Job Description

[What the role is]

The Assistant Director (Network & Comms) leads strategic communications and network development for the five CDCs, driving Whole-of-CDCs branding, media engagement, and community partnerships. The role supports CDCs in complementing the government's community engagement efforts through common-based programmes and ensures sound corporate governance across CDCs and CPD.

[What you will be working on]

Strategic Communications

• Assist SD to develop strategic communications and strategies in relation to Whole-of-CDCs policies implementation.

• Develop Strategic comms strategies and messages to support Strategic planning work and its implementation.

• Develop central narratives for common based programmes, media plans and media management, which include preparing media releases, engaging media to events, coordinating media interviews/filmings.

• Monitor and analyse media coverage and trends on common based programmes.

• Develop and implement consistent CDC brand identity though different platforms (especially digital) such as social media, website, corporate video; and through writing of CDC stories to illustrate the brand.

• Drive social media initiative under Whole-of-CDCs (example Tik Tok, Telegram and other online platforms) and raise the number of followers and subscribers.

• Improve and ensure contents in CDC main website is up to date.

• Implement whole of CDC branding for example, corporate video, corporate kit and other publicity materials/collaterals

Network Development and Growth (include Partners and Stakeholders)

• Engage partners and stakeholders and grow and connect communities together to build their capabilities to meet emerging and existing needs (for example, connecting learning and caring communities)

• Handle CDC dialogues, CDC website, PA Corporate Members, Sense making and coordination (RM)

• Coordinate and evaluate the nominations of partners from CDCs for PA Community Spirit Awards.

• Help CPD to grow the partners for Whole-of-CDC Community Spirit Awards.

Corporate Governance

• Ensure CDCs’ corporate governance such as the CDC Rules, renewal of Institute of Public Character (IPC) status, annual reports submissions, asset management and procurement.

Office of the Mayors (Foreign delegations/International Relations/Overseas meetings/forums)

• Assist in the Office of Mayors-International Relations related matters and work closely with Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Government agencies and overseas counterparts on trips and bilateral meetings/courtesy calls.

Common Based Programmes

• Spearhead and lead national schemes that cut across five CDCs.
• Review and monitor common based programmes across CDCs to ensure the effective use of resources.
• Draft papers/ reports and prepare/ make presentations to highlight and profile CDC work as assigned by SD.

Social Innovation and Community Development

• Develop and incubate innovative programmes to meet emerging and existing, and increasingly complex needs.

Secretariat (Meetings and Parliamentary Matters)

• Handle the corporate and administration functions of CPD which includes secretariat and staffing duties for meetings co-ordinated by and involving CPD, for programmes and projects and media matters involving all CDCs.
• Assist to design and facilitate Mayors' and CPD/CDCs' workplan/workshops, and in the development of the overall CDC strategies so as to align to CDC’s mission and PA objectives.

Quality Service and IT

• Serve as the Division's Quality Service Manager (QSM) and IT Coordinator, ensuring service standards and IT coordination needs of CPD are met.

[What we are looking for]

Other ad-hoc duties not covered under main responsibilities and duties.
• Task Forces/Committees as required.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by Senior Officers