The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Associate on a 24-month contract at the Psychology and Child & Human Development (PCHD) Department.
Project Title: Disability Matters
Project Introduction: This is a major international project that brings together disabled researchers and disabled people’s organisations from across the globe including Australia, Canada, India, Singapore and the UK. The team aims to deliver a number of ambitious expected outcomes:
- Intellectual transformation in health research scholarship through an engagement with critical disability studies and the expertise of disabled people
- Pan-national understanding of the common and differential health priorities of disabled people across four continents
- Transformation of health research methods to ensure the meaningful inclusion of disabled people as researchers and participants
- Promotion of more inclusive health research environments, cultures and systems through a focus on disability and other protected characteristics
- Reframing the representation of disability in healthcare research, dissemination and public engagement
- Raising the capacities of disabled and disability-positive early career health researchers
- Generating transformative equity, diversity and inclusion knowledge that supports Wellcome’s strategy to lead the sector in challenging ableism and disablism in the practices and cultures of health research
Requirements:
- At least a Master’s degree, PhD preferred. Candidates with PhD may be considered for a Research Fellow position.
- At least 3 years professional experience preferably in related fields
- Able to carry out literature review
- Able to write reports and academic papers
- Able to design, conduct, and analyze surveys
- Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis (include processing of data such as data entry and transcription)
- Experience with stakeholder engagement and/or co-production in research
- Experience working with disabled people and/or their representative organisations
- Experience with public engagement and dissemination of information in various forms, such as participant events and interviews
- Experience with working well as part of a team and taking responsibility for delivering a specific role
- Organisational skills; such as time management, planning and prioritisation of tasks
- Knowledge and understanding of ethical procedures and data protection and management regulation
- Excellent verbal and communication skills, including the ability to present information in a range of formats to meet the needs of different audiences (for example reports, journal articles, audio and film)
- Have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities:
- Lead in project management and managing timelines and KPIs.
- Design and conduct surveys and interviews
- Data collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
- Review literature and summarize key findings
- Support the PI and Programme Manager to deliver online events, such as Online Symposia and Online Conversations
- Support in editing, publicising, seeking contributions, and writing for the project’s related publications (online/printed)
- Liaise with the Disability Matters team to collate and generate knowledge exchange that informs policy, strategy and practice of health research and research culture
- Capture and disseminate findings from the Disability Matters team that promotes discussions and debates about the centrality of disability to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Liaise and collaborate with stakeholders and partners.
- Liaise closely with the research team, and relevant professional staff throughout the project
- Perform any other work as assigned by the PI
Application
Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Workday Job Requisition: R00017943 (https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Research-Associate--Psychology-and-Child---Human-Development-Department--NIE-_R00017943)
Closing Date
Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.