) materials for hosting on Learning Management Systems; and
- reviewing and implementing risk management framework for CPS to ensure training safety and data integrity.
- Optimising learning data and analytics to provide business insights to training effectiveness, trainer effectiveness and learning effectiveness. Developing, planning and conducting training evaluation and benchmarking against relevant frameworks and programmes to ensure excellence, industry recognition and alignment with national standards.
- Managing the training administration function in CPS, which includes but not limited to the following areas:

- Communicate and provide policy guidance to CPS staff on training and L&D-related matters.
- Conduct Learning Needs Analysis (LNA), evaluate and recommend suitable training courses for CPS staff, formulate CPS Total Learning Plan (TLP), and organise Learning Visits for CPS Trainers.
- Schedule, enrol and keep track of CPS staff and CPS Trainers' participation in mandatory training courses and developmental milestone courses.
- Manage CPS’s training budget and CPS staff’s learning needs.
- Track and monitor CPS’s key performance indicators such as training budget utilisation, training hours and course effectiveness.
- Process CPS Trainers’ honorarium claims.
- Serving as an adjunct trainer in CPS courses.

**What we are looking for**
- Team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Organised, resourceful and proactive.
- Prior work experience in training, knowledge management, data analysis, outreach and engagement, Protective Security, Infrastructure Protection or Risk Management would be advantageous. Knowledge of policing work and group operations would also be useful.
- Possess strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, good networking skills and good decision-making capabilities.

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