Job Description

What the role is:
The GRaduate Industry Traineeship Programme within the Public Service (GRIT@Gov) aims to provide fresh graduates with opportunities to gain industry-relevant skills and experience that can strengthen their employability to take up full time roles in the sector. Reimagining Innovation in Education: Empowering Educators through Design & Digital Tools As a Product Innovation trainee in the Digital Innovation & Ventures Accelerator (DIVA), of the Digital Excellence & Products Division (DXD), you will support innovation in Singapore's education system through human-centered design and emerging technologies. Working directly with educators, school leaders, and policy teams, you'll identify ground challenges and prototype solutions that enhance teaching, learning, and administrative processes. You will engage in the complete innovation process from user research and stakeholder engagement to prototyping and pilot implementation across schools and headquarters. You'll facilitate design sprints, co-creation sessions, and workshops whilst developing digital prototypes and strategic communications for senior leadership. This will help build innovation capacity throughout the education system.
What you will be working on:
-Gain hands-on experience in human-centred design, including journey mapping, persona development, and co-creation facilitation with educators and policy teams -Scope, design, and prototype digital solutions for real-world problems in education, using tools like Figma and Miro, while working within public sector requirements and constraints -Develop project management and stakeholder engagement skills, from planning and executing pilots to capturing user feedback and communicating insights to decision-makers -Build familiarity with innovation methods and frameworks used across the public service, including design sprints, problem-framing, and rapid prototyping for policy and operations -Build an innovation culture at scale, by supporting workshops, demo days, and toolkit development that empower educators to solve grassroots problems creatively
What we are looking for:
-Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft clear summaries, workshop materials, or outreach content -Organised and detail-oriented, with the experience to coordinate tasks or logistics across multiple stakeholders -Comfortable using design and collaboration tools such as Google Workspace, Miro, or Canva -Experience in supporting events-such as workshops, hackathons, or community engagements would be an advantage. -Familiarity with prototyping tools (e.g. Figma), UX research methods, or innovation frameworks (e.g. design thinking) will be an advantage
About Ministry of Education:
The wealth of a nation lies in its people - their commitment to country and community, their willingness to strive and persevere, their ability to think, achieve and excel. Our future depends on our continually renewing and regenerating our leadership and citizenry, building upon the experience of the past, learning from the circumstances of the present, and preparing for the challenges of the future. How we bring up our young at home and teach them in school will shape Singapore in the next generation. The mission of the Education Service is to mould the future of the nation, by moulding the people who will determine the future of the nation. The Service will provide our children with a balanced and well-rounded education, develop them to their full potential, and nurture them into good citizens, conscious of their responsibilities to family, society and country.

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