A*STAR Human Resource (HR) Division’s vision is to develop all staff to their fullest potential and to help them make meaningful contributions to their department, to the organisation and to Singapore. A*STAR HR aspires to provide valued HR services to attract, develop, motivate and retain the best talent to help A*STAR achieve its mission.

The HR Division comprises the Recruitment, HR Planning and Policy, Talent Management, HR Analytics, HR Operations, HR Partners departments and the People Development and Planning Office.

The key responsibilities include:

• Implement A*STAR’s ?Raise, Train, Sustain? talent strategy to build up the research talent pool to anchor and strengthen peaks of excellence
• Partner leadership in manpower planning for the research workforce in A*STAR
• Translate manpower policies and frameworks into implementation
• Develop core organisational structures to facilitate manpower planning
• Leverage available mechanisms/tools to attract and retain scientific talent and facilitate interventions
• Analyse manpower trends and provide data insights on manpower to management for decision making

Job Requirements

• Relevant experience in HR with at least 3 to 5 years’ experience in Manpower Planning
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate concepts into implementation plans
• Resourceful and motivated
• Pro-active, quality conscious, attentive to details and result-oriented
• Able to work independently and in a team to deliver results under tight timeline