Scientist/senior Scientist

12 hours ago

Singapore SFA Singapore Food Agency Full time

SCIENTIST / SENIOR SCIENTIST

FOOD SAFETY ANALYTICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY

**Duties**:
Officer will be expected to:

- Develop and implement food safety monitoring initiatives to detect and understand the transmission patterns of emerging foodborne zoonotic diseases
- Design and conduct epidemiological studies to deepen our understanding of the risk amplifiers for foodborne zoonoses
- Support the development of plans covering the collection, processing, analysis and sense-making of food safety and epidemiological data
- Derive meaningful insights from data to inform food safety risk assessment and help guide ops & policy measures for early preparedness and management of foodborne diseases
- Foster research collaborations within and across organisations, on projects that support the national foodborne illness reduction strategy and collectively contribute to improving food safety in Singapore
- Translate and communicate key findings from research studies to various stakeholders through project reports, presentations to Management and engagement sessions with external stakeholders
- Contribute to the building of SFA’s scientific credibility through presentation of research findings at conferences and publication in peer-reviewed journals
- Support in administrative work including procurement, preparation of project proposals and/or agreements, and management of food safety monitoring and epidemiological research programmes

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree (Master’s of PhD) in biostatistics, epidemiology or an equivalent discipline (e.g. data science, statistics, applied mathematics, computational biology, life sciences), or a minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience in a related field (e.g. public health research)
- Experience in using statistical or data analytics and visualisation software (e.g. SPSS, Stata, PowerBI, Tableau). Familiarity with programming languages (e.g. Python or R) will be an advantage
- Knowledge of epidemiological study designs and statistical/mathematical modelling concepts
- Aptitude in creating charts and graphs using sound data visualisation principles
- Highly driven and takes the initiative to conduct research independently with mínimal supervision
- Capacity to work in multidisciplinary teams, and open to development opportunities
- Able to manage multiple priorities concurrently and deliver quality work timely in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communications (written and spoken) skills
- A record of high-quality scientific research, demonstrated by publications in peer-reviewed journals is an advantage

**Other Information**:

- **Work Location**:National Centre for Food Science, 7 International Business Park, Singapore 609919

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