About this role
[What the role is]
The Graduate Industry Traineeship Programme within the Public Service (GRIT@Gov) aims to provide fresh graduates with opportunities to gain industry-relevant skills and experience that can strengthen their employability to take up full time roles in the sector.Join the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency as a Jobs-Skills Research & Analytics Trainee in the Jobs-Skills Insights Division (JSID). Trainees will have the opportunity to be involved in the end-to-end production of jobs-skills insights that are either published on SSG’s Jobs-Skills Portal or are used to support data-driven policy and planning efforts. Trainees can sharpen competencies in research and methodology development, analytical thinking and statistical reasoning, data storytelling and insights communication.
[What you will be working on]
- Conceptualise lines-of-inquiry and develop analytical methodologies as a team, demonstrating research and analysis competencies
- Prepare and structure data for analysis using programming languages such as Python or SQL, developing technical competencies in data management, processing, and validation
- Translate data and analytical insights into clear, compelling, and actionable narratives for diverse audiences including individuals, enterprises, education providers, and policymakers
- Create data visualisations to support insights and disseminate the insights via specific channels and formats, engaging various user groups and collecting feedback to enhance the relevance and impact of research outputs
- Conduct literature reviews and landscape studies to support research and development on jobs and skills, building foundational knowledge in quantitative and qualitative research methods
[What we are looking for]
- Relevant academic background or training in Business Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Data Science and Analytics, or related fields
- Technical Skills: Python, SQL, statistical analysis (regression), and data visualisation (Tableau)
- Research Capabilities: Quantitative and qualitative research methods, literature reviews, and analytical methodology development
- Communication: Data storytelling and translating complex insights into actionable narratives for diverse audiences
Stakeholder Engagement: Engaging various user groups (individuals, enterprises, education providers, policymakers) and collecting feedback
Other facts
About Public Service Division
The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore's Smart Nation initiative and public sector digital transformation. We harness the power of technology to make lives better for citizens, businesses, international audiences and the public service sector.
Our mission: Engineering Digital Government, Making Lives Better.
Our goal is to create a government that is "Digital to the Core, and Serves with Heart". We achieve this by using technology to create services that are easy, seamless and secure for people to use, and placing the needs of citizens and businesses at the centre of everything we do.
As a digital government, our public officers are also able to continually upskill, adapt to new challenges and work more effectively across agencies as well as with citizens and businesses in Singapore.
What you'll do
- Trainees will be involved in the end-to-end production of jobs-skills insights and will prepare and structure data for analysis. They will also translate data insights into actionable narratives and create data visualisations.
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