[What the role is]
The National Arts Council (NAC) champions the arts in Singapore. By nurturing creative excellence and supporting broad audience engagement, our diverse and distinctive arts inspire our people, connect communities and profile Singapore internationally. We preserve our rich cultural traditions as we cultivate accomplished artists and vibrant companies for the future. Our support for the arts is comprehensive, ranging from grants and partnerships to industry facilitation and arts housing. The Council welcomes greater private and corporate giving to the arts and through the arts, so that together, we can make the arts an integral part of everyone’s lives.
At NAC, we have a team of creative and dynamic staff who share this common vision.
If you have a strong passion for the arts, we welcome you to join us for a fulfilling and rewarding career.
[What you will be working on]
The Deputy Director (DD), Infrastructure Planning & Development leads the planning, development and stewardship of Singapore's arts space ecosystem, translating NAC's long-term infrastructure strategies into precinct, space and arts housing outcomes.
The DD is accountable for shaping Singapore's future arts infrastructure, translating strategy into deliverable projects, and ensuring the effective stewardship of NAC's existing arts space portfolio. The role leads two interconnected portfolios that directly support NAC’s strategic thrust of building a Distinctive City through the arts: Planning & Diversified Spaces and Leasing & Tenancy Management. The DD will develop and implement strategies to strengthen cultural precincts, secure and diversify arts spaces through public and private partnerships, and ensure that NAC's arts housing and leasing portfolio remains responsive, equitable and sustainable.
Working across government agencies, developers, landlords, arts organisations and community stakeholders, the role connects upstream planning and policy with downstream space delivery, activation and tenancy outcomes, while supporting the Director in shaping NAC's overall arts infrastructure strategy.
You will be responsible for:
Arts infrastructure planning and translating the Arts Spaces Plan into an implementable pipeline
Lead the implementation and review of the Arts Spaces Plan.
Direct demand-supply and spatial analysis to identify future needs by art form, location and typology.
Work with agencies to incorporate arts requirements into upstream planning and development opportunities.
Precinct development and placemaking strategies
Lead cultural precinct strategies, including for Bras Basah and Bugis, and progressively expand NAC's placemaking efforts to other key precincts.
Develop integrated place plans covering cultural anchors, connectivity, programming, tenancy mix and community participation.
Establish governance, partnerships and measurable precinct outcomes, including sustainable precinct stewardship arrangements and frameworks.
Expand and diversify the arts space ecosystem beyond NAC-managed premises
Lead NAC’s diversified spaces strategy across State Properties, CSFS, SDI and public/private developments.
Identify, evaluate and secure opportunities for arts spaces through government land-use planning, adaptive reuse, co-location and partnerships with private developers and property owners.
Lead engagements with government agencies, developers and landlords to secure space and precinct opportunities.
Structure and negotiate partnership, leasing and operating arrangements.
Steward Arts Housing Policy & Framework Development
Develop and review policies and frameworks to connect arts groups and artists with available spaces, informed by research and data.
Recommend policy shifts, incentives and toolkits to diversify infrastructure support.
Align housing decisions with sector needs, the Arts Spaces Plan and precinct strategies.
Review the long-term sustainability of NAC's arts housing portfolio, balancing affordability, equitable access,…