Experience

People's Association

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head (Engagement)

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Planning and Engagement - Work closely with the Engagement Group to plan, conceptualise, co-ordinate, facilitate the implementation and review various initiatives so as to strengthen community outreach and engagement, particularly to the harder-to-reach segments in the respective division in the GRC Cluster.- Harness the resources from the Partnership Group to enhance outreach and engagement effectiveness.- Maintain overview of networks at GRC-level so as to identify opportunities to grow, deepen and harness networks to achieve PGP outcomes.- Establish and build strong relationships with community and government networks so as to facilitate implementation of new community initiatives within the GRC Cluster or in specific local constituencies and to enhance the effectiveness of the GROs in achieving the PGP outcomes.- Seek opportunities for collaboration with government agencies and external partners to bring in resources or value-added initiatives to strengthen engagement efforts.Capability Development- Collate, analyse and review relevant data (e.g. socio-demographics, outreach figures) to assess programmes effectiveness, and to identify and develop outreach and engagement strategies.- Work with Head (Admin & Capability Building) to facilitate cross-sharing of best practices at the GRC-level.- Identify opportunities and gaps to build outreach and engagement capabilities of staff and GRLs. Show less

• Constituency Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Sep 2019

  - Acted as a catalyst to encourage and assist volunteer groups to plan and implement community events to meet the needs of the community.- Led project teams on-ground to execute events of varying scales; 30 to 15,000 participants.- Managed a combined portfolio of more than 5 committees, up to 150 volunteers.- Worked with multiple stakeholders and volunteer groups concurrently to organize events.- Developed strategic plans to increase outreach and engagement with residents.- Sought opportunities for collaboration with government agencies and external partners such as local merchants to bring in resources or value-added initiatives to strengthen engagement efforts.- Monitored the budgetary requirements and expenditure controls to ensure optimum utilization of funds. Preparation of financial documents for monthly reporting.- Developed and managed Singapore's first residential art gallery. Engaged residents in visual arts projects facilitated by artists to promote exchanges and foster appreciation in visual arts. These have resulted in over 20 co-created artworks installed at public housing estates.- Organized the largest competitive running events in the western regions of Singapore and raised SGD$150,000 for charity with more than 15,000 participants (2014). Show less