Senior / Manager (Health Analytics)

What The Role Is

We are seeking a dynamic and skilled Healthcare Analytics Specialist to join our team, playing a pivotal role in analyzing healthcare service utilization, optimizing operations, and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making within the Ministry of Health (MOH).

You will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that would require the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders at the same time.

What You Will Be Working On

• Analysis of Healthcare Service Utilization:
• Apply data science and econometrics techniques to meticulously understand and provide actionable insights into healthcare utilization patterns.
• Collaborate closely with policy, cluster, and research partners to harness their domain expertise, elevating the depth and precision of our analysis.
  
  2. Monitoring, Projections, and Optimization of Healthcare Services:
• Conduct in-depth assessment of healthcare operations and resource needs.
• Employ data science techniques to continually monitor, project, and optimize patient demand and healthcare supplies.
• Systematically validate and review methods, ensuring ongoing refinement and alignment with emerging best practices.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive monitoring and reporting framework, providing timely updates to key stakeholders.
  
  3. Analysis and Projection of Healthcare Manpower:
• Conduct in-depth analysis on specialty- and occupation- specific healthcare utilization patterns
• Develop occupation- specific projection demand models based on demographic shifts, health utilization patterns, chronic disease trends and policy shifts
• Monitor and validate projection accuracy, refining models to improve reliability and ensure consistent methodologies in healthcare workforce planning
  
  

What We Are Looking For

• Good Honours Degree, preferably in Operations Research, Economics, Mathematics, Data Science or Business Analytics
• Proficient in a scientific computing language (such as R, Python or Stata)
• Proven experience applying data science or econometrics techniques to healthcare analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with policy, cluster, and research partners.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programs for analytics skills.
• Passion for promoting a data-driven culture and advancing analytics capabilities within the organization.
  
  Key Competencies Required:
• Thinking Clearly & Making Sound Judgements – Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities to support the crafting of sound policy recommendations; ability to grasp timelines, operating context and ground realities.
• Learning & Putting Skills into Action - Possesses the drive and curiosity to learn and apply new skills, knowledge and new ways of working.
  
  
• Improving & Innovating – Ability to seek continual improvements, and to innovate and experiment while managing the risks involved.
  
  
• Working Effectively with Stakeholders – Ability to mobilise and rally partners and stakeholders towards a collective purpose.
  
  As part of the shortlisting process for this role, candidates may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.