Manager/Senior Manager (Data Sphere), SIR/TF

Ministry Of Social And Family Development; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry Of Social And Family Development in Singapore is seeking a data governance specialist to join the Strategy, International & Research Directorate. You will help implement the Data Plan and strengthen our data management capabilities across divisions and public service partners.

The role focuses on governance, data quality, and secure data handling, with collaboration across teams to deliver compliant data analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience with data quality management and data stewardship.
• Knowledge of data integration processes and ETL concepts.
• Familiarity with DataBricks and data management tools.
• Understanding of data security and privacy requirements, particularly IM8 policies.

Responsibilities

• Undertake data integration initiatives with MSF Divisions and other government agencies to centralise datasets into the analytics platform.
• Maintain and update data governance frameworks within the analytics platform to ensure IM8 policy compliance.
• Establish and monitor data quality standards, ensuring datasets meet quality thresholds.
• Serve as the enterprise data steward for the analytics platform, overseeing data management and integrity across the platform.
• Support data requests to external agencies and data platforms within Singapore’s Public Service.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality management

ETL concepts

SQL knowledge

Data integration

APIs

Data security & privacy

Documentation

Data analytics platform

Tools

DataBricks

Confluence

Jira

Job description

What the role is:

The Strategy, International & Research (SIR) Directorate oversees and drives MSF’s strategic planning, transformation, international engagement, as well as research and analytics efforts to achieve MSF’s strategic outcomes.As part of the Transformation Division in SIR, you will be involved in a cross-functional team to drive MSF’s data strategy, formulate data governance policies/processes and build data capabilities within MSF.Reporting to the Senior Assistant Director (Data Governance Office) of the Transformation Division within SIR, you will be part of a high-performing team of officers who are committed to drive data transformation within MSF and the social service sector.

What you will be working on:

Join us in shaping MSF's data transformation journey. We are seeking a skilled professional to help implement MSF's Data Plan and enhance our data management capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake data integration initiatives by working closely with MSF Divisions and other government agencies to incorporate their datasets into our centralised data analytics platform
• Maintain and update data governance frameworks within the analytics Platform to ensure compliance with IM8 policy requirements
• Establish and monitor data quality standards, ensuring all datasets meet required quality thresholds
• Serve as the enterprise data steward for the analytics platform, overseeing data management practices and maintaining data integrity across the platform
• Support data requests to external agencies and data platforms within Singapore’s Public Service

What we are looking for:

• Experience with data quality management (i.e resolution of erroneous and duplicate records) and data stewardship
• Knowledge of data integration processes (e.g knowledge of APIs) and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) concepts
• Familiarity with data analytics platforms (e.g DataBricks) and data management tools
• Understanding of data security and privacy requirements, particularly IM8 policies
• Basic SQL knowledge and data manipulation skills (e.g. CRUD operations, Table Joins, Group By and subqueries)
• Ability to document processes and maintain documentation (preferably some knowledge of Confluence and Jira)
• Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Collaborative mindset and team player attitude

About Ministry Of Social And Family Development

Join Us at MSF for a Meaningful, People-Centric Career!At MSF, our mission is to nurture and build resilient individuals, strong families, and a caring society. We offer meaningful and impactful people-centric careers in the design and delivery of policies, services and programmes. We are an all-inclusive and family friendly workplace where career growth is prioritised through a comprehensive suite of development opportunities to help our officers succeed today as well as be future-ready. We do this through various formal and informal learning and development programmes for officers to build different competencies and gain diverse work experiences within MSF, the Public as well as the Social Service Sectors.