Job Description

Founded in 1952, PPIS (Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura or the Singapore Muslim Women\xe2\x80\x99s Association) is a non-profit organisation focused on community services. We are dedicated to working with women of all ages in carrying out their multiple roles in society. PPIS runs three core community services namely Family Services, Student Care and Early Childhood Education (ECE). With 16 centres island wide, the services work together to provide quality and holistic support as well as developmental programmes for women and their families.RED aims to better understand the local Muslim Women (MW) and provide evidential data to represent MW to other communities as well as offer recommendations on topics that affect MW. RED also aims to engage various partners and stakeholders on emerging and challenging subjects confronting MW. The functions under the Manager\xe2\x80\x99s purview include research and advocacy, community engagement, as well as supporting the administration of the RED Space among others.Research and Advocacy

• Provide secretariat support to RED Advisory Committee (REDAC)
• Project manage all research projects on MW and/or women-related issues
• Organise efforts that showcase the research findings to the professional community
• Implement strategies and activities necessary to carry out the advocacy agenda and lobby for policies/initiatives that benefit MW
• Draft and publish advocacy content pieces e.g. commentaries, op-eds

Community Engagement

• Execute proactive engagement strategies to gather insights and ground sensing to support women issues and promote ground-up initiatives
• Proactively engage key partners/stakeholders to develop and drive collaborative initiatives
• Conceptualise, plan and implement engagement programmes and evaluate programme effectiveness for continuous improvement opportunities. This include services and programmes @RED Space

Job Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory role
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in relevant field
• Experience in the social services or non-profit industry with a focus on research, communications, community engagement and/or project management is preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of the research process and social research methods would be advantageous
• Strong project management, analytical and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
• Knowledge and application of MS Office suite with a good level of proficiency
• Able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Application InstructionsFor interested candidates, do email your resume to Ms Munirah ( )

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