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.
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.
