Job Description

What the role is:The Resilience and Engagement Division (RED) helps build a strong society by strengthening social capital, and inspiring and empowering individuals to contribute to the common good. We do this through three pillars of work: fostering a strong and inclusive sense of national identity; nurturing an active citizenry, and developing the public service\'s capabilities to engage and partner citizens. You will be part of the SG Cares Office\'s Strategic Development team that develops and drives partnerships to promote and strengthen volunteerism and philanthropy in Singapore. This includes building up the capabilities of our partners in areas such as volunteer management. Specifically, our team grows locale-based volunteerism by working with various partners such as our SG Cares Volunteer Centres (VCs) in each town to build strong and vibrant SG Cares Community Networks. These Community Networks comprise local offices of government agencies, grassroots organisations, social service agencies, corporates, schools, religious organisations and other local community stakeholders within each town in Singapore. We also identify and work with partners to strengthen skills-based volunteerism and to drive volunteerism and philanthropy amongst target segments such as corporates, seniors and youths. The SG Cares Office is responsible for developing policies for and promoting volunteerism and philanthropy in Singapore. As a member of the Strategic Development Team in the SG Cares Office, you are expected to work closely with partners from the public, private and people sectors to grow the volunteerism and philanthropy ecosystem.What you will be working on:Your responsibilities include: \xe2\x80\xa2 Working with MCCY\'s appointed SG Cares Volunteer Centres to build a strong and stable SG Cares Volunteer Centre eco-system and supporting the VCs\' work in nurturing and growing the SG Cares Community Networks through strengthening their capabilities. \xe2\x80\xa2 Identifying opportunities to grow volunteerism and sense of care at the town level, by synthesising trend data, local data and stakeholder feedback. \xe2\x80\xa2 Developing medium-term strategies and plans to grow town-based volunteerism and working with key internal and external stakeholders to develop and pilot programmes and initiatives that can be replicated across different towns. \xe2\x80\xa2 Identifying and working with strategic partners who can help grow the volunteerism and philanthropy ecosystem.What we are looking for:Work Experience and Knowledge \xe2\x80\xa2 At least 2 -3 years of relevant work experience in partnership engagement and community project implementation. Competencies Have demonstrated the following competencies: (i) Deep Critical Thinking: \xe2\x80\xa2 Distil critical issues and sense-make from a wide range of information, arriving at effective solutions. (ii) Data-Driven Analysis: \xe2\x80\xa2 Utilise data analytics directly or indirectly to support analysis and simulate the impact of different options. \xe2\x80\xa2 Translate findings into actionable insights that advance policy analysis and solutioning. (iii) Stakeholder Engagement, Including Internal Stakeholders: \xe2\x80\xa2 Identity and prioritise stakeholders based on issue or domain area. \xe2\x80\xa2 Build and sustain relationships with stakeholders across organisational and sectoral boundaries. (iv) Other Competencies: \xe2\x80\xa2 Good writing and presentation skills. \xe2\x80\xa2 Able to toggle between taking a systems perspective and local perspective. Behaviour Traits \xe2\x80\xa2 A passion for Singapore and a keen interest to contribute to our mission of building an inclusive and caring society. \xe2\x80\xa2 Ability to work independently, as well as in teams. \xe2\x80\xa2 High level of initiative and willingness to learn. \xe2\x80\xa2 Ability to multi-task and adapt to changes well. ** Shortlisted applicants will be notified within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.About Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth:We aim to build a cohesive and resilient society, deepening the sense of national identity and affinity for Singapore through strengthening community bonds, promoting of the arts and heritage, youth engagement, sports development, volunteerism and philanthropy.

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth