Research Assistant – Teacher Leadership Project

About the role

The National Institute of Education seeks a Research Assistant for a 24‑month fixed‑term contract to support a project on teacher leadership for students with educational support needs. The role involves qualitative research across primary and secondary schools in Singapore, focusing on how teacher leaders build school capacity.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct literature searches and assist with systematic literature reviews.
• Support recruitment, liaison, and scheduling of participating schools and participants.
• Assist in preparing and administering research materials, including semi‑structured interview guides.
• Organise, manage, and maintain interview transcripts and other research data in line with ethical standards.
• Support qualitative data coding and analysis using NVivo or similar software.
• Help prepare research summaries, presentations, reports, and other project outputs.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Science, Social Sciences or a related field.
• Interest in educational research, especially teacher leadership, student motivation, and school improvement.
• Prior teaching experience or relevant professional experience in education.
• Knowledge of qualitative research methods and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organisational abilities and capacity to work both independently and collaboratively.

Required skills

• Experience with NVivo or other qualitative data analysis software.
• Ability to code and analyse qualitative data systematically.