Assistant Director, Human Capital

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Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Singapore

SGD 60,000 - 80,000

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7 days ago

Job description

What the role is:

Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a power brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design, or even a song or story that moves one’s soul. Housing Singapore’s largest community of intellectual property (IP) experts, IPOS understands better than anyone how important it is to protect ideas and creations for now and the future. We leverage on our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow, through their intangible assets, including IP, from Singapore, through Singapore. We catalyse the ideas today, into assets tomorrow. The Human Capital Department supports IPOS to attract, develop, nurture and retain talent, in support of IPOS' organisational goals.

What you will be working on:

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on individual to join our Human Capital Department. You will play a pivotal role in driving key initiatives across Employee Engagement, HR Policy & Processes, Learning & Development, Workforce Planning and Recruitment. This position requires close collaboration with department heads, HR colleagues and senior management to build a positive workplace culture, build organisational capabilities and ensure alignment between people strategies and business priorities.

Drive employee engagement initiatives and partner departments on follow-up actions to strengthen culture and employee experience.
Develop and deliver training programmes and competency frameworks to build future-ready capabilities across the organisation.
Review and update HR policies and ensure clear, timely communication of changes to support understanding and compliance.
Oversee manpower planning and budgeting to ensure optimal resourcing and fiscal accountability.
Lead end-to-end recruitment for selected departments, ensuring timely hires and strong, forward-looking talent pipelines to meet evolving organisational needs.

What we are looking for:

• Degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration or a related field
• At least 5 years of relevant HR experience, including supervisory responsibilities
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strategic and fast thinker with strong analytical skills, attention to detail and ability to work independently in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Prior experience in the public sector is preferred but not mandatory

About Intellectual Property Office of Singapore:

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is the national authority that registers and is responsible for the administration of IP rights in Singapore. IPOS helps businesses use intangible assets (IA) and IP to grow and is committed to building Singapore into an international IA/IP hub. We help to catalyse a future driven by life-enhancing, commercially successful ideas created by businesses, professionals and everyday people. We help to turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s assets. IPOS is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law.