Abdul Latiff Said
Summary
Strong background in managing teams of managers, grassroots organisations, and community partners, to support the organisation's work plan. Proven success in engaging residents and volunteers towards achieving goals for the betterment of the community. A dynamic team player, with initiative and good ideas. Easily adaptable to a consistently changing environment and an eye for details. Utilising internal and external grants and sourcing for sponsorships to ensure budgets are well managed.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Constituency Manager
PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION – NANYANG CONSTITUENCY OFFICE
06.2015 - Current
- Community-Outreach & Engagement
- Create platforms for Volunteers & Residents in the community, providing platforms for them to interact with and bond.
- Analyze social-political changes and new government policies to understand the need for community readiness and needs
- Form and develop Social Interest Groups for quality community engagement.
- Facilitates discussion and channels government policies to appropriate parties to develop and strengthen the GROs as an effective communication channel between the government and the people. - Outreach to Malay-Muslim & Indian Community
- Organise tailored events and initiatives for the targeted community.
- Key focus on Health & Financial Management - Strategic & Operational Planning
- Development of Grassroots Organisations (GROs)
- Submit regular ground analysis and progress reports on the constituency and GROs to PA HQ that are critical for Ministries and
government agencies in their crafting and revising national policies and municipal issues.
- Local Community Integration
- Anticipate potential local community and integration flashpoints, identifies needs of and outreach to residents in the constituency,
and supervises the planning and implementation of community programmes to meet the needs and strengthen interaction/
engagement - Volunteer Management
- Manage and Supervise approximately 400 volunteers - Nanyang Population Database Analytics
- Nanyang Project Breakthrough
- Identify and assist vulnerable families, students & elderly. - Network Partners Collaborations
- Facilitates, motivates and guides GROs and agencies to perform their key role as community stakeholders in building better
relationships amongst residents/participants.
- Managing Key network partners like Nanyang Technological University, Health Promotion Board, Mosques, Schools, Polytechnics & Corporate Organisations.
- SG Digital Office Outreach Programme - Plan and coordinate Government Initiatives - Implementation of Wellness Programme, Emergency Preparedness Activities, Community Sports, Integration, Family
Life, Youth and other community-building programmes to widen outreach and deepen engagement. - ComLink - Social Welfare Assistance Scheme
- Nanyang Project Breakthrough Taskforce - Collaboration with Social Service Office & Mentors from Educational Institutes. - Nanyang Project Breakthrough Taskforce - Collaboration with Social Service Office & Mentors from Educational Institutes
Senior Community Development Officer / Constituenc
PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION – BUKIT BATOK CONSTITUENCY OFFICE
10.2001 - 05.2015
- Strategic & Operational Planning
- Engagement of residents
- Volunteer Management
- Liaison Officer for Residents' Committee
- Handle Daily Operations of Community Club
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and afast-paced atmosphere.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, and handled challenging situations with ease.
- Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly, and escalated major issues to supervisor.
Cluster Manager
INFORMATICS ACADEMY
05.2000 - 08.2001
- Strategic & Operational Planning
- Student Management
- Daily Operations of Centre
- Appointed as Manager of Product Expansion into the Middle East
- Optimized processes and supervised 15 employees.
- Researched key competition, retail sector trends, and current trading opportunities for new initiative ideas.
- Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments, planning, and coordinating in-house and outsourced resources.
- Performed customer needs assessments and coordinated resolutions with supply chain and quality teams.
Education
Bachelor of Science Economics & Management
University of London (Stansfield College)
Singapore08.2000
GCE “A” Level
Townsville Institute
Singapore12.1994
GCE “O” Level
Bukit View Secondary School
Singapore12.1990
Skills
- Flexible & Adaptable
- Collaborations
- Conflict Resolution
- Decision Making
- People Management
- Leadership
- Organization and Time Management
- Strategic Planning
- Digital Transformation
- Event Management
Accomplishments
- Pharmacy Week Series - A proposed joint project with Republic Polytechnic targeted in January 2023. Knowledge sharing on basic medicine management for senior citizens & free Basic Health Screening. Targeted participation : 2,000 residents (600 completed) by year 2024.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) + Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Certification - Ongoing project to equipped 2000 volunteers and residents (5000 completed by 2023) with CPR & AED skills to save lives.
- Health Fiesta 2019 - Chua Chu Kang GRC Aug 2019 - Reached out to 5,000 residents to educate them on healthy lifestyle. Collaborated with more than 5 schools and 10 community partners and secured $10,000 sponsorship.
- Fireworks@Heartlands (Nanyang) (Jan 2021) - Organised Fireworks at South West District (Nanyang) engaging 5,000 residents during COVID-19 with adequate Safe Management Measures.
- Developing Volunteers, Partners & Students in Community Leadership - Collaborated with Corporate clients & students in nurturing them into the community service ecosystem with events and ongoing activities like Universities Educational Trips and Back To Community Projects.
- Featured in Singapore Books of Records
Singapore Books of Records (2017) - Largest Human Formation of Radial Stripes reaching out to 5000 residents.
(http://singaporerecords.com/largest-human-formation-of-radial-stripes/)
Singapore Books of Records (2016) - Collaborated with Partner – Bengawan Solo Pte Ltd & Scools, to create the Largest Marble Cake reaching out to 3000 residents.
http://singaporerecords.com/largest-marble-cake/) - People's Association's Grassroots' Seminar Nominated Project Exhibitions – Outreach to Partners (2018) & Engaging Captivated Audience (2017), Two projects were selected to be presented during the inaugural events which reached out to more than 15,000 staff, grassroots leaders and stakeholders.
Certification
- The Science of Well-Being (Aug 2022) - an online non-credit course authorized by Yale University and offered through Coursera.
- Fundamentals of Financial and Management Accounting (Jan 2021)- an online non-credit course offered through Coursera.
- Facilities Management: Social Distancing (Jan 2021) - Certificate of Completion
- WSQ Designing Community Engagement Initiatives (Nov 2020) - Statement of Attainment
- Applying Strategic Leadership in Education (Oct 2020) - Online Course Certification by University of Newcastle
- Digital Transformation (Sep 2020) - Online Course Certification authorised by the University of Virginia
- Motivating Gen Z Learners: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know (Sep 2020) - Online Course Certification authorized by Nanyang Technological University
- Introduction to Family Engagement in Education (Aug 2020) - Online Course Certification by Harvard University
- Introduction to Artificial Introduction (AI) (Aug 2020) - Online Course Certification by IBM
- Statistical Data Analysis Training (Dec 2019) - Certificate of Accomplishment by Tertiary Infotech Pte Ltd
Languages
English
Tamil
Malay
Timeline
Senior Constituency Manager
PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION – NANYANG CONSTITUENCY OFFICE
06.2015 - Current
Senior Community Development Officer / Constituenc
PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION – BUKIT BATOK CONSTITUENCY OFFICE
10.2001 - 05.2015
Cluster Manager
INFORMATICS ACADEMY
05.2000 - 08.2001
Bachelor of Science Economics & Management
University of London (Stansfield College)
GCE “A” Level
Townsville Institute
GCE “O” Level
Bukit View Secondary School
- The Science of Well-Being (Aug 2022) - an online non-credit course authorized by Yale University and offered through Coursera.
- Fundamentals of Financial and Management Accounting (Jan 2021)- an online non-credit course offered through Coursera.
- Facilities Management: Social Distancing (Jan 2021) - Certificate of Completion
- WSQ Designing Community Engagement Initiatives (Nov 2020) - Statement of Attainment
- Applying Strategic Leadership in Education (Oct 2020) - Online Course Certification by University of Newcastle
- Digital Transformation (Sep 2020) - Online Course Certification authorised by the University of Virginia
- Motivating Gen Z Learners: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know (Sep 2020) - Online Course Certification authorized by Nanyang Technological University
- Introduction to Family Engagement in Education (Aug 2020) - Online Course Certification by Harvard University
- Introduction to Artificial Introduction (AI) (Aug 2020) - Online Course Certification by IBM
- Statistical Data Analysis Training (Dec 2019) - Certificate of Accomplishment by Tertiary Infotech Pte Ltd
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