Centre Manager/Deputy/Senior Assistant/Assistant Director (Sun Ray)

[What the role is]

A Centre Manager oversees day-to-day operations and run programmes within the centre. They coordinate cross-centre and cross-sector programmes, and take on operational, HR, and finance management responsibilities for the centre. They monitor and strive to achieve key indicators of the centre’s impact and financial health, as part of achieving the overall organisation strategy.

An excellent communicator to both internal and external stakeholders, the Centre Manager provides leadership to all staff when managing incidents/problems, ensuring that all issues are resolved satisfactorily and timely.

Assistant Directors / Senior Assistant Directors / Deputy Directors are expected to lead the formulation of strategies for sub-departments or units, in order to support the department and organisation's overall strategies. They are required to negotiate with senior internal and external parties during the course of work, to reach agreement to accept whole approaches. In order to improve on and modify existing processes and techniques, the incumbent will identify and solve for complex problems through extensive investigation and analysis. At this level, roles will manage multiple teams through application of mastery of knowledge in a particular discipline, or practical experience in several functional areas

[What you will be working on]

Corporate functions – Corporate Services, Communications, Data & Digitalisation, Finance, Fundraising, Human Resource, Information Technology, Organisation Development, Partnership & Engagement, Strategy, Transformation, Volunteer Management

 

Skills and Competencies

1.        Leadership

2.        Strategy Planning

3.        Strategy Implementation

4.        Communication

5.        Decision Making

6.        Problem Solving

7.        Interpersonal Skills

8.        Resource Management

9.        Stakeholder Management

10.   Project Management

11.   Team Management

12.   Developing People

 

Requirements: Substantial management experience in people, private or public sector with demonstrated ability to lead teams and deliver results. Proven expertise in corporate roles.

[What we are looking for]

This job description is for the NCSS Sun Ray scheme. The Sun Ray scheme identifies and develops individuals with strong leadership potential for deployment and rotation across various social service agencies in leadership positions.

To be considered for the Sun Ray Scheme, applicants must have obtained a position offer from an NCSS member social service agency. Please list the agency name and offered job title as your most current job experience for verification purposes. Please visit MyCareersFuture portal (https://www.mycareersfuture.gov.sg) to view available jobs in the social service sector.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.