Innovation Development

Overall Job Responsibility

The Innovation Development team, part of the Innovation Division in SG Enable, drives and supports innovation projects in collaboration with partners from the private, public, and/or social sector to address challenges faced by persons with disabilities and the disability sector, with a focus on cross-cutting areas of work.

We are seeking a new teammate to join us on this journey to catalyze, conceptualize, and deliver innovation projects to enable persons with disabilities and their caregivers. This is a multi-faceted role involving a wide range of work within a dynamic and purposeful environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Business Development and Stakeholder Engagement

• Understand, distil, and effectively communicate challenges faced by persons with disabilities and their caregivers as well as gaps in the disability sector.
• Proactively identify potential partners in both the public and private sector and seek collaboration to address identified challenges and gaps in the community and sector.
• Identify and develop opportunities to deepen relationships with innovators (e.g. technology companies, startups, innovation labs, Institutes of Higher Learning) and sector stakeholders (e.g. social service agencies, nonprofits) to build a pipeline of opportunities for innovation projects.
• Influence and cultivate relationships with internal stakeholders to explore avenues for collaborations on innovation pilots and initiatives.

Drive and Support Innovation Projects

• Conceptualize innovation projects to address challenges faced by persons with disabilities and their caregivers and/or gaps in the disability sector.
• Plan, execute, and manage projects to meet specific goals and deliverables in accordance with stipulated timelines.
• Lead efforts to procure goods and services required for projects in accordance with company procurement guidelines.
• Align project stakeholders towards project objectives by mediating potential points of divergence and identifying win-win measures.
• Prepare periodic reports to update management, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Support the design and implementation of marketing and publicity plans for the projects (where necessary).
• Evaluate outcomes and feasibility of innovation projects and, where necessary, support efforts to scale successful projects.

Manage Innovation Platform

• Manage platform to seed ground-up innovations by connecting social innovators to challenges faced by persons with disabilities and caregivers.
• Develop and execute strategy to (i) source and curate problem statements from the community and (ii) encourage innovators to utilize the platform and connect with like-minded individuals to spur ground-up innovations.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Degree in any discipline (or relevant working experience in lieu of a degree)
• 3 to 5 years of experience, ideally with demonstrated experience in project management, programme development, stakeholder engagement, and/or change management
• Functional knowledge of at least one innovation approach/methodology (e.g. design thinking, systems thinking, behavioural science, futures thinking, or equivalent), demonstrated through previous work experience, involvement in standalone projects, or completion of relevant courses
• Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills, and resourceful in problem solving
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage both internal and external stakeholders, and proficient in facilitating discussions
• Skilled in communicating ideas and recommendations clearly and convincingly, with good presentation and writing skills
• Able to contribute as part of a team, while working independently on individual responsibilities with minimal supervision
• Detail orientated, with good organisational skills to keep tasks on time under tight deadlines
• Comfortable with ambiguity and adaptable to changing circumstances
• Courage to propose and test new ideas, and learn from successes and failures
• Strong passion for creating positive social impact and disability inclusion is a must – prior experience in the disability sector or familiarity with disability issues is an advantage

Additional Information

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