Civilian Generalist Careers
For Civilian Generalists, the Home Team offers a breadth and depth of opportunities you won't find anywhere else. Do meaningful work alongside our uniformed and specialist colleagues to ensure the safety and security of Singapore.
Last updated 6 February 2026
As a Civilian Generalist, you'll put in place the policies and systems that keep Singapore secure. Regular postings to various portfolios across the Home Team allow you to gain exposure and develop cross-cutting knowledge and skills. As you progress, you can choose to deepen your specialisation in your areas of interest.
The wide exposure and professional development opportunities of a Civilian Generalist career enable you to keep learning and growing. If you have the drive and the passion, there's no limit to what you can achieve.
Be a part of the action and make a difference today.
Roles
One Home Team, many opportunities to make a difference. Explore the roles you can take on as a Cilivilian Generalist in MHA.
Communications & Community Engagement
Build and strengthen relationships between MHA and our internal, media and community stakeholders to ensure trust and confidence in the Home Team.
Corporate Administration
Provide administrative and logistical support for MHA, including managing fixed assets and official gifts, ensuring a robust knowledge management process and streamlining administrative processes.
Finance
Manage MHA’s finance requirements to support the Ministry in short and long term operating and development requirements. Help improve our financial operations and resource utilisation.
Human Resource
Make the Home Team an employer of choice and help build a competent workforce to ensure that the Home Team is operationally ready and prepared to manage security challenges.
International Relations
Safeguard and advance Singapore's homeland safety and security interests in the international arena. Build our capacity through international partnerships and build regional capabilities to make our region safer.
Logistics
Play a key role in MHA’s operational readiness during emergencies and peacetime operations. Work on supply chain and transport projects, and develop and review logistics doctrines and policies.
Policy & Operations Planning
Formulate policy and legislation across safety, security, rehabilitation, and immigration domains, alongside strategic resource management to optimise manpower, budget, and land deployment across the Home Team.
Research
Provide quantitative and qualitative research to support MHA's policy formulation and operation reviews. Support decision making with behavioural insights and data analytics, and help develop a research community within MHA.
Risk Management & Audit
Establish common auditing standards, develops tech solutions, and fosters collaborative partnerships to strengthen risk culture and assurance across the Home Team.
Strategic Planning
Ensure that strategic planning, innovation and performance management processes are aligned with MHA’s key priorities. Identify ways to enhance the Home Team's effectiveness.
Technology
Work closely with the Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) on the best ways to use technology to support our operations. Develop and oversee MHA’s use of data and ICT systems.
Training
Help ensure that our Home Team officers are well equipped to perform their roles, both now and in the future. Identify training needs, develop policies, curate and run training programmes, and build training partnerships.
Entry Requirements
We welcome jobseekers with diverse skillsets, talent and experience, from fresh graduates to mid-career professionals.
You should have:
Experience in the relevant areas of work (this will be an advantage)
Good organisational and management skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Benefits
As a Civilian Generalist, you will receive competitive remuneration and a wide range of service benefits and perks.
Vacation leave of 14 to 18 days (18 to 21 days after 10 years of service)
Medical leave of 14 days or 60 days with hospitalisation
Study leave of 12 days (subject to approval)
Childcare leave
Parent-care leave
Leave for volunteering
Subsidised medical and dental care
Marriage and parenthood benefits
Professional learning and development benefits
Eligibility for HomeTeam NS membership
Use of local and overseas holiday bungalows & chalets
Your Career Journey
To support your career development and exposure to different areas of work in MHA, you will have the opportunity to be rotated to different roles and Home Team agencies, including:
Ministry of Home Affairs Headquarters
Singapore Police Force
Internal Security Department
Singapore Civil Defence Force
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
Singapore Prison Service
Central Narcotics Bureau
Home Team Academy
Home Team Science and Technology Agency
Gambling Regulatory Authority
Yellow Ribbon Singapore
With each posting comes new responsibilities and challenges that will broaden your horizons and help you develop both personally and professionally.
To help you grow in your job, you will also be given specialised training and professional development opportunities. Every new posting brings new perspectives and every collaboration strengthens our collective mission.
MHA Job Application Process
Step 1: Submit Your Application
Apply for positions through Careers@Gov
If you are shortlisted, you will hear from us via email within 2 to 4 weeks.
Step 2: Interviews and Assessment
If you are shortlisted, here’s what to expect:
Interviews: We will have conversations to get to know you better. Come ready to share your background, career goals, strengths, and achievements. This is also your opportunity to learn about us—ask questions about the role and our workplace culture to help you decide if it is right for you.
Assessments: Depending on the position applied for, you might be required to take written tests and medical examinations.
Step 3: Job Offer
If successful, you will receive a formal offer 5 to 6 weeks after your interview.
Progress of your Application
You may check the status of your application on Careers@Gov at any time.
We will do our best to keep you updated during the process, and feel free to contact your hiring manager if you have any questions.
We're Hiring
At MHA, you have many ways to make a difference. Check out our current job openings and apply via Careers@Gov.