Innovation Development

**Overall Job Responsibility**:
The Innovation Development team, part of the Innovation Division in SG Enable, drives and supports innovation projects in collaboration with partners from the private, public, and/or social sector to address challenges faced by persons with disabilities and the disability sector, with a focus on cross-cutting areas of work.

We are seeking a new teammate to join us on this journey to catalyze, conceptualize, and deliver innovation projects to enable persons with disabilities and their caregivers. This is a multi-faceted role involving a wide range of work within a dynamic and purposeful environment.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Business Development and Stakeholder Engagement**
- Understand, distil, and effectively communicate challenges faced by persons with disabilities and their caregivers as well as gaps in the disability sector.
- Proactively identify potential partners in both the public and private sector and seek collaboration to address identified challenges and gaps in the community and sector.
- Identify and develop opportunities to deepen relationships with innovators (e.g. technology companies, startups, innovation labs, Institutes of Higher Learning) and sector stakeholders (e.g. social service agencies, nonprofits) to build a pipeline of opportunities for innovation projects.
- Influence and cultivate relationships with internal stakeholders to explore avenues for collaborations on innovation pilots and initiatives.

**Drive and Support Innovation Projects**
- Conceptualize innovation projects to address challenges faced by persons with disabilities and their caregivers and/or gaps in the disability sector.
- Plan, execute, and manage projects to meet specific goals and deliverables in accordance with stipulated timelines.
- Lead efforts to procure goods and services required for projects in accordance with company procurement guidelines.
- Align project stakeholders towards project objectives by mediating potential points of divergence and identifying win-win measures.
- Prepare periodic reports to update management, funders, and other stakeholders.
- Support the design and implementation of marketing and publicity plans for the projects (where necessary).
- Evaluate outcomes and feasibility of innovation projects and, where necessary, support efforts to scale successful projects.

**Manage Innovation Platform**
- Manage platform to seed ground-up innovations by connecting social innovators to challenges faced by persons with disabilities and caregivers.
- Develop and execute strategy to (i) source and curate problem statements from the community and (ii) encourage innovators to utilize the platform and connect with like-minded individuals to spur ground-up innovations.

**Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience**:

- Degree in any discipline (or relevant working experience in lieu of a degree)
- 3 to 5 years of experience, ideally with demonstrated experience in project management, programme development, stakeholder engagement, and/or change management
- Functional knowledge of at least one innovation approach/methodology (e.g. design thinking, systems thinking, behavioural science, futures thinking, or equivalent), demonstrated through previous work experience, involvement in standalone projects, or completion of relevant courses
- Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills, and resourceful in problem solving
- Strong interpersonal skills to engage both internal and external stakeholders, and proficient in facilitating discussions
- Skilled in communicating ideas and recommendations clearly and convincingly, with good presentation and writing skills
- Able to contribute as part of a team, while working independently on individual responsibilities with mínimal supervision
- Detail orientated, with good organisational skills to keep tasks on time under tight deadlines
- Comfortable with ambiguity and adaptable to changing circumstances
- Courage to propose and test new ideas, and learn from successes and failures
- Strong passion for creating positive social impact and disability inclusion is a must - prior experience in the disability sector or familiarity with disability issues is an advantage

**Additional Information**:
Please state in your detailed resume your:

- 1. Current and expected salaries and annual package
- 2. Reason for leaving current employment (if applicable)