Careers

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Senior Executive, NSS Rewilding Project

Shape Singapore’s green future with Nature Society Singapore’s NSS Rewilding Project by leading tree planting, habitat restoration, and fostering collaboration and stakeholder engagement to enhance biodiversity and create sustainable natural spaces.

Rewilding Programme

  1. Manage the NSS Rewilding Project (end to end from sourcing and selecting the saplings to planting and eventual maintenance and care of the plants) with guidance from the Rewilding Project Committee (RPC), as well as engaging and interacting with sponsors, government agencies, NSS staff and volunteers and various stakeholders at every stage of the Rewilding Project
  2. Maintain and provide detailed quarterly reports to stakeholders to keep track of progress, and to work closely with the RPC by scheduling weekly or daily meetings (as necessary) to update on the progress, planning, and coordination of events
  3. Attend monthly NSS Council meetings and give updates to the Council re the Rewilding Project
  4. Create and maintain and update Rewilding Project SOPs for NSS volunteers and EXCO
  5. Coordinate and manage seed collection, germination, repotting, tree planting and monitoring activities with sponsors, government agencies, NSS staff and volunteers
  6. Manage and mentor volunteers with help from NSS Volunteer Committee and staff, including event planning, volunteer recruitment and onboarding for Rewilding Project activities
  7. Source and identify suitable nursing and planting sites along the Rail Corridor North for seedlings and saplings in collaboration with stakeholders and the RPC
  8. Learn and apply ecological knowledge of plant species to the Rewilding Project that influences and directs the eventual planting of saplings
  9. Continuously manage and execute tree monitoring activities after planting of saplings to ensure viability
  10. Manage and coordinate all meetings between the NSS committee,
    sponsors and government agencies to provide timely updates about
    progress of Rewilding Project
  11. Takes initiative in deciding the direction of the program in consultation with the RPC

Secretariat Work

  1. Assist the NSS Secretariat where necessary
  2. Represent NSS at local and overseas conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.
  3. Promote NSS and Rewilding programme to partners and other audiences as required.
  4. Any and all other duties as required by NSS EXCO to run and maintain the society.

Please send your applications via email to Ms. Huang Ningxin at ningxin@nss.org.sg

Senior Executive for NSS Every Singaporean a Naturalist Project

Join our flagship citizen science project and nature education programme aimed at nurturing hearts and minds for nature, and ultimately lead the participants to support advocacy and conservation of the natural environment.

Strategic Planning

  1. Co-lead the strategic planning of the ESN programme, including biennial review of its goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and key components.
  2. Co-lead strategic discussions with the NSS Executive Committee (Exco) and the ESN Working Group on key decisions and milestones of the ESN programme.
  3. Co-lead the roadmap for the expansion of the ESN programme to community groups, including businesses, community clubs, etc.
  4. Drive key components by designing, planning, and organising activities and events aligned to the goals of the ESN programme.
  5. Accomplish ESN’s objectives within set timeline

Stakeholder Engagement

  1. With Participants/Partners (schools and Community Groups)
    • Recruit new schools and community groups, as partners of the ESN programme.
    • Conduct ESN training and workshops for participants, and assist with ESN monitoring and the analysis of data where necessary.
    • Follow up with partners on enquiries, monitoring and data uploading, and activities and events registration if any
    • Maintain communication channels and prepare communication materials for partners (e.g., Google Site, WhatsApp, newsletters, termly updates, NSS and ESN social media platforms as required).
    • Administer the ESN Skills Achievement Programme for participants.
    • Build rapport with partners to ensure continued engagement and sustained interest.
    • Establish an ESN community/network for participants and partners.
  2. With Volunteers & Interns (ESN Nature Mentors)
    • Manage the ESN Mentorship Programme, including recruitment, training, and deployment.
    • Build rapport with volunteers and interns to ensure continued engagement.
    • Design, plan, and organise activities and events for community building among volunteers and interns
  3. With Funders and Sponsors
    • Prepare funding proposals for the ESN programme, including annual budget.
    • Prepare periodic progress reports on the ESN programme for funders and sponsors.
    • Establish and maintain effective partnerships with funders and sponsors for collective benefit.
  4. Within NSS
    • Prepare brief monthly progress updates on the ESN programme for reporting at NSS Exco/Council meetings.
    • Prepare content on the ESN programme as required (e.g., features in NSS Nature News Newsletter and/or Nature Watch magazine).
    • Liaise with the NSS Exco, Committees, Special Interest Groups, and other Secretariat staff to provide opportunities for ESN participants/partners to attend and be involved in NSS activities and events (e.g., Singapore Bird Race).

Programme Improvement

  1. Create or improve on explanatory materials to promote the programme to potential ESN participants/partners.
  2. Create or improve on resource materials (e.g., for education, monitoring, training, and workshop) for ESN participants/partners to use throughout the programme.
  3. Maintain the user-facing front of the database/platform (iNaturalist) used to collect ESN monitoring data.

Others

  1. Assist the NSS Secretariat where necessary
  2. Represent NSS at local and overseas conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.
  3. Promote NSS and the ESN programme to Birdlife Partners and other audiences as required.
  4. Assist to mentor the NSS volunteers and interns within all areas of NSS

Major Events

  1. To organize and manage the following 2 flagship events under ESN
  2. Biodiversity Race
  3. ESN Inaugural Symposium

Any and all other duties as required by NSS EXCO to run and maintain the society.

Please send your applications via email to Ms. Huang Ningxin at ningxin@nss.org.sg