Research Assistant (Communication Studies/Psychology/Social Sciences)

at  NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Established in 1992, the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) is the only full-fledged communication school in Singapore and is a world-class centre of excellence with an international faculty, state-of-the-art research laboratories, and global institutional affiliations. The Privacy and Emotion Lab in WKWSCI is a research lab that conduct in-depth study about individuals’ usage.
WKWSCI is looking for a candidate to join them as a Research Assistant. The incumbent will support the research project that aims to design human-IoT communication that effectively motivates seniors to actively engage in self-directed health prevention, leading to improvements in their mental and physical well-being. Consequently, our project will primarily focus on relatively healthier seniors (aged 60 and above), who do not have serious health conditions requiring intensive medical treatment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Finance: Keep track of expenditure and remaining budget in an organized manner, ensure that the spend is optimized and on track with respect to goals set for the grant; prepare financial and progress reports, presentations, as well as other research-related documents
• Administrative: liaise with external vendors to purchase necessary equipment/materials for research studies, including specialized equipment, software, and research participant incentives
• Subject Recruitment: responsible for recruiting participants for interview and survey
• Logistics: plan the necessary logistics for studies, such as interview scheduling and booking facilities.
• Basic research: conduct literature review
• Data collection: participate in the data collection process for both qualitative (e.g. interviews) and quantitative (e.g. surveys) studies
• Data analysis: analyze data for various projects using tools such as SPSS and Mplus

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of communication studies, psychology, or related social science fields
• Good project management skills, with multi-tasking ability
• Skills and basic training in quantitative and qualitative research for social science
• Academic writing skills required
• Ability to run standard statistical tests (e.g., using SPSS or Mplus for regression analysis and SEM, etc.)
• Knowledge of advanced statistical tests (e.g. moderation/mediation, hierarchical regression etc.) is preferred
• Good team player with effective communication skills and the ability to work closely with faculty, staff, students and external collaborators
• Past experience in a project officer or research assistant role is preferred

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Hiring Institution: NTU

• Finance: Keep track of expenditure and remaining budget in an organized manner, ensure that the spend is optimized and on track with respect to goals set for the grant; prepare financial and progress reports, presentations, as well as other research-related documents
• Administrative: liaise with external vendors to purchase necessary equipment/materials for research studies, including specialized equipment, software, and research participant incentives
• Subject Recruitment: responsible for recruiting participants for interview and survey
• Logistics: plan the necessary logistics for studies, such as interview scheduling and booking facilities.
• Basic research: conduct literature review
• Data collection: participate in the data collection process for both qualitative (e.g. interviews) and quantitative (e.g. surveys) studies
• Data analysis: analyze data for various projects using tools such as SPSS and Mplu