Skills Engagement Manager

Singapore Business Federation (SBF) is the apex business chamber with over 32,000 members across diverse industries. With a vision to advance Singapore towards a globally competitive and sustainable economy, SBF mobilises the business community to be future-ready and magnify transformation opportunities through policy advocacy, partnership platforms and capability programmes

Responsibilities:

Skills Articulation, Aggregation & Recognition

• Lead activities under the three core areas: Skills Articulation, Skills Aggregation, and Skills Recognition.
• Collaborate with SSG and relevant partners to set up and support Skills Advisory Panels (SAPs) that guide the implementation of the SDP.
• Identify and map industry-recognised certifications and credentialing pathways that support formal, non-formal, and informal learning.
• Apply and adapt national Skills Frameworks to green/sustainability and trade, investment and internationalisation domains.
• Map skills to job roles and identify credentialing pathways aligned with SSG-accredited subsidised courses.
• Translate workforce and industry trends into actionable Jobs-Skills Insights and advisories.
• Work with internal departments to co-develop certification pathways and SSG-accredited certifications and courses, including executive development programmes across all occupational levels.
• Drive adoption of green, trade and internationalisation in-demand skills by employers as part of the division's holistic business solutioning approach.

Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Management

• Engage, foster, and maintain strong relationships with government agencies, industry associations, unions, domain experts, and academia.
• Support consultations, workshops, and focus groups to validate skills findings and promote cross-sector collaboration.
• Support SBF–SSG coordination to ensure alignment of objectives, activities, and deliverables across the SDP ecosystem.
• Engage enterprises to secure commitment to job redesign, skills interventions, and credentialing adoption.
• Collaborate across WDD and SBF to deliver integrated solutions.
• Stakeholder engagement must be purposeful and outcome-oriented, with a clear focus on securing enterprise commitment to workforce transformation.

Research, Insights & Advisory Support

• Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis on skills data and trends, integrating SSG's data insights with industry validation.
• Support the development of Jobs-Skills Insights publications, ensuring the accuracy and relevance of content.
• Disseminate Jobs-Skills advisories and materials to encourage enterprise action in workforce transformation.
• Analyse data to extract actionable insights on workforce and skills trends.
• Translate insights into Jobs-Skills advisories that support enterprise and individual upskilling.
• Ensure research outputs inform programme strategy and enterprise engagement, contributing to measurable improvements in skills adoption.

Programmme Coordination, Evaluation & Secretariat Support

• Conduct periodic progress tracking, impact evaluation, and post-pilot analysis to assess the effectiveness of initiatives.
• Provide secretariat support to two Skills Advisory Panels (SAPs), including agenda preparation, meeting coordination, and documentation.
• Maintain documentation, processes, and dashboards to support transparent governance and performance monitoring.
• Apply strong project management skills to coordinate multi-stakeholder initiatives and track progress against outcomes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Capital, or related field. Certification or experience in Skills Framework development, workforce transformation, or CET will be an advantage.
• Experienced industry practitioner with minimum 6 years of relevant experience and demonstrated skills in skills development, courseware development, and training or consultancy in green/sustainability or trade, investment and internationalisation.
• Strong knowledge of Singapore's skills ecosystem, including Skills Frameworks, SkillsFuture initiatives, and CET landscape.
• Experience in stakeholder management, partnership coordination, and governance support.
• Ability to apply and promote competency frameworks and skills taxonomies specifically in green/sustainability and trade and internationalisation contexts.
• Experience in designing and implementing workforce development programmes such as CCP-Sustainability, OMIP, CCP-WST, and EWTP.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic workforce goals into operational delivery and drive adoption in line with programme KPIs.
• Strong business development and consulting skills to engage enterprises, shape solutions, and deliver measurable outcomes.

Technical Competencies:

• Proficiency in research, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and impact evaluation.
• Strong understanding of job redesign, skills mapping, and training programme development.
• Competence in project management, stakeholder facilitation, and report writing.
• Technical competencies must be applied to support performance tracking and continuous improvement.
• Ability to use data and evaluation tools to inform decisions aligned with SDP LOA expectations.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Analytical and strategic thinker with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Highly organised, proactive, and adaptable to dynamic project environments.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a delivery-focused mindset and strong stakeholder influence to achieve program goals.