Jobs at Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)

Manage cost control and contract administration across large-scale infrastructure projects. Prepare estimates, budgets, tender documents, evaluate bids, manage post-award contract administration, monitor cost performance, implement value engineering, and handle variations, claims and dispute resolution.

Lead and manage electrical and mechanical building-services contractors for underground MRT station construction. Oversee safety, quality, progress, contract cashflows, variations/payments/claims, and coordinate with project teams, designers, civil contractors, stakeholders and the railway operator.

Leads the development of behavioural and implementation science capabilities across public health initiatives. Applies these approaches to design, implement, and evaluate strategic health promotion interventions, builds organisational capability, and establishes partnerships with leading institutions and international networks. The role manages complex, cross-functional projects focused on translating evidence into population-scale impact.

Develops evidence-based national preventive health policies and strategies in Singapore. Responsibilities include analysing public health and market data, consulting government and industry stakeholders, translating policy into operational solutions, evaluating policy impact, supporting legislative amendments and research, managing national labelling schemes, and providing committee secretariat support. The role requires strong strategic thinking, analytical, stakeholder engagement, communication, and policy development capabilities.

Validates and maintains tree inventory data across GIS layers through desktop analysis and field verification. The role identifies discrepancies, supports GIS platform optimisation, produces data quality reports, develops validation procedures, and collaborates with operations and IT teams on digital transformation initiatives. Strong tree species identification, analytical ability, attention to detail, communication skills, and comfort working outdoors are required. GIS and quality assurance training will be provided.

Provide engineering support for projects in electrical services for rail, including design, specification development, commissioning, and technology review.

Lead academic timetabling, scheduling, resource planning and operations for the School. Manage timetable systems, support teaching allocation and workload management, maintain accurate academic records and LMS (Brightspace), support accreditation and quality assurance, drive process improvements using data analytics, and liaise with stakeholders.

Drives high-impact SkillsFuture projects, coordinates whole-of-government policy planning, conducts horizon scans, supports international strategy, and performs stakeholder engagement and secretariat duties. The role requires synthesizing complex information, evaluating project outcomes, communicating clearly, and adapting to changing priorities while advancing Singapore’s workforce skills development agenda.

Leads SWDA’s corporate planning cycle, strategy development, performance management, international engagement, and Board governance. The role translates strategic priorities into organisational plans, designs performance frameworks, reports data-driven insights, facilitates senior management alignment, manages international partnerships and visits, and provides secretariat support for Board and leadership platforms. It also guides complex projects, mentors teammates, and develops clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Leads annual and multi-year budget planning, funding submissions, resource allocation, governance, and budget operations. Partners with Ministries, divisions, and senior management to optimize public-sector resources, monitor programme performance, analyze expenditure data, and provide recommendations and management reports using dashboards and digital tools.

Processes and reviews grant submissions and accounting, manages fixed assets, and supports financial reporting. The role collaborates with internal business units, ministries, statutory boards, and government agencies on grant-related submissions and reports. It requires accounting or business knowledge, Excel proficiency, teamwork, independent work, analytical capability, and confidence managing external stakeholders.

Coordinate the Singapore Turf Club closure across government agencies, focusing on asset realization, operational transition, land handover, procurement, contracts, budgets, governance, and risk management. Oversee consultants, vendors, team members, and workstreams while preparing decision papers, reports, and submissions for senior stakeholders and inter-agency forums.

Lead partnership development, design and manage programmes, pilots and grants. Oversee funding governance, monitor performance and risks, translate insights into proposals, and guide junior staff and stakeholder engagement.

Leads strategic partnerships, programme and pilot development, grant governance, funding administration, and cross-functional delivery within the careers and employment services sector. The role develops stakeholder engagement plans, designs and evaluates initiatives, monitors budgets and risks, prepares recommendations for senior management, and identifies technology-enabled service improvements. It also guides junior staff and ensures programmes are properly governed, evaluated, and aligned with organisational priorities.

The role involves supporting the development of WSG strategies, managing programmes, and engaging stakeholders for the Career and Employment Services ecosystem.

Develop and manage global paid media strategies across 15–20 markets, optimizing social, programmatic, search, video, and publisher campaigns. Partner with agencies and internal teams on integrated marketing activations, experimentation, measurement, audience data strategy, SEO, AI search visibility, and Conversion API infrastructure. Translate performance data into strategic recommendations and drive continuous improvements across paid and owned media channels.

Own and evolve the organization’s social media strategy, frameworks, playbooks, channel mix, performance reporting, emerging-platform pilots, campaign delivery, and paid social oversight. Analyze platform trends and performance data, translate insights into recommendations, guide cross-functional teams and partners, and ensure social activity supports broader marketing objectives. The role requires strategic foresight, hands-on execution, strong analytical and presentation skills, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-changing social landscape.

Supports the Regional Social and Cultural Studies programme through research collaboration, literature reviews, data visualization and analysis, publication and book project coordination, event management, administrative and editorial work, and outreach activities. The intern may contribute to projects involving Islam, Chinese soft power, youth engagement, social inequality, and urban poverty in Southeast Asia.

Supports data management, integration, quality improvement, analytics, reporting, dashboard development, and automation initiatives. Responsibilities include consolidating and validating data, writing SQL queries, conducting exploratory analysis with Python or R, developing Power BI or Tableau dashboards, streamlining data pipelines, automating recurring tasks, and documenting processes.

Supports the Regional Economic Studies Programme through data collection, compilation and analysis; prepares notes for research meetings and seminars; and assists with editorial work related to Southeast Asian economic research. The internship runs from November 2026 through January 2027. Prior research experience is not required, but strong writing and presentation skills are expected.