Skills Development Specialist

Reports to: Head of SDP Department

Objective:

1) Skills Articulation: Articulate priority and critical core skills in response to trends in the green economy to upkeep the currency of the national jobs-skills repository and unpack the jobs and skills changes into meaningful insights for enterprises and individuals.

2) Skills Aggregation: Outreach to companies to signal priority skills and aggregate skills demand of the sector, engage in job redesign and/or other skills intervention to meet sectoral skills needs; and channel employees and self-sponsored individuals to SSG’s training programmes.

3) Skills Recognition: Commit companies to adopt skills-based recognition referencing skills-based credentialling pathways and/or courses curated by the SDPs for talent attraction, management and/or career progression.

Special Relationship:

1) Enterprise Engagement Division, SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)

2) Jobs-Skills Insights Division, SSG

3) Chair and Deputy Chairs of IES Chartered Engineering Board

Key Responsibilities are:

1) Work closely with SSG and sector agency to assist in setting up and supporting a skills panel to govern and drive the implementation of the SDP project.

2) Form sector task forces and facilitate discussions with key stakeholders such as government agencies, unions, industry leaders, domain/professional experts, academia etc to consult on topical and/or implementation-related matters.

3) Scan and analyse local and overseas industry landscape and market trends impacting jobs-skills contents, and identify industry-recognised skills certification pathways that support formal, non-formal and informal learning related to jobs-skills changes or emerging trends using appropriate methodologies and approaches such as desktop research, one-on-one consultation, focus group, survey, etc;

4) Perform qualitative analysis of the jobs-skills insights by validating the findings with relevant industry stakeholders, and work with SSG to tap on its quantitative skills data and advanced skills data analytics to strengthen the validation process;

5) Facilitate the production of jobs-skills insights, resources and advisories, including upkeeping relevant contents in the Jobs-Skills Repository and Skills Framework;

6) Organise outreach opportunities (physical and digital) to disseminate the jobs-skills insights, resources and advisories to inform and influence enterprises and/or individuals to take concrete actions in skills development;

7) Do regular progress tracking and reporting, including interim and post-pilot diagnosis to ascertain the impact and effectiveness of the work carried out under each of the focus areas.

8) Provide secretariat support to various sector taskforces through organising of meetings, recording and circulating minutes of meeting

9) Manage SDP website with regular content updates

Required Competencies/Skills:

· Degree in any discipline is welcome, prior knowledge in engineering (diploma / degree) is an added advantage.

· A keen interest in analysis of jobs and skills, and project management.

· Forward-looking, pro-active, perceptive, analytical and able to multi-task.

· Results-oriented, self-driven, able to operate independently as well as work well in a team, curious, resourceful, open-minded, flexible and adaptable, enjoys solving problems and provide workable recommendations in a dynamic environment.

· Adept in navigating around uncertainties and managing the demands and challenges posed by the project.

· Well-organized and meticulous with commitment to deliver high quality work under tight deadlines.

· Strong engagement abilities with excellent interpersonal, communication (verbal and written), presentation and influencing skills.

· Possession of sector domain knowledge and/or SSG Skills framework and CET experience would be an advantage for this role.

· Ability to work under minimal supervision

· Willingness to work after office hours and on weekends when required.

· Any other ad-hoc duties assigned.