Senior Manager (Projects & Operations), ACD

The National Heritage Board (NHB) and People's Association (PA) announced Singapore and Malaysia's joint nomination of the Chingay parade to be inscribed on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (ICH) on Tuesday, 5 November 2024. The joint submission would be submitted in March 2025, marking Singapore's third submission for inscription, and commemorating the 60th anniversary of bilateral relations between Singapore and Malaysia. The next milestone would be the submission of the joint UNESCO nomination in March 2025 followed by the official announcement of results in December 2026. In the next two years, the PA aims to create awareness and advocacy plan to promote Chingay as a cultural heritage through community engagement.

A once in a lifetime experience to give opportunity for officer to work closely with NHB and MCCY to plan marketing and outreach activities to create awareness of Chingay onto UNESCO.

• Network, liaise and work closely with internal and external stakeholders including government agencies, participating organisations and PA Divisions/Grassroots Organisations pertaining to the Special Projects and Chingay/Chingay related activities.

• Plan and organise ACD special projects, ensuring that quality control is maintained at all times for events organised by ACD so as to project a professional image.

For Special Projects and Chingay Parade

• Co-organise engagement sessions with the community to gather information and garner support for the special projects including planning, coordinating and organising focus group discussions, brainstorming sessions involving community groups, stakeholders and partners.

• Assist to co-draft the nomination dossier for the special projects by providing information/content, proposed narratives, and garner evidence of consent from the community.

• Research, collate and organise materials/data pertaining to Chingay/Chingay related activities. To do stock-take for existing safeguarding measures and co-create/implement future safeguarding measures for the Special Projects.
• Work with government agencies such as National Heritage Board (NHB) to organise milestone media events such as announcement of nomination, submission of the nomination dossier, and results of the inscription for the Special Projects.
• Assist with production of video contents including sourcing and collation of materials, pre-recording of performances and other preparation support.

• Organise the wider public engagement (physical and digital) campaign for the Special Projects which includes organizing and coordinating of ad-hoc Chingay projects that enable participation by the community and provide support for logistic, operation and administrative matters.

• Provide secretariat support for the PA Chingay Workgroup to work closely with the community stakeholders for the Special Projects.

• Assist in leading and addressing sustainable development in implementing safeguarding measures together with the community for the Special Projects.

• Serves as the main point of contact from the organisation (i.e. PA) and perform administrative duties including note taking, procurement, budget and preparation of financial reports.

• Attend all meetings, conferences and workshops pertaining to the special projects and be the main point of contact from the organisation (i.e. PA) and perform administrative duties including note taking, procurement, budget and preparation of financial reports.

• Serve as a production manager to Chingay performing groups, coordinating the groups’ participation in the Chingay Parade and its rehearsals as well as related fringe events by providing administrative and technical support with regards to choreography, training, costumes, floats, props, sound and lighting etc, to ensure their items meet the acceptable standard of the parade.

For PA NDP Performing Contingent

•  Assist in the recruitment, management and presentation of PA NDP performing contingent to showcase the harmonious and multi-culturalism of Singapore.

• Oversee the budget to ensure that the team works within the budget allocated.

Requirements:

• Meticulous and able to lead a team effectively
• Resourceful and proactive
• Possess creative and artistic flair and/or interest in performing arts
• Able to work independently and well under pressure, as well as tight timelines; willing to work long and irregular hours and on weekends