Assistant Manager, Land Dealings Approval Unit (LDAU)
Government of Singapore · Sla-Revenue House Level 11
[What the role is]
Administer and enforce the Residential Property Act 1976 (RPA), including assessment of applications and cases, policy review and development, stakeholder engagement, compliance and enforcement work, data analysis, and the enhancement of operational systems and processes to support the effective regulation of foreign ownership of residential property in Singapore.[What you will be working on]
- To administer the Residential Property Act 1976 to regulate foreign ownership of restricted residential property in Singapore. Main role involves operational aspects pertaining to the day to day running and operations of the Land Dealings Approval Unit, including:
1. Assessing, managing, and evaluating cases
2. Responding to enquiries from members of the public, foreign persons, and lawyers
3. Providing support for projects
- To review policies, prepare policy submission and make policy recommendations to ensure they are up to date and relevant
- To conduct enforcement work to ensure compliance with legislation and conditions
- Carry out enforcement checks on individuals/entities
- Conduct data analysis to detect breaches
- Collation of statistics
- Review and verify data in the system
- Manage and enhance LDAU’s enforcement portal
- Enhancement of operations system
- Any other tasks / duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
[What we are looking for]
- Good command of the English language (both written and spoken)
- Ability to write clearly and succinctly
- Experience performing and supporting public service policy conceptualisation, formulation and implementation work would be an advantage
- Good presentation and public speaking skills
- Good interpersonal, writing and communication skills
- Possesses a legal background and/ or experience supporting lawyers and/ or in-house legal counsel in a law firm, a public agency or a company’s legal department in rendering legal advice would be an advantage
- Experience in reading, understanding, and applying statutory provisions and requirements in the performance of the law firm, public agency or company’s work and business would be an advantage
- Familiarity with legislative review and amendments work undertaken by public agencies, and experience accessing and referencing Parliamentary Reports, Debates and related Parliamentary Questions for work purposes would be an advantage
- Experience in public or regulatory agencies’ enforcement and/ or compliance work would be an advantage
- Some knowledge of general conveyancing work and processes, and the sale and purchase of property transactions would be helpful
- Meticulous, mature, diligent, and responsible
- Ability to work under pressure as the work may be time sensitive
- Ability to work independently and as a team, ability to interact effectively and professionally with members of the public
- Proficient in Microsoft applications
- Candidate with or without experience are welcome to apply
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