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Roles & Responsibilities
In view of SBF’s continuing effort in enhancing its support for businesses and facilitating the growth of the business community, the role of research is key in the provision of timely and deep sensing that shed meaningful insights on the overall Singapore business environment and issues that matter to the business community. To further deepen its expertise, SBF has established a Business Competitive Centre of Excellence and is looking for prospective candidates in the area of research, who can create value and possess the passion in building a deep and substantial knowledge pool to enhance our role as an effective business advocate. As part of this, the theme of internationalisation plays a prominent role and prospective candidates should also be able to work on issues across markets and subject matters related to internationalisation.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and guide the other member(s) of the team to develop and analyse statistical models to address issues of concern to businesses.
- Gather and compile data and statistics from one or more source(s) to conduct research and analysis to derive insights from the data / statistics.
- Plan and manage the conduct of research in different geographical markets and a broad range of issues related to internationalization.
- Develop and manage databases that provide reliable, relevant and timely data.
- Charting trends and tracking of indicators across markets.
- Performing industry and sector research that would feed into the production of case studies, topical research reports, newsletters, economic write-ups and other in-depth market studies.
- Collaborating and liaising with government agencies, think-tanks, trade associations, business chambers and the business community at large.
- Conducting workshops and focus group discussions to gather feedback to understand and identify the needs, concerns and future plans of businesses
- Work closely with respective business units (especially those related to internationalization) to understand and distil key areas of interest and concerns.
- Presentation of findings to Council members and other internal and external stakeholders at relevant platforms.
- Good degree in Economics, Statistics or a relevant discipline with substantial quantitative content.
- 6-8 years of work experience, with more than 5 years of experience in a quantitative research role.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and data science tools such as R, SAS, SPSS and Python.
- Possess strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to learn and apply relevant statistical and analytical tools / techniques for data compilation and analysis.
- Knowledge of big data techniques, business intelligence or visualisation tools would be an advantage.
- Ability to present research and data findings in an easily understandable format that appeals to the business community.
- Ability to bring on board relevant research contacts and partnerships will be a bonus.
- Possess a good understanding of key issues and concerns of SMEs and the wider business community in Singapore
- Have a good understanding of our Government’s policies, programmes and schemes for businesses as well as government regulations that impact businesses, and have a passion in helping Singapore businesses.
- Strong written and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and reach out to external stakeholders and businesses at various levels.
- Comfortable in handling multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficient in organizing, facilitating and leading focus group discussions and in-depth interviews.
- A self-starter and an effective team player.
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
