Assistant Manager / Manager / Senior Manager, Sector Strategy and Planning

About the role

The Enabling (EN) Division develops policies and programmes in the disability sector covering training, employment, care services and accessibility, and works with public, people and private sector stakeholders to implement the Enabling Master Plan. This role suits someone who is a strong conceptual and analytical thinker and wants to develop disability-sector policy. It covers policy analysis, data analysis, policy and scheme design and review, stakeholder engagement and public communications, giving exposure to all stages of the policy formulation cycle.

Key responsibilities

• Develop medium to long-term strategic plans to improve support for persons with disabilities as their profile and needs change
• Analyse data, conduct research and engage programme owners on their analytics requirements
• Collect, process and analyse data to generate insights, and develop assessments and recommendations presented to management and colleagues
• Work on research projects advancing social policy and support projects that enhance accessibility
• Profile Singapore's efforts internationally and work with agencies and stakeholders to oversee implementation

Required profile

• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, with a strategic and operational view
• Able to work in a team in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• People-centric, able to build consensus with multiple stakeholders
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Background in data science, business analytics, economics, statistics or related fields preferred

Required skills

• Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI) is an added advantage
• Programming languages (e.g. R, Python) and analytics projects are an added advantage