Manager/Senior Manager, Planning & Foresight, Strategy

[What the role is]
The National Library Board (NLB) nurtures Readers for Life, Learning Communities and a Knowledgeable Nation by promoting reading, learning and history through our network of 28 libraries across Singapore, the National Library and the National Archives of Singapore.

At NLB, you can look forward to a flexible, hybrid work environment with rewarding, impactful deliverables that improve the lives of the community. With caring colleagues, you will be in an ideal environment for professional development, innovation and impact.
We can offer you:
• A chance to Impact the Community, bridge gaps and empower everyone with the opportunity for learning and discovery.
• An opportunity to Innovate and Push Boundaries. We value ideas, curiosity and a passion for innovation to transform our libraries and archives.
• An organisation that Cares for your Growth and Wellbeing through investment in staff development and wellbeing in a supportive and collaborative environment.

We are looking for a passionate and highly motivated individual to join the Planning & Foresight team in the role of Manager/ Senior Manager. You should be a hybrid thinker, always curious, excited about problem-solving, and adept at evaluating and synthesising varied inputs to formulate NLB’s strategic directions and priorities. You should be comfortable working across different portfolios, and be up for a challenge. Your job will also require good project management, writing and communication skills to help drive and communicate strategies.

[What you will be working on]

• Identifying drivers, trends and environmental factors of relevance to NLB’s strategies, products and services.
• Designing and managing enterprise performance forecasting and tracking.
• Driving enterprise level work planning and resource allocation taking into account opportunities and risks.
• Synthesising and processing insights from libraries and related industries to formulate strategies and scenarios for future-ready libraries, archives, products and services.
• Stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation and change management.
• Coordinating information flows between divisions, writing and presenting organisational narratives and plans.
• Expected to manage, plan and coordinate projects across divisions.

[What we are looking for]

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience, prior experience with planning, analysis and/or foresight desired.
• Excellent engagement, communication and writing skills.
• Project management experience and is detail-oriented.
• Have both a creative and analytical mind, with associational thinking required.
• Comfortable in managing uncertainty and working in and defining unknown spaces.
• Able to work through problems, comfortable with iterative and continuous changes, and is resourceful.
• Self-motivated, driven and works well under pressure.
• Able to work in a dynamic environment across multiple workstreams and pivoting between individual and collaborative work.

The successful applicant will be appointed on a two-year contract.