Research Assistant (Communication/Psychology/Sociology/Social Science)

About the role

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) is looking for a Research Assistant to work closely with the Director of the Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (CHESS) and help run the centre, which sits within WKWSCI. CHESS is an interdisciplinary research centre focused on health, risk and environmental issues from human-centred perspectives in the Asian context, drawing on communication and information science and the interaction of emerging technologies with human behaviour.

Key responsibilities

• Handle daily operational, administrative and logistics duties for project management, including financial operations, social media updates and the organisation of symposia and training workshops
• Coordinate student helpers
• Help conduct interviews, quantitative and qualitative analyses and desk research, and write reports
• Help write grant proposals and reports

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Communication, Psychology, Sociology or Social Science
• Relevant experience in academic research, especially conducting online surveys
• Demonstrable intellectual excellence
• Maturity and capacity to start an independent research career
• Desire and potential to develop as a future academic leader

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.