Career Opportunities

Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) is a statutory board with the mission to provide quality educational assessment and research services to our customers in Singapore, and other parts of the world. We are looking for team players who enjoy working in a dynamic and creative work environment. We invite you to join our team for a rewarding and challenging career.

We offer workshops and consultancy services to equip Education Professionals with specialised knowledge and skills in educational assessment. We look forward to working with you to continue achieving excellence in assessment services.

If you are interested, please refer to Careers@Gov for further information.

RESEARCH OFFICER (DATA SCIENCE), ASSESSMENT RESEARCH (2 YEARS CONTRACT)

Job Responsibilities

Successful applicant will play an active role in handling, analysing and mining data to provide meaning analysis and visualisation for decision making. The key responsibilities include:

  • Analyse large amount of data for trends and patterns, and build predictive models and machine learning algorithms

  • Apply sound methodologies in data science, statistical analysis and data mining

  • Perform data visualisation to derive insights and value-add to decision making

  • Develop automated marking models for different subjects with constructed responses ranging from answers that are one sentence in length to complex answers requiring an essay or analysis

Job Requirements

  • Tertiary Qualification in Data Science, or Computer Science, or Statistics, with a minimum of 2 to 3 yearsā€™ experience in manipulating data sets, building statistical models and hands-on experience in machine learning applications

  • Fresh graduates with relevant exposure can be considered

  • Strong in programming experience and proficient in Python/R/C++

  • Possess knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques, such as clustering, recommender systems, Natural Language Processing, Deep learning etc., and their real-world application

  • Possess knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts, such as regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.

RESEARCH OFFICER, ASSESSMENT RESEARCH (2 YEARS CONTRACT)

Job Responsibilities

Successful applicant will play an active role in researching educational measurement and assessment issues, as well as developing assessment services and products that are fit for purpose, educationally sound, and positively transforming for stakeholders. The key responsibilities include:

  • Conduct research studies which focus on harnessing technology to assess complex competencies for 21st Century education

  • Apply statistical techniques to support assessment-related analysis

  • Provide project management and consultancy services for assessment projects

Job Requirements

  • Tertiary qualification in Mathematics and/or statistics-related field

  • Experience in research studies, educational measurements and/or data analytics (e.g. machine learning & data mining)

  • Experience in the education sector will be an advantageProficient in the use of statistical analysis software (e.g. STATA, SAS, RUMM2020, R-Programming)

  • Experience in the use of coding applications (such as Visual Studio) with C/C#/C++, Visual Basic or Java Programming, will be useful

  • Adaptable, meticulous individual with excellent analytical skills

  • Able to communicate complex concepts in applied and practical manner to get buy-in from stakeholder groups

  • Enjoy working in teams in a dynamic and creative work environment

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

If you are interested in any of the above position, please submit your application with your educational certificates to Careers@Gov.