Manager, Leadership & Talent (6-month Contract - Maternity Cover)

At NTUC First Campus, we offer more than jobs—we provide rewarding careers that prioritise your growth and well-being. As a People First organisation, we empower you to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Our family of preschools and services—including My First Skool, Little Skool-House, Outdoor School Singapore, and Bright Horizons Fund—supports young families and strengthens communities. Whether you’re shaping young minds, driving innovative educational practices, or supporting families, every role here offers the chance to make a genuine difference. When you join us, you’ll find a supportive community and a dynamic environment that values your unique contributions and helps you realise your potential. Together, let’s enable bright futures for every child and family.

We are seeking an experienced HR professional to provide maternity cover within the Leadership & Talent team. This role will be responsible for managing key Learning & Development (L&D) initiatives, supporting leadership development programmes, and ensuring smooth execution of L&D strategies and projects.

Job Responsibilities

1. Enhancing L&D Strategies to Strengthen NFC’s Learning Culture: Implementing and enhancing high-impact L&D initiatives. Align these initiatives with business priorities, ensuring employees from different departments at different levels develop skills relevant to their roles and NFC’s evolving needs.
2. Tracking and Measuring Learning Outcomes: Oversee end-to-end tracking, analysis, and reporting of learning effectiveness in collaboration with the team and stakeholders. Utilise data-driven insights to evaluate learning impact, ensuring continuous improvement and ROI on L&D initiatives. Familiar with and experienced working with the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model.
3. Stepping Up on Existing Efforts: Leverage industry best practices, optimise existing learning interventions, frameworks, and content based on employee feedback and business needs. Identify opportunities to integrate solutions for a more engaging and scalable learning experience.
4. Empowering Growth: Strengthen NFC’s self-directed learning culture by embedding the 70-20-10 model. Empower employees to take ownership of their growth through curated learning pathways, various learning platforms, and peer learning initiatives.
5. Enhancing Learning Policies / Practices: Review and refine learning policies, guidelines, and frameworks to support a structured and impactful learning culture and ecosystem.

1. At least 10 years of relevant work experience in talent development, education or learning and development. Possess Degree qualification in any field.
2. Strong expertise in leadership development, competency frameworks, instructional design, learning strategies and technologies.
3. Proven ability to align L&D strategies with business objectives and drive measurable impact.
4. Confident in working with senior leaders to design and execute leadership and capability development programmes.
5. Strong understanding of adult learning principles, coaching methodologies, and digital learning solutions.
6. Excellent stakeholder management, project leadership, and communication skills.
7. Experience managing budgets, vendor relationships, and organisation-wide L&D initiatives.
8. Strong interpersonal skills with the confidence to engage leaders and staff across all levels of the organisation.