The jobholder leads the Knowledge Platforms team to design and deliver CLC’s key knowledge platforms, such as the World Cities Summit (WCS), events and publications, as part of its mission to share knowledge on liveable and sustainable cities. The biennial WCS held in Singapore is the largest of these deliverables. The team also organises the WCS Mayors Forum and WCS Young Leaders Symposium in Singapore and overseas in alternate years; and the CLC Lecture or Webinar Series. The team co-ordinates and builds on CLC wide partnership engagements and sponsorships for WCS.
Knowledge Platforms (KP) workstream also publishes CLC’s flagship biannual Urban Solutions magazine, and is responsible for CLC and WCS marketing and communications, including the development and maintenance of websites and social media accounts; corporate/ marketing videos, brochures, slides and other collateral; production of EDMs (including CLC’s monthly Better Cities e-magazine); CLC Annual Report; and media engagements. Finally, the team supplies selected CLC-wide service functions, including co-ordination of publication standards; knowledge management; and partnerships.
The jobholder must be outgoing, have a keen interest in issues facing the sustainability and resilience of cities and be able to engage city leaders and international organisations at all levels to further ties and develop bilateral partnerships. The jobholder must be able to reach out to MNCs, local companies and sponsors to offer them value propositions so that they will engage with CLC and WCS platforms. He/she is expected to travel and work with foreign city halls especially when the overseas edition of WCS MF is held.
Responsibilities include:
- Strategy: Guide the team to strategically conceptualise, and periodically re-imagine WCS and related events, CLC and WCS webinars and publication concepts, products and work processes to remain relevant to CLC’s evolving priorities.
- Content: Internationally benchmark and ensure WCS remains ahead of similar international events. Guide the team to work with CLC’s other workstreams (principally, (1) Research and (2) Capability Development, International and Advisory) to curate and develop the content for CLC’s various knowledge platforms; and incorporate key partner events such as Smart Cities Workshop, MND R&D Symposia as part of the content ecosystem.
- Business Development: Formulate business strategies to develop WCS and its related events into a financially sustainable event. Propose new business strategies to reinvent and monetise CLC knowledge products and publications.
- Partner Relations: Work with the team to forge, maintain and grow relationships with key partners, particularly WCS stakeholders, sponsors and strategic partners as well as Mayors, city leaders, leading experts and Young Leaders.
- Operations: Oversee the work of the team, including vendors, to ensure public procurement policies and processes are observed, efficient delivery of various products to their specifications and requirements, including budget limits, deadlines, quality indicators, etc.
- Leadership: Leadership responsibilities including people development, team cohesion and morale, performance management, etc.
Requirements:
- Tertiary education in business with experience in urban related disciplines.
- A minimum of 8-10 years of relevant work experience, including at least some experience in the public sector, in the areas of urban planning and governance; liveability, sustainability and resilience.
- Experience in developing events, publications, journalism, marketing communications and/or partnerships will be ideal.
- Able to develop and drive business development strategies to make the WCS and related KP products financially sustainable.
- Proven track record in leading teams to deliver effective results, whilst exercising teamwork across CLC’s different workstreams.
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage senior officials or business leaders, both internationally and locally.
- Experience in protocols of engaging senior international leaders.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified within 4 weeks of the application closing date.
The successful candidate will be appointed to a position commensurate with his/her experience.
