Job Description

What the role is:
HTX is the world's first Science and Technology agency that integrates a diverse range of scientific and engineering capabilities to innovate and deliver transformative and operationally-ready solutions for homeland security. As a statutory board of the Ministry of Home Affairs and integral to the Home Team, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower Singapore's frontline of security. Our shared mission is to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team's advantage and secure Singapore as the safest place on planet earth. The jobholder will be part of the Centre of Expertise (COE) Hub that leads the strategic planning, coordination and translation of research and technology (R&T) to deliver better capability development outcomes in HTX. The COE Hub serves to foster multi- and inter-disciplinary research and technology collaboration, drive strategy formulation and innovation within the COEs, as well as ensure coherence in resource planning and alignment to HTX's strategic priorities. The COE Hub will also work to unlock more value in our Centres of Expertise's network of partnerships to induct emerging technologies.
What you will be working on:
As a Manager/Senior Manager of COE Hub, you will be required to: o Engage external and internal stakeholders to understand operational needs and identify opportunities for Research & Technology (R&T) translation, from science to digital and engineering solutions/technologies. o Drive and manage R&T collaborations with centres of excellence to enhance HTX's R&T excellence outcomes, including identifying collaboration and capability gaps, proposing outreach strategies and working with Partnerships teams to align strategic engagement frameworks, maintaining a centre of excellence ecosystem map. o Strengthen and sustain partnerships with local and international IHLs, RIs and industry partners by co-developing joint thematic programmes and R&T translation machinery such as makerspaces. o Support the governance of R&T programmes through project tracking, reporting, and resource planning to enable coherent capability development across HTX's centres of expertise. o Plan, prioritise and allocate resources efficiently across HTX's centres of expertise to align with HTX's strategic capability goals.
What we are looking for:
Candidates should possess: o Individuals who are collaborative, proactive, keen to change the status quo, and can exert positive influence effectively. o Excellent written and verbal communication skills. o Tertiary qualification in science, digital or engineering fields. o Able to work independently and as a team. o Strong analytical capabilities, being able to integrate information from a wide range of sources in a complex environment, and synthesise them into the key issues and considerations. All new appointees will be appointed on a two-year contract in the first instance. We wish to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified within 30 days upon closing of the advertisement. #LI-VL1
About Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX):
HTX is the world's first Science and Technology agency that integrates a diverse range of scientific and engineering capabilities to innovate and deliver transformative and operationally-ready solutions for homeland security. As a statutory board of the Ministry of Home Affairs and integral to the Home Team, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower Singapore's frontline of security. Our shared mission is to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team's advantage and secure Singapore as the safest place on planet earth.