Assistant Director/Senior Assistant Director, Leadership Planning

As a member of MND HR Division’s Leadership Planning team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our talent management, succession planning and leadership development strategies. Working closely with our line divisions, our Family of agencies, Infrastructure and Environment Sector agencies, and central agencies such as PSD, you will help to identify, develop and retain key talent and build a strong pipeline of leaders to meet our current and future organisational needs. In addition, you will lead and oversee our scholarship and employer branding efforts. This includes strengthening our employer value proposition, attracting and managing a strong scholarship pipeline, and ensuring that these efforts are closely integrated with our broader talent and leadership strategies. Responsibilities Your key focus areas will include: a) Talent Management & Succession Planning • Working closely with our line divisions to identify their talent requirements and support talent sourcing across agencies and other whole-of-government channels, including PSD’s Central Posting Exercise • Partnering with our line divisions to identify high-potential officers and implement strategies to develop and retain them for leadership roles within MND and the MND Family • Supporting the review and implementation of talent management and succession planning frameworks, including maintaining oversight of succession pipelines for key leadership positions in our Family and supporting healthy renewal across our Family boards • Coordinating talent nomination, assessment and engagement processes, and working with stakeholders to track officers' development progress b) Leadership Development • Identifying development needs for our officers earmarked for senior leadership roles, and recommending targeted interventions such as leadership milestone programmes, stretch assignments and developmental postings • Reviewing the effectiveness of existing leadership development programmes and proposing improvements aligned with our organisational priorities and whole-of-government directions c) Scholarship Management • Overseeing our end-to-end scholarship cycle, from attraction and application through assessment, interviews and offers, while ensuring a robust selection process and positive candidate experience • Guiding the scholarship team in reviewing scholarship attraction and selection approaches to ensure that we continue to attract candidates who meet our Family’s longer-term talent needs • Working with relevant stakeholders to strengthen the links between scholarship attraction, scholar development, and our longer-term talent and leadership pipeline d) Employer Branding • Shaping our employee value proposition and scholarship efforts to support our longer-term workforce and leadership pipeline needs • Overseeing talent attraction and engagement initiatives, including career and scholarship fairs, school engagements, networking sessions, and other outreach programmes • Building strong partnerships with our Family of agencies, educational institutions, central agencies, and other stakeholders to enhance the visibility and attractiveness of careers and scholarships across our Family Requirements We are looking for a motivated and versatile HR professional who is keen to contribute to our longer-term talent and leadership agenda and is comfortable working across both strategic and operational issues. You should have: • Relevant HR and team lead experience, preferably in areas such as talent management, succession planning, leadership development talent acquisition, employer branding, or scholarship management • Strong strategic and policy acumen, with the ability to translate organisational priorities and workforce needs into practical HR strategies and programmes • Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior management, line divisions, agencies, educational institutions and other partners • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop clear narratives, papers and presentations for different audiences