Senior Associate / Manager, Talent Leadership & Development (HROD)

[What the role is]

About EDB

The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is responsible for strategies that enhance Singapore’s position as a global center for business, innovation and talent. We undertake investment promotion and industry development, and work with international businesses, both foreign and local, by providing information, connection to partners and access to government incentives for their investments. Our mission is to create sustainable economic growth, with vibrant business and good job opportunities for Singapore.

For more information on EDB, please visit www.edb.gov.sg

About Human Resources & Organisation Development

You will be part of a dynamic Human Resources & Organization Development team that formulates and implements people initiatives to support business strategies and maximize the potential of our employees.
The Talent & Leadership Development (TLD) team supports EDB officers' growth through the development of core, functional, and leadership competencies. TLD oversees the competencies framework, individual development plans, and feedback tools to ensure holistic development of EDB officers. At the same time, the team designs and implements a variety of individual, team, and organisational level capability development interventions to enable officers to effectively execute EDB's strategies and fulfil EDB’s mission.

[What you will be working on]

Your roles and responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the design and delivery of EDB’s onboarding programmes, including the Associate Bootcamp under EDB’s Associate Programme (learn more here) to ensure every new EDB hire will ramp up quickly and integrate well into EDB’s mission, culture, and ways of working.

• Conduct learning needs assessments to identify capability gaps and performance challenges and ensure learning interventions deliver measurable impact and align with organisational goals.

• Partner with subject matter experts from business units to deliver key in-house training and collaborate with external learning partners to design and implement interventions that develop core and functional competencies.

• Design, develop or procure centralised learning programmes that build competencies across divisions (e.g fostering relationships and influencing others, data and digital capabilities etc), ensuring relevance to EDB’s strategic priorities.

• Develop processes, toolkits, and feedback mechanisms that empower divisions to take ownership of the onboarding and training of new hires to their divisions.

• Facilitate learning sessions and engagement initiatives that reinforce a high-performance, growth-oriented, and collaborative learning culture across EDB.

• Manage and curate digital learning assets on the Whole-of-Government learning platform (LEARN), enhancing discoverability, engagement, and learner experience through data insights and modern instructional design.

[What we are looking for]

We are looking for a resourceful and innovative learning and development professional who can design and implement impactful solutions across talent development initiatives. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping and delivering meaningful learning experiences for EDB officers, focusing on onboarding, early-career development, and organisation-wide learning initiatives.

As the work in EDB is fast-paced and the role involves the delivery of outcomes across multiple initiatives, the candidate will need to be strong in time management and able to prioritize work well.

• At least 2 years of experience in Learning & Development and/or Organisation Development including programme design, delivery and administration of learning interventions and/or organisational initiatives

• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to plan, prioritise, and deliver multiple programmes concurrently, including coordination of logistics, budgets, and vendors

• Strong analytical and diagnostic skills with experience conducting learning needs analysis and capability gap identification to inform evidence-based learning strategies and interventions

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with proven ability to collaborate across business units and external partners to co-create impactful learning experiences

• Good attention to detail with experience in data analysis and presenting insights through reports and presentations to inform decision-making

• Singaporean