Assistant Director, Organisational Development

Nestled in the heart of Tengah Forest Town, the new Tengah General and Community Hospital (TGCH) will be an exciting and innovative health campus with a comprehensive range of clinical specialties and healthcare services including emergency, inpatient, rehabilitative and outpatient specialist care.

As part of National University Health System (NUHS) cluster, this state-of-the-art facility is slated to be ready by early 2030s.

Intricately connected with the surrounding community, TGCH offers you the opportunity to create a healthcare facility of the future, tightly integrated with the residents and nature. As a people-focused organisation, we believe in respect and recognition. By harnessing the passion and strength of our team and putting them at the core of our culture, we create a nurturing environment to excel and deliver fulfilling care.

Be part of our groundbreaking team to bring our vision to life – a hospital in a forest, and a healing oasis within the hospital.

Join #TeamTengah #GrowWithUs #TGCH #TGCHFamily

Assistant Director, Organisational Development

(Tengah General and Community Hospital)

The job holder will lead and drive organisation-wide organisational development (OD) strategy and execution for TGCH, with the direction set by the CEO of TGCH to oversee culture(spirit)-building, leadership capability, and organisational effectiveness across all levels. Accountable for shaping and embedding desired values, purpose, and co-design operating models as TGCH transitions from build phase to steady-state operations. Provide strategic direction to leadership, align OD initiatives with institutional priorities, and ensure sustainable impact through measurable outcomes.

Job Description:

Organisational Development – Strategy & Governance

• Shape, own, and drive the OD vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with TGCH and cluster-wide strategic and operational priorities, and positioning OD as a core enabler of organisational outcomes.
• Translate strategy into a phased, adaptive OD roadmap, with clear priorities, sequencing, and interventions across TGCH’s lifecycle (formation, preparation, opening, and beyond).
• Partner the CEO and senior leadership to shape organisation design, culture, and transformation priorities, ensuring coherence across multiple strategic and operational priorities and agendas.
• Establish governance, KPIs, and dashboards, enabling regular tracking, leadership visibility, and data-driven decision-making on OD priorities and impact.

Organisation-wide Transformation & Execution

• Lead the design and end-to-end execution of key OD programmes and organisational events, including leadership retreats, alignment workshops, culture-building milestones, and critical pre-/post-opening interventions.
• Translate OD priorities into structured programmes and engagements, ensuring strong facilitation, clear deliverables, and disciplined follow-through of agreed actions.
• Drive adoption and embedding of interventions into day-to-day practices, moving beyond one-off events to sustained behavioural and operational change.
• Ensure organisational readiness at key transition points, proactively identifying risks and deploying targeted interventions to close capability, alignment, or engagement gaps.

Leadership & Culture Enablement 

• Enable leadership alignment, team effectiveness, and capability-building through OD interventions and organisational platforms.
• Partner with L&D and stakeholders to embed leadership and culture outcomes into organisational practices beyond discrete leadership programmes.

Stakeholder & System Alignment

• Work closely with CEO, senior leadership, key stakeholders to co-develop and support OD and organisational initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader organisational priorities.
• Facilitate alignment through structured engagements (e.g. leadership retreats, planning sessions), supporting shared understanding and direction across stakeholders.
• Support coordination across institutions, and external partners where relevant, contributing to coherent implementation of OD efforts.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, with Masters or specialised diploma/certification in Organisational Development, Business or HR preferred.
• At least 14 years of working experience (3 to 5 years in leadership role) with strong track record in organisational transformation, change management, culture building, training and facilitation. Candidates with more extensive and relevant experience may be considered for a more senior position.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic work environment, quick thinker and an effective problem solver. Calm, decisive, and resilient in high-pressure situations.
• Attention to detail, ability to prioritise workload, be well organised and multi-task in a smart and timely fashion.
• Possess strong analytical, communication, written and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently, in a team and across teams with minimal supervision.
• Possess exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to develop strong working relationship at various levels.
• Proactive attitude and determination to ensure required outcomes are achieved and takes responsibility.
• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to motivate and nurture the team to meet institutional goals.
• Tech-savvy with an ability to learn new software and other relevant programs.