Assistant Manager, TACs & Business Networks

As an Assistant Manager in the TACs & Business Networks (TBN) team, you will play a key role in supporting capability development initiatives that strengthen the ecosystem of Trade Associations and Chambers (TACs). Beyond project coordination and governance, this role also acts as a connector between TAC transformation needs and the Singapore Business Institute (SBI)s programme offerings. You will contribute to insight-driven industry engagement, financial governance, grant and procurement management, and executive-level support, ensuring the TAC initiatives translate into scalable workforce development solutions. This role is ideal for fresh graduates or early-career professionals who are meticulous, analytical, and eager to bridge operational excellence with strategic workforce impact.

Job Responsibilities

1. Industry Engagement & Executive Support

• Engage proactively with TACs and external stakeholders to strengthen partnerships, surface ground-level insights, and contribute to shaping high-impact capability development initiatives.
• Support the preparation of strategic presentations, briefing materials, and event logistics for industry-facing engagements.
• Capture industry insights and translate them into inputs for SBI curriculum and programme development, ensuring alignment between TAC needs and training supply.

2. Strategic & Operational Support

• Conduct research on industry trends, workforce transformation priorities, and policy developments relevant to TACs.
• Synthesise insights from internal reports and stakeholder feedback to inform TBN and SBI planning and decision-making.
• Collaborate across departments to build shared knowledge systems that link TAC capability needs, WSG/SSG/ESG support schemes, and SBI learning offerings.
• Support budgeting and forecasting exercises, including data consolidation, variance analysis, and return-on-investment tracking for TAC programmes.

3. Programmes and Grant Operations Enablement

• Coordinate and track grant utilisation and reporting across multiple capability development programmes, ensuring consistency, transparency, and audit-readiness.
• Develop and maintain standardised processes for budgeting, claims, and reporting to support repeatability and reduce reliance on ad-hoc approaches.
• Contribute to the standardisation and scaling of programme delivery, identifying opportunities where TAC initiatives can be extended into SBI offerings for broader industry impact.
• Support internal capability building by streamlining documentation and knowledge sharing, enabling more efficient and insight-driven stakeholder engagement across WDD and SBI.

4. Impact Tracking & Ecosystem Integration

• Develop dashboards and reports that track programme outcomes, linking TAC capability development to enterprise workforce transformation and SBI revenue/engagement metrics.
• Facilitate co-branding and partnership opportunities between TACs, SBI, IHLs, and professional bodies under a revenue-sharing or training-as-a-service model.
• Ensure SBF positions itself as an end-to-end workforce partner by aligning TAC transformation with SBI's skills and learning agenda.

Job Requirements

• Strong organisational skills to manage timelines, track deliverables, and coordinate across multiple workstreams.
• Analytical mindset to interpret data, conduct research, and support strategic planning.
• Ability to express ideas clearly in both verbal and written formats.
• Professional communication skills to engage internal teams, TACs, and external stakeholders effectively.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and able to work independently when needed.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to operational excellence.
• Collaborative team player who can work across departments and bridge synergies between TACs and SBI.
• Basic financial literacy and a willingness to learn budgeting, forecasting, and grant compliance.
• Curiosity and openness to learn about workforce development, business transformation, and industry trends.

Fresh graduates are welcome to apply.