Psychologist (Crime and Forensic Research)

Ministry of Home Affairs; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) invites applications for a one-year contract role in the Home Team Psychology Division. The psychologist will conduct research on trends in forensic psychology, including sexual offending, victimisation and deep fakes, and contribute to upstream prevention efforts.

Responsibilities span literature reviews, project design, data analysis and dissemination to internal and external audiences.

Qualifications

• Honours degree in psychology or related field.
• Knowledge of psychometrics and study design.
• Ability to design and execute data collection (surveys/interviews).
• Proficient in analysing quantitative and qualitative data.
• Strong writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Formulate papers by reviewing literature on offending and victimisation.
• Design research projects and surveys for implementation.
• Support procurement processes for research services.
• Communicate progress to diverse audiences in reports or decks.
• Draft data requests with rationale and analyse trends.
• Produce research products (infographics, reports, slides, PDFs).
• Engage in additional research areas and methods as needed.
• Deliver trainings, webinars, seminars to stakeholders.
• Develop content from research findings for dissemination.
• Organise dialogue sessions with stakeholders.
• Design surveys/feedback forms for events/trainings.
• Assist Home Team Psychology Division with admin tasks.

Skills

Strong research skills

Psychometrics knowledge

Study design methodology

Data collection & analysis

MS Office proficiency

Education

Honours degree in psychology

Tools

Microsoft Office

Statistical analysis (tools)

Job description

What the role is:

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) aspires to be a world-class organisation in delivering safety and security for our people. In pursuing our mission to make Singapore our Safe and Secure Best Home, we remain always constant and true to our core values of Honour and Unity.The psychologist will be tasked with working on research projects aimed at looking into the trends and risk and protective factors related to forensic psychology research such as sexual offending, victimisation and deep fakes. The research efforts will help inform upstream prevention efforts to curb sexual offending and victimisation. Key deliverables may include, but not limited to:1. Assisting with the formulation, conduct and analysis of research and surveys on criminal offending, and related attitudes/ behaviours.2. Conduct research and literature reviews to analyse emerging and ongoing trends and patterns in offending and victimisation

What you will be working on:

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREASResearch Projects

• Formulate concept papers by reviewing both international and local literature on offending and victimisation.
• Formulate research projects and surveys for implementation
• Support procurement processes for research services
• Communicate research progress findings in written or oral presentation format to a variety of audience- e.g. formulate a research paper on the findings and presentation deck for presentations within MHA and external agencies
• Formulate data requests with sound rationale, seek relevant agencies’ inputs on the data required, analyse data/ conduct sense-making to understand the current trends on offending and victimatisaion
• To produce effective research products that caters to different audience type (e.g., infographics, brief reports, technical reports, PowerPoint slides, podcasts, etc)
• May also be required to embark on other research areas and methods (e.g., focus group discussions, face-to-face interviews, evaluation studies)

Conduct Trainings/ Webinars/ Seminars

• Develop content based on research findings/ sense-making of current data
• Conduct trainings in the areas to stakeholders
• Assist to conceptualise and organise dialogue/ roundtable sessions stakeholders
• Design of surveys/ feedback forms for events/ trainings

Others

• Support administrative work that is being undertaken by the Home Team Psychology Division
• Any other tasks as directed by the Chief Psychologist, Director, Deputy Director, and reporting supervisor

What we are looking for:

• Good honours degree in the study of psychology
• Knowledge of psychometrics and study design methodology
• Able to create and implement research protocols for data collection, including experiments, surveys, interviews, and focus group
• Able to collect and analyse data related to the topic, using appropriate quantitative statistical and qualitative methods
• Strong research skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) and statistical analysis
• Adequate writing and communication skills
• Strong task and time management skills
• Able to develop training materials catering to a specific audience
• Able to work well in diverse teams, within HTPD as well as with external agencies

This is a one-year contract appointment. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified within 30 days from the closing date of the advertisement.

About Ministry of Home Affairs

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