Assistant Manager / Manager, Rewards and Performance

About Sport Singapore and the Team

Sport Singapore is dedicated to transforming the nation through active lifestyles by crafting innovative, enjoyable, and meaningful sporting experiences. By uniting people across various demographics through sport, we foster values, character, resilience, and a collective Singapore spirit that enhances national identity. Our mantra is to help Singaporeans live better through sport.

Operating from a foundation of Passion for Sport, Strength through Teamwork, and Care for People, we prioritize collaboration and camaraderie, treating our workforce like a family.

Role Overview

Join our Strategy & Performance Team to support the development of a progressive, competitive, and sustainable HR system aimed at attracting, retaining, and nurturing a future-ready workforce. You will be instrumental in creating, reviewing, and implementing policies and frameworks relating to compensation, manpower planning, and performance management.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in crafting the Annual Pay Plan Proposal by preparing market benchmark data derived from relevant industry surveys.
• Develop pay simulation models addressing Performance Bonuses, Merit and Promotion increments, and Salary Adjustments to ensure competitiveness of base pay and total cash compensation.
• Oversee the administration and processing of all salary-related transactions including bonuses and increments, monitoring cost implications to maintain the budget.
• Support the yearly manpower planning process by projecting manpower needs and executing manpower plans.
• Coordinate preparation of manpower-related documents, presentations, and responses for both internal and external stakeholders, including materials for Reinvestment Funds exercises.
• Generate and maintain regular and ad hoc manpower reports, such as organizational charts, manpower summaries, employee movement analyses, and related HR analytics for stakeholders.
• Stay updated on Public Sector Manpower Management Frameworks and Sport Singapore's priorities influencing manpower planning.
• Contribute to designing, reviewing, and implementing the organization's performance management framework to align with organizational objectives and public sector standards.
• Manage the annual performance appraisal cycles, facilitating calibration and review sessions.
• Provide expert advice to HR Business Partners and recruiters on compensation, performance, and manpower issues.

Candidate Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in HR focusing on performance management, compensation, or manpower planning.
• Possession of IHRP certifications is advantageous.
• Experience thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including use of formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and forecasting, along with competency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience with analytics tools such as Tableau is beneficial.
• Strong teamwork skills with a customer-centric approach, urgency, meticulous attention to detail, excellent organizational capabilities, and ability to collaborate across all leadership levels.
• Independent, adaptable, and innovative thinker with a strong process-oriented mindset and solid numerical and analytical abilities.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity, digital savviness, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A passion for sport demonstrated by an active lifestyle and personal advocacy for sporting engagement.

Additional Information

• Only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.
• Compensation will reflect the candidate's experience and performance records.
• Initial contract terms are for two or three years.