Assistant Director (Planning), Performance, Planning & Screening (2 years contract)

[What the role is]

The Health Promotion Board’s vision is to make Singapore a nation of healthier people.

Come be a part of this journey if you’re passionate about creating boundary-pushing work that drives behavioural change.

You will be a part of HPB’s Planning, Performance & Screening Division (PPS) which spearheads national health promotion efforts, and advocates regular health screening with follow-up which is crucial for early detection and management of health conditions in Singapore.

We partner our stakeholders to promote healthy living initiatives amongst our residents. PPS leads integrated planning at national level to forward HPB’s strategic goals in health promotion outreach. The division also runs the national Healthier SG Programme which encourages regular screening for chronic diseases and specific cancers (breast, cervical and colorectal).

[What you will be working on]

As a key member of Planning, Performance & Screening Division team, you’ll be based in the Planning Department.

You will foster strategic partnerships with key healthcare sector stakeholders for strategic alignment and to implement and refine future screening-related policies. This involves coordinating with the Ministry of Health on national health screening priorities, engaging Public Healthcare Institutions on future operational models and reporting processes, partnering Agency of Integrated Care in change management for future processes etc.

As part of your work, you will support multi-agency workgroups for screening as key resource person, translate policies to operational frameworks that align with national healthcare transformation goals while ensuring accessibility and cost-effectiveness of screening programmes. This will also include coordinating across multiple internal teams and external partners to ensure successful delivery of planning objectives and organisational outcomes.

You will also conduct horizon scanning exercises to identify new opportunities for screening initiatives and new forms of collaborations with external partners. You will translate these into potential synergies and implementation plans in collaboration with internal teams. Your analytical skills will be crucial in assessing the feasibility of different strategies and providing actionable insights to guide senior management decisions.

You will be working with stakeholders including data teams and partnership teams to identify opportunities for data synergies, and you will conduct data analysis to extract insights and identify areas of opportunity. Through data-driven post-implementation review and establishment of improvement plans, you will ensure continuous enhancement of our strategies to improve screening uptake at national-level.

[What we are looking for]

• The role requires someone who builds strong interpersonal relationships, maintains high standards of integrity, and naturally fosters teamwork. They should have a proven track record of delivering complex projects and driving collaborative success.
• The ideal candidate is a proactive self-starter who collaborates effectively across a diverse range of stakeholders, bringing strong negotiation and influencing skills alongside a proven ability to manage partner and stakeholder relationships.
• They are comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity, demonstrating sound judgement in uncertain environments. Critically, they possess the ability to understand stakeholder needs, understand operational details and assess operational feasibility, and translate those insights into well-grounded policy formulation and evaluation.
• In all aspects of their work, they are expected to exemplify HPB's core values of respect, care and concern, professionalism, innovativeness, excellence, and person-centricity. They are also expected to display in their work how potential transformation efforts can positively impact future work.
• The candidate should have a minimum 8 years of relevant working experience in policy review, strategic planning or related fields, including 2 years in supervisory roles.
• Skillsets in data analysis and related software such as Python and R, and familiarity in the use of evaluation methodologies in the public health or public policy context.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and writing skills.
• Experience on the impact and use of technology in policy-operations would have an advantage.

Successful candidates will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.