Senior Manager (Programmes) at University of… · Location…

[What the role is] As a Senior Manager in the Tote board’s (TB) Grants Programmes team, you will play an important role in shaping, and stewarding grant programmes to meet community/social needs aligned with TB’s vision and strategic outcomes.

You will lead/co-lead programme design and evaluation, guide junior team members and serve as a key partner to stakeholders across the public, private and social sectors.

[What you will be working on]

1. Grant Curation & Programme design

• Apply data-driven insights to identify emerging needs and funding opportunities
• Lead or co-lead the curation and design of grant programmes, translating sectoral insights and emerging needs into clear funding strategies and programme propositions.
• Partner with diverse stakeholders (e.g. government, private entities, social service agencies) to understand the sectoral landscape and identify gaps (“white spaces”) and co-create solutions.
• Balance policy intent, sector needs and operational feasibility in programme design.
• Guide junior team members in research, stakeholder engagement and programme scoping.

2. Assessment of Grant Proposals

• Use data analysis and visualization tools to assess proposals and potential impact.
• Provide robust evaluation and judgement on complex or strategic grant applications.
• Work with applicants to strengthen proposals, including clarifying outcomes, Theory of Change and performance indicators.
• Articulate clear funding recommendations, including rationale, trade-offs and risks, for approval authorities.
• Prepare and communicate funding agreements for approved programmes.

3. Grant Management

• Oversee the end-to-end grant lifecycle, ensuring effective programme delivery and compliance with funding terms.
• Serve as primary relationship manager for grantees and partners, providing strategic guidance.
• Monitor programme implementation, proactively identify risks and drive course correction actions, where needed
• Work with Grantee and internal teams to strengthen outcome measurement and data collection, ensuring insights inform programme improvements and funding decisions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g. Finance and Corporate communications) on claims, disbursements, reporting and grant features in TB’s annual reports and social media platforms.
• With junior members’ support, synthesise and present programme performance, insights, and impact to Senior Management, Board and agency stakeholders.

4. Others

• Lead or contribute to business process improvements, policy reviews and capability building.
• Support the adoption of data, digital and AI tools to enhance grantmaking effectiveness.
• Other ad hoc projects.

[What we are looking for]

Requirements

• Trained in relevant disciplines, including but not limited to Business Management, Public Administration, or Social Sciences.
• Minimum 5-8 years of relevant experience in partnership development, grants management, project coordination, or a similar role in the non-profit or public sector.

Key competencies

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate sector insights into funding decisions.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement in complex or ambiguous situations, including balancing risks, trade-offs and policy considerations.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and influencing skills to work across diverse partners and perspectives.
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Good planning and organisational skills, with attention to detail.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively within teams.
• Strong data literacy skills, able to interpret and apply data in decision making process (e.g. dashboards, Power BI, Tableau), and comfort with outcome measurement frameworks.
• Commitment to guiding and developing junior team members.

Join us and help us to achieve our compelling vision of a caring and resilient Singapore.

The successful candidate will be appointed into a position commensurate with his/her work experience.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.