Full-timeOperations & management· Posted 6 Oct

Manager/Senior Manager, Partnerships and Innovation (ICPD)

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EWCCPaya LebarPaya Lebar Quarter - PLQ 2

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Work mode: On-site
Experience: Experienced

About the role

This role sits within the Careers and Employment Services sector, supporting efforts to deepen strategic partnerships, develop programmes and pilots, and manage grants and funding arrangements. You will lead partnership workstreams, shape programme concepts, ensure sound grant governance, and translate ground insights into recommendations. It suits someone with experience in partnership management, programme development, and public-sector funding governance who can drive cross-functional initiatives.

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What you'll do

Develop and implement partnership and engagement plans with priority stakeholders such as training providers, institutes of higher learning, employers, industry associations, sector agencies, and community partners.
Build and sustain strategic partnerships across public, private, and people sectors, turning relationships into co-created initiatives that expand career planning support and sector capability-building.
Lead the conceptualisation, design, implementation, and review of programmes, pilots, and innovation projects, including objectives, operating model, delivery modality, governance structure, funding model, and success indicators.
Translate inputs, feedback, observations, and data into actionable proposals, budget requests, and implementation and evaluation plans.
Oversee grant administration and funding matters, including eligibility, claims, disbursements, budget utilisation, performance monitoring, compliance, risk management, and audit readiness.
Work closely with internal teams to ensure initiatives are well-governed, properly resourced, and aligned with organisational priorities.
Monitor programme milestones, partner performance, risk areas, outcome indicators, and budget drawdown, and recommend timely mitigation or course correction.
Evaluate partnership and grant-funded initiatives to determine what should be refined, scaled, handed over, or discontinued.
Identify new partnership models, technology-enabled approaches, service delivery formats, and process improvements that can improve accessibility, quality, or impact.
Prepare and present clear updates, management papers, briefing decks, and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders, including senior management.
Guide junior officers or temporary staff on stakeholder management, grant administration, project documentation, and management reporting.

Requirements

Relevant experience in partnership management, industry engagement, programme development, grant administration, funding management, innovation work, policy implementation, and/or public-sector programme delivery
Experience leading projects or workstreams involving external stakeholders, funding governance, programme delivery, and cross-functional coordination
Good understanding of public-sector governance, grant processes, budgeting, procurement considerations, outcome reporting, and risk management
Experience working with training providers, employers, sector agencies, community partners, education institutions, or workforce/skills ecosystem stakeholders is advantageous
Exposure to innovation methodologies or human-centred design approaches is a plus
Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel

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