What The Role Is
The Policy Planning and Research Division overseas 4 strategic areas (1) Statistics, (2) International Affairs, (3) Planning, and (4) Policy and Research.
The Assistant Director (Statistics) will lead a team within the Statistics Cluster, overseeing the strategic management, analysis, and reporting of drug-related statistics. This role includes supervisory responsibilities, project management of data visualisation initiatives, and providing analytical support for internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving data excellence, optimising statistical processes, and ensuring data insights support CNB's operational and policy objectives.
What You Will Be Working On
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership and Statistical Oversight
- Supervise a team of officers in the collation, validation, and analysis of drug statistics, ensuring high standards of accuracy and timeliness.
- Identify areas for improvement in statistical workflows and implement process enhancements to optimise efficiency and data integrity.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior officers, fostering analytical capabilities and data literacy across the team.
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Oversee the analysis of drug trends for regular internal reports, public statistical releases, and presentations to management, government agencies, and external stakeholders.
- Lead the development of ad-hoc analytical papers on key and emerging drug trends to support policy formulation and operational decision-making.
- Strategic Tableau Implementation
- Lead the planning and execution of CNB's three-year Tableau onboarding roadmap, ensuring alignment with organisational data strategy.
- Manage vendor engagements, including procurement and training arrangements, to ensure CNB officers are adequately equipped for Tableau use.
- Work with internal stakeholders across divisions to encourage adoption of Tableau, address user queries, and support data visualisation initiatives that enhance productivity and insight delivery.
- Data Governance and External Engagements
- Support data management and governance efforts, including formulation of policies and practices for secure and effective data use.
- Represent the Statistics Cluster in key meetings, including Departmental Exco, Ministerial briefings, and other high-level engagements.
- Provide data and statistical support for external requests, including Parliamentary queries, Committee of Supply debates, and media responses.
- Other Responsibilities
- Contribute to cross-divisional data initiatives and projects.
- Ensure alignment of statistical outputs with broader CNB priorities and national drug control strategies.
What We Are Looking For
- A degree in any discipline.
- Must be comfort in working with numbers and performing statistical evaluations
- Familiarity with Tableau and data visualisation, professional experience in these areas will be an advantage.
- Experience in Tableau training will be an advantage.
- Meticulous and possess strong analytical skills.
- Competent in Tableau, Microsoft Office Software, particularly MS Powerpoint, Access and Excel.
- He / she must be able to write and communicate well. Competent presentation skills would be an advantage.
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified for the interview.
