Zi Wei Yap Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Ensuring a strong and sustainable Child Protective Service system

- Leading a team of officers supporting children and young persons who have been abused or neglected by caregivers.

- Led policy teams overseeing the divorce and ageing families portfolios. This covered research and policies to improve therapeutic justice, reduce acrimony in divorce, mitigate early-risks in marriages, and support ageing families.

- Supported CLC’s research work on urban planning and how people in Singapore live, work and play.

Singapore

- Led a manpower data and planning unit to undertake sector manpower planning and policy for the social services.- Reviewed and improved manpower planning data frame, for better supply planning, salary benchmarking, supervisory capacity and retention of key professions in the social service sector- Laid groundwork and set up project team to develop a.

Singapore

- Led a multi-agency project to uplift public rental families – using data, user interviews and design thinking to redesign services and systems, to better guide rental households towards sustainable homeownership.- Supported review of the Town Councils Act – Strengthened housing support for vulnerable & low-income households and developed housing.

- Developed a Cultural Infrastructure Masterplan and supported funding bids for major arts infrastructure projects- Oversaw arts manpower and education portfolio - Supported arts marketing, research & advocacy- Secretariat to Ministerial committees & international activities (e.g., Venice Biennale)- Supported the Sing50 project for SG50 (mega concert at.

- Managed an initiative that empowers and guides youth undertaking independent arts projects- Cultivated new partnerships with arts organisations, arts education institutions, and interest groups- Published research paper on the barriers and drivers for youth arts participation (Published in Youth.SG 2014, National Youth Council)

- Supported high signature projects and policy reviews, including the review of NAC’s Grants Framework and the Tote Board Arts Grant- Managed pinnacle national arts awards platforms (Cultural Medallion and Young Artist Award), and pioneered the annual Award Publications and the CM Speaker Series- Pioneered Singapore’s First Comprehensive Arts Employment.

- Supported research in customer satisfaction and service excellence- Wrote literature reviews and supported organisational consultancies

Master Of Arts - Ma, Art Therapy (With Distinction)

- Student representative for the MA Art Therapy 2022 Cohort - LASALLE MA Scholarship recipient

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Philosophy, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: NUS PEACE, NUS Original Music SocietyGraduated with Honors in Philosophy, NUS. Overseas Exchange at University.