The Physical Activity and Weight Management (PAWM) division's goal is to help Singapore avert an epidemic of obesity and its impact on the non-communicable disease (NCD) morbidity rate. This is accomplished by a containment strategy to slow the rise in the prevalence of obesity through increasing physical activity at population level. Its aim is to make the physically-active lifestyle an integral part of Singaporeans' lives. The objective is to increase the proportion of local residents with sufficient physical activity (PA) so as to improve their health. This is achieved by reaching out to the local residents with broad based Incidental PA (IPA) and structured Leisure Time PA (LTPA) programmes to increase the pervasiveness of physical Activity among Singaporeans.
The Division also manages structured Weight Management (WM) programmes for a targeted group of people who wish to manage their weight.
The Director/Senior Deputy Director (SDD) reports to Group Director and is responsible for the oversight of the strategic development of PAWM's programmes and partnership engagement with alignment to HPB's strategic intent to further the mandate of the department.
Key Responsibilities - Develop PAWM's strategic plans in alignment with HPB's strategic directions Location (optional)
- Responsible for the KPI achievement and report for the department
- Provide stewardship to the department on its developmental and partnership directions
- Provide leadership guidance and support for the execution of PAWM programmes on the ground
- Work across HPB's division to collaborate and strengthen the delivery of PAWM mandate and programmes
- Engage external partners to strengthen PAWM's partners' relations to enhance opportunity for future collaborations
- Keep abreast with the Singapore's PAWM landscape in order to project and influence the department's strategic development
- Ensure clear accountability in department budget and finance-related matters
- Manage department's HR planning and Administration
- Supervise and provide guidance to the Customer Service function across all programmes under the department responsibility
- Representing HPB in fronting PAWM's matters in relevant media, public or industry engagement
Key Responsibilities - Manage the full spectrum of the assigned programmes portfolio effectively.
- Guide the sections on the design, development and execution of their respective programmes to promote physical activity across all settings.
- Engage partners and vendors to bring internal and external stakeholders together for synergistic programme delivery
- Connect and work with business/industry and other public agencies to develop holistic/WOG models of programme delivery
- Establish, review and manage operations and processes to ensure PA programmes are executed with good corporate governance
- Ensure clear accountability in managing budget and finance-related matters, including project contracts, prizes, rewards and sponsorships.
Key Competencies - Strong leader, team player, dependable, highly-motivated and flexible
- Ability to think strategically, with a strong foundation and instinct for ground operations
- Strong on-ground operations and execution experience, with multi-level coordination skills
- Strong planning skills
- Commercial acumen
- Ability to communicate well, verbally and in written form
- Dynamic team player and effective collaborator
- A good sense of humour
Requirements - Possess relevent qualification preferably in health-related science, business development or related disciplines
- Possess at least 12 years of relevant working experience, with a proven track record of delivery of results, of which at least 6 years should be in senior supervisory role
- Strong leadership skills and experience in leading department teams
- Demonstrated project and vendor management skills and experience
- Possess an appetite for charting new growth areas
- Strong track record in event management as overall in-charge for big-scale events
- Pro-active and results-oriented, ability to work under stress
- Possess excellent inter-personal skills and emotional intelligence
- Possess good verbal, written and presentation skills
Advertised: 16 Jul 2019
Applications close: 31 Aug 2019
