Assistant Director, Industry Development

3 days ago

Paya Lebar, Singapore WSG Workforce Singapore Agency Full time

[What the role is]
You will lead and guide a team in supporting the jobs and skills for the sector(s) under your purview. This includes:
[What you will be working on]

Strategic Manpower Planning
- Identify and assess key industry, manpower challenges and skills needs
- Manage strategic partners and engage companies to diagnose gaps and identify opportunities
- Recommend the design of appropriate strategic human capital solutions based on industry or companies’ business and manpower needs

Stakeholder Engagement and Management
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with strategic partners and stakeholders
- Collaborate with industry stakeholders including government agencies, associations, tripartite partners, programme partners to develop and implement relevant manpower interventions to address industry manpower issues
- Consult with employers to promote adoption of WSG programmes and progressive human resource practices to address their manpower needs

Project Management and Governance
- Plan and review budget requirements, project implementation and tracking, and ensure compliance to policies, governance and processes
- Organise or support outreach and marketing events such as career events and industry engagements
- Track programmes’ progress and analyse industry related information to evaluate and make recommendations for management decision making

[What we are looking for]

Job Requirements
- At least 8 years of relevant work experience in industry engagement, account/ project management and/or consultancy roles, with experience in supervisory work

Knowledge/Skills
- Good understanding of the sectors’ background, trends, manpower skills needs and business value chain will be bonus
- Good understanding of various government initiatives in relation to manpower interventions in the relevant industries would be advantageous
- Strong written and spoken communication skills
- Strong persuasive and negotiation skills
- Adept in stakeholder engagement and relationship building
- Ability to synthesise opinions and data for decision making and programme monitoring
- Consulting skills would be an added advantage

Aptitudes/Abilities & Other Characteristics
- Passionate, dedicated and driven individual
- Resilient and agile to problem-solve and respond in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Ability to multi-task and work with converging timelines
- Confident and comfortable with public-speaking
- Ability to work independently and in teams
- Comfortable with data compilation and analysis
- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit
- Innovative and comfortable in embracing digital and technological solutions
- Ability to lead and motivate team to achieve the set targets
- All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting._

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