INTRODUCTION:

CLC serves as a knowledge centre for the Infrastructure and Built Environment sector under the Ministry of National Development. Our mission is to identify and address future challenges for Singapore and other cities through our foresight capability, knowledge and capability development and strategic platforms, including the World Cities Summit. Our work on policy research draws insights from our network of experts and knowledge partners and takes an evidence-based approach to inform urban planning and policy development in Singapore.

You can expect a dynamic and rewarding career at CLC, where you will help bring together city leaders and experts from around the world to create knowledge and apply these to addressing contemporary urban challenges and identifying critical opportunities.

JOB SCOPE:

CLC's futures and cities-oriented knowledge work in the built environment focuses on the following policy research domains:

1. Future of Urban Liveability - how to enhance the planning of our future towns and districts to ensure they respond to evolving models of liveability, through adopting an evidence-based approach to achieve system-level liveability outcomes.

2. Future Communities - what constitutes quality of life in a dense urban setting, and how these might be impacted by future live-work-play patterns, and changing social dynamics between different communities or segments of society

3. Future Urban Resilience and Regeneration - decarbonisation and net-zero/net-positive transitions, ecological planning, resource circularity, climate change adaptation and mitigation in cities, and the enabling urban governance systems for infrastructure planning and development

4. Thought Leadership - establishing partnerships and networks to support our research pillars, through the application of relevant approaches/methods such as urban science, foresight and indices, and reaching out through various platforms to profile CLC's work and mindshare.

For the role of Assistant Director, you will primarily help to drive thought-leadership and expansion of the City Network for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize by building and strengthening partnerships amongst member cities, through the facilitation of multi-stakeholder engagement plans and research collaborations to share best practices, address common urban challenges, and support one another's knowledge efforts.

As part of your portfolio, you will contribute to CLC's knowledge work in the areas of socio-behavioral research for policy and planning to address urban challenges facing our communities, as well as examine new urban development approaches for cities to achieve liveability and resilience in a climate-changed and resource-constrained future.

What you will be working on:

You will team up with colleagues on the City Network for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize and collaborate across research teams to develop key research agendas that respond to the latest developments in urban development and policy research.

You will partner cities and stakeholders to design and conduct research and analysis on assigned urban issues by adopting a range of qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection, with the intent of translating applied research into policy. You will also present research findings, convene thought leadership sessions and commission selected research to be done by knowledge organisations.

You are expected to produce high-quality research outputs, including reports, briefs and articles that engaging, accessible and informative for diverse audiences. You may expect to share the output from your policy-futures work at CLC's capacity development programmes which train urban leaders from Singapore and other cities.

You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with other CLC teams to acquire new skills including communications, events and strategic partnership management.

What we are looking for:

• Possess a future-oriented mindset and keen interest in the policies and plans that underpin and drive urban development in Singapore, and in other cities.
• Possess an inquisitive mind with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work both independently and in a team setting.
• Ability to organise and analyse data and research, present concise analysis findings, and communicate clear insights for policies and planning in Singapore and other cities.
• At least 2-3 years of experience in stakeholder management and international relations, i.e. ability to develop and maintain relationships with external partners to enhance reach and impact of networks.
• Strong experience in programme and project management, including organising and managing events such as forums, workshops, and lectures to promote knowledge sharing and dialogue, facilitating joint projects and research collaborations, and budget planning and monitoring.
• Relevant experience in public communications, including managing online presence, updating websites and LinkedIn page is a valued skill.
• Relevant experience in one or more of the following domains, namely, Urban Planning & Design, Architecture, Real Estate Development, Public Policy and Management, Sustainable Development, Urban Sociology/Economics and/or Urban Systems Design/Engineering.