Senior / Manager (Health Analytics)

Ministry of Health; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Health seeks a Healthcare Analytics Specialist to analyze service utilization, optimize operations, and promote a data-driven culture across MOH.

You will collaborate with policy, cluster, and research partners, develop monitoring frameworks, and advance analytics capabilities through training and knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

• Good honours degree in a quantitative field such as OR, Economics, Mathematics, Data Science or related analytics discipline.
• Proficient in a scientific computing language (R, Python or Stata).
• Experience applying data science or econometrics techniques to healthcare analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with policy, cluster and research partners.
• Experience in developing and delivering analytics training.

Responsibilities

• Analyze healthcare service utilization using data science and econometrics.
• Monitor projections and optimize healthcare services and resource needs.
• Analyze and project healthcare manpower based on demographics and policy shifts.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Operations Research

Economics

Mathematics

Data Science

Tools

R

Python

Stata

Job description

What the role is:

We are seeking a dynamic and skilled Healthcare Analytics Specialist to join our team, playing a pivotal role in analyzing healthcare service utilization, optimizing operations, and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making within the Ministry of Health (MOH).You will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that would require the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders at the same time.

What you will be working on:

1. Analysis of Healthcare Service Utilization:
   • Apply data science and econometrics techniques to meticulously understand and provide actionable insights into healthcare utilization patterns.
   • Collaborate closely with policy, cluster, and research partners to harness their domain expertise, elevating the depth and precision of our analysis.
2. Monitoring, Projections, and Optimization of Healthcare Services:
   • Conduct in-depth assessment of healthcare operations and resource needs.
   • Employ data science techniques to continually monitor, project, and optimize patient demand and healthcare supplies.
   • Systematically validate and review methods, ensuring ongoing refinement and alignment with emerging best practices.
   • Develop and maintain a comprehensive monitoring and reporting framework, providing timely updates to key stakeholders.
3. Analysis and Projection of Healthcare Manpower:
   • Conduct in-depth analysis on specialty- and occupation- specific healthcare utilization patterns
   • Develop occupation- specific projection demand models based on demographic shifts, health utilization patterns, chronic disease trends and policy shifts
   • Monitor and validate projection accuracy, refining models to improve reliability and ensure consistent methodologies in healthcare workforce planning

What we are looking for:

• Good Honours Degree, preferably in Operations Research, Economics, Mathematics, Data Science or Business Analytics
• Proficient in a scientific computing language (such as R, Python or Stata)
• Proven experience applying data science or econometrics techniques to healthcare analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with policy, cluster, and research partners.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programs for analytics skills.
• Passion for promoting a data-driven culture and advancing analytics capabilities within the organization.

Key Competencies Required:

• Thinking Clearly & Making Sound Judgements - Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities to support the crafting of sound policy recommendations; ability to grasp timelines, operating context and ground realities.
• Learning & Putting Skills into Action - Possesses the drive and curiosity to learn and apply new skills, knowledge and new ways of working.
• Improving & Innovating - Ability to seek continual improvements, and to innovate and experiment while managing the risks involved.
• Working Effectively with Stakeholders - Ability to mobilise and rally partners and stakeholders towards a collective purpose.

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, candidates may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.

About Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health’s (MOH) vision is to champion a healthy nation with our people – to live well, live long and with peace of mind. As an open country constantly exposed to an interconnected world, Singapore faces complex issues in public healthcare. MOH constantly grapples with new challenges brought on by an increasingly globalised world, a rapidly ageing population and rising expectations. MOH’s responses to these challenges include preventing and managing the outbreak of diseases such as SARS and Influenza A (H1N1), designing a healthcare system that delivers care in an integrated and effective manner, growing the capacity and capabilities within the sector, and managing healthcare inflation. As an MOH officer, you will be involved in formulating and implementing policies that guide Singapore’s healthcare ecosystem. You will work alongside a team with varied skills and backgrounds, but with the common goals of (i) promoting good health and reducing illnesses; (ii) ensuring that Singaporeans have access to good and affordable healthcare; and (iii) pursuing medical excellence. Your work will have far-reaching impact on the health and lives of Singaporeans.