[What the role is]
Oversee development and growth of effective services and initiatives that meet the needs of service users in a subsector(s).
[What you will be working on]
What Will You Be Working On
Be part of a team that seeks to achieve better outcomes for persons who use social services so that these service users are empowered to live with dignity.
- Implementing service strategies and plans to meet identified needs and gaps:
- Analyse landscape and engage stakeholders to understand national strategies and identify key needs and gaps;
- Partnering social service agencies, government agencies and other stakeholders develop strategies to meet these needs and gaps;
- Guide SSAs in development of services to meet prioritised needs and gaps;
- Using data and ground experience to improve service delivery;
- Overseeing assessments of funding proposals of new programmes; and
- Assessing and evaluating current portfolio of initiatives and programmes
- Strengthen service capacity and capability by partnering service providers to:
- Grow person-centred solutions and implement efficient service delivery methods that are resource-efficient and optimise manpower;
- Drive collaborations with and among SSAs to develop innovative solutions to better meet the needs of service users;
- Set and/or achieve output, outcome and impact indicators for services;
- Manage and evaluate their performance;
- Allocate community funding to critical and needed services; and
- Perform budgetary operations such as computing funding quantum based on norms and salary guidelines, verify periodic disbursements, and review budget utilisation performance.
- Support the Services Group and NCSS as and when required
[What we are looking for]
Personal Competencies
What we are looking for
- Thinking Clearly and Making Sound Judgements
- Working Effectively with Citizens and Stakeholders
- Social Service Sector Knowledge
- Project Management
- Social Service Planning
- Monitoring & Impact Evaluation
Skills & Knowledge
- Stakeholder Management Skills
- Influencing, Facilitation and Communication Skills
- Project Management Skills
- Programme Evaluation Skills
- Research and Basic Statistics Analysis
- Sector/Domain Knowledge
Experience
2 to 7 years work experience in human services sector.
Experience in programme design and/or planning is advantageous.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.