Senior Manager/Assistant Director (OR Cluster Data Analytics Team), SSP/RSL

Ministry Of Social And Family Development; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MSF's Opportunity and Resilience (OR) Cluster in Singapore aims to engender a society with opportunities for all to succeed. The OR Cluster Data Analytics Team will support cross-domain data work across OR.

You will lead or contribute to data analytics projects, harmonise datasets, set data standards, and build analytics capability across the cluster. This role demands strong stats, programming, and stakeholder engagement to drive impact.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience, data analytics project lead roles advantage.
• Strong in quantitative methods and application, skilled in using statistical software (R, Python, Stata, SPSS).
• Strong communication, writing and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration and stakeholder engagement with good project management.
• Ability to understand business environment and identify business problem statements.
• Knowledge in data governance and database management will be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead or be part of a dynamic team serving as a central nexus to connect OR domain issues.
• Drive problem-solving and sense-making in selected OR problem statements through data analytics.
• Harmonise datasets, set central standards for data management, and provide guidance across the cluster.
• Build data capabilities within the OR Cluster and foster a data-driven culture.

Skills

Quantitative methods

Statistical software

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Communication skills

Tools

R

Python

Stata

SPSS

Job description

What the role is:

The Opportunity and Resilience (OR) Cluster in the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) aims to engender a society with opportunities for all to succeed. The Cluster’s work contributes to MSF’s macro‑outcomes to ensure stability, self‑reliance and social mobility for B20 households, stability and social mobility for families experiencing domestic violence and for youth‑at‑risk and youth offenders. We are forming a OR Cluster Data Analytics Team to primarily serve the OR Cluster and support data analytics work that are cross‑domain in nature across the cluster.

What you will be working on:

You will lead or be part of a dynamic team that serves as a central nexus to connect the issues between the OR domains. You will drive problem‑solving and sense‑making in selected OR problem statements, through data analytics. You will be involved in the following areas of work:(i) Planning and Prioritisation: Identify cross‑domain problem statements and data priorities across OR Cluster that would inform upstream interventions and service delivery to vulnerable families and individuals. (ii) Data Analytics: Harmonise relevant datasets, set central standards and guidance for data management across the cluster and perform data analytics and sense‑making for selected OR problem statements; provide technical guidance to the team or the OR divisions, and align project objectives, outcomes and methodologies. (iii) Capability Building: Spearhead capability building for the cluster to build data capabilities at different levels and build a data‑driven and evidence‑based culture within the cluster.

What we are looking for:

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience, including undertaking data analytics project lead roles, will be an advantage.
• Strong in quantitative methods and application, and skilled in using statistical software (R, Python, Stata, SPSS etc.).
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, with good project management skills.
• Ability to understand the business environment and identify business problem statements.
• Knowledge in data governance and database management/systems will be an advantage.

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.