Assistant Manager / Manager / Senior Manager, Education & Manpower Development (Education)

What the role is:

The Education and Development Department’s work ranges from growing an appreciation for the arts across student segments (preschool onwards) to increasing engagement with the arts in pre-tertiary education, and ensuring a pipeline of arts professionals equipped with the right skill sets and opportunities for continuous professional development to support lifelong learning.

As an Assistant Manager/Manager/Senior Manager in the Education Unit, you will contribute towards the formulation of policies and strategies, and implementation of artist-led programmes such as the NAC-Arts Education Programme (NAC-AEP), Artist-In-School Scheme (AISS) and partnerships to strengthen the arts education sector. You will also work on building strong relationships with artists and arts groups, arts institutions and relevant government agencies that are involved in the arts education sector to extend access to quality arts learning experiences and strengthen the impact of artist-led arts education.

What you will be working on:

1. Strengthen outcomes of arts education programmes by identifying issues, gaps/needs and developing solutions for preschool, mainstream, SPED and ITE sub-sectors.
2. Catalyse growth in the arts education sector by collaborating with stakeholders (education institutions, training providers, artists and arts organisations, government agencies) to develop initiatives and implement capability development programmes for the arts education workforce. This would include processing grant applications, tracking recipients and reviewing the scheme at the end of every cycle.
3. Assess and manage endorsement of programmes for the NAC-AEP Directory and AISS applications, which would include processing change requests by artists, arts groups and schools, and responding to queries.
4. Manage arts education related evaluation and research projects.

What we are looking for:

1. Good degree, with minimum 3 years of relevant working experience.
2. Strong analytical, critical thinking skills and IT skills.
3. Good project and relationship management skills.
4. Team player who is proactive, resourceful, independent and self-motivated.
5. Good communication and writing skills.
6. Passionate about the arts and culture, and good knowledge of the arts landscape and/or arts education and/or special education sector in Singapore.
7. Deep understanding of the Visual Arts sector will be an advantage.