Senior Scientist — Food Safety Analytics & Biosurveillance

Singapore Public Service; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Singapore Public Service seeks a Scientist/Senior Scientist (Monitoring & Evaluation) at the National Centre for Food Science within the Singapore Food Agency. You will lead food safety monitoring and biosurveillance initiatives across the food chain, perform data analysis and modelling, and translate findings into practical recommendations.

You will communicate results to stakeholders, contribute to peer‑reviewed publications, and support cross‑department R&D projects, with procurement and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably with postgraduate study) in public health, life science/biochemistry, veterinary science or quantitative fields, or 3+ years in related work.
• Experience with data analytics and visualisation tools (e.g., SPSS, Power BI, Tableau). Familiarity with Python or R is a plus.
• Public health/food safety surveillance or life science laboratory exposure is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Implement food safety monitoring and biosurveillance programmes to monitor hazards across the food chain.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in public health, life science, veterinary science or related quantitative field

3+ years of relevant work experience

Excellent written and verbal communication

Strong data interpretation and sensemaking

Tools

Python

R

SPSS

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Singapore Public Service seeks a Scientist/Senior Scientist (Monitoring & Evaluation) at the National Centre for Food Science within the Singapore Food Agency. You will lead food safety monitoring and biosurveillance initiatives across the food chain, perform data analysis and modelling, and translate findings into practical recommendations.

You will communicate results to stakeholders, contribute to peer‑reviewed publications, and support cross‑department R&D projects, with procurement and