How to become a national security or Civil defence or Immigration managerial officer

Official title: National security/Civil defence/Immigration managerial officer

Also called: Auxiliary police commanding officer, Auxiliary police officer commanding, Civil defence managerial officer, Customs commanding officer, Customs managerial officer, Fire-fighting and rescue division commanding officer, Fire-fighting and rescue managerial officer, Immigration commanding officer, Immigration managerial officer, National security managerial officer, Police division commanding officer, Police superintendent

National security/Civil defence/Immigration managerial officer leads a department or division of police officers (including auxiliary police officers), fire-fighting and rescue officers or customs/immigration officers. He/she provides overall direction and management for his/her department or division. He/she manages manpower resources, maintains the professionalism and discipline of his/her department or unit. He/she assesses and mitigates security risks, prepares operation orders, and oversees responses to incidents and emergencies.

Main tasks

• Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organisation or centre
• Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff
• Directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of professional technical, clerical, service, maintenance and other personnel
• Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of services
• Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
• Planning, directing and coordinating the provision of services
• Coordinating cooperation with other services provision agencies in the same or related fields

Ways in

• University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a national security or Civil defence or Immigration managerial officer?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

Will AI change the work of a national security or Civil defence or Immigration managerial officer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026