Leadership Talent Recruitment
The Senior Management Associate Scheme (SMAS) programme provide funding support in recruiting local leadership talents to support Community Care organisations’ growth and development.
SMAS is another employment facilitation initiative introduced to attract mid-career PMETs (Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians) to join the growing Community Care sector, SMAS aims to assist Community Care Organisations (CCOs) recruit suitable managerial and leadership talents to support their organisational growth and development.
Successful placements are highly encouraged to complete the IGNITE e-learning program. It consists of two modules that provide an overview of the Community Care sector, including the various services and support available.
The new staff must meet the following criteria to be eligible for funding under SMAS:
- Candidate is a Singaporean or PR
- Candidate has not been employed by any community care organisation in the last 6 months
- Candidate has at least 8 years of managerial/leadership experience;
- Candidate is part of the senior management team or reports directly to a member of the senior management team
- Candidate should not have adverse reference checks
- Baseline salary of at least $6,000/month
- Candidate has not been funded under SMAS previously through any Community Care Organisation
- For SMAS associate who resigned within the 12-month funding period, organisation would only be able to receive funding for the same job vacancy twice. Thereafter, organisation would not be eligible for funding for the same job vacancy in the next 12 months.
If candidate is employed for a contract position, the contract period needs to be of minimum 2-year period to be eligible for SMAS funding. Candidates on project-based contracts where the employment would end once the project is completed would be ineligible for SMAS funding.
CCOs can receive salary support funding of up to $7,000 per month for each SMAS Associate based on their monthly base salary. The funding for salary support is for a period of one year.
For further enquiries, please email us at manpower@aic.sg.
