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 primary mission of the Criminal Justice & Immigration Research Directorate (CJIRD), Research & Statistics Division (RSD) is to provide evidence-driven research support in the domains of criminal justice, safety, gambling, drugs, rehabilitation, border security, immigration and citizenship to help drive MHA’s key policy initiatives and development in these domains. Within CJIRD, the Drugs, Rehabilitation and Immigration Research Team focuses on the domains of drugs, rehabilitation, and immigration. The job holder will be responsible for conducting research on drug policy, rehabilitation policy and immigration policy issues and serving as deskhead for Singapore Prison Service (SPS) on statistical and research matters.

The key responsibilities of the Job Holder include: Research: To conduct research on drug policy, rehabilitation policy and immigration issues in support of MHA’s key policy initiatives and development. The types of research activities that the Job Holder will be required to undertake include: a. Conducting data-driven policy research studies, including experimental and quasi-experimental studies to establish the causal impacts of policies, as well as cost-benefit analysis of major MHA initiatives. b. Analysing international trends and developments in overseas jurisdictions’ approaches towards drugs, rehabilitation and immigration. c. Designing and analysing surveys in key areas of interest. Home Team Department Deskhead: To serve as deskhead for SPS on research and statistical matters. Regular Trends and Statistics Reporting: To produce regular reports on key trends and statistics to help MHA senior management in sense making. Concurrent Duties and Appointments: To assist Director, CJIRD, and Senior Director, RSD in various administrative functions.

The job holder should: a. Have at least 4 years of relevant working experience. Past professional experience in research would be an advantage. b. Possess a good Degree in statistics, economics, data science, sociology, psychology or other related disciplines. Post-graduate qualifications would be an advantage. c. Have good writing and conceptualization skills. d. Be able to process and analyse data and information and derive conclusions from patterns and trends based on sound reasoning. Familiarity with working with large administrative datasets and/or designing surveys would be an advantage. e. Proficient in using statistical analysis or business analytical software tools such as SPSS, STATA, R. f. Have good interpersonal and communication skills and be able to collaborate effectively with other MHA divisions, Home Team Departments and external agencies on research studies and reviews. g. Have a good sense of perspective and judgment, possess the socio-political sensitivity to develop a holistic appreciation of situations.

We work as a team, in partnership with the community, to make Singapore our safe and secure Best Home.