Total 5 job vacancies by Eth Singapore Sec Ltd.

Introduction

The Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) is home to a community of doctoral, postdoctoral and professorial researchers working in three main programmes: Future Cities Laboratory, Future Resilient Systems, and Future Health Technologies. The centre provides a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment to researchers working on diverse themes, with the shared vision of translating research to practical solutions for more sustainable and liveable cities, resilient physical and social urban systems, and patient-centric healthcare systems.

Project background

In collaboration with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), Duke - NUS, the National Health Group (NHG), National University Health System (NUHS), and SingHealth, SEC runs a research program on "Future Health Technologies (FHT)". In this programme, multidisciplinary teams develop a future-oriented mobile digital health concept which combines scientific and technological innovations with clinical, industry and other stakeholder needs. It tackles care for the increasing number of patients suffering from chronic diseases, particularly diabetes, obesity and stroke. Leveraging on scalable digital technologies, the team aims to transform the healthcare system towards a community-based and patient-centric model along the continuum of care. Within this framework we are announcing the following job opening. The workplace is Singapore.This role is Singapore-based and positioned within the leadership team of FHT. The position is highly related to collaborating with entire FHT and SEC team. Collaboration and cooperation are key skills.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dedicated and organized Research Assistant (RA) to support our cutting-edge mHealth intervention project. This role is integral to the successful execution of an innovative study design using Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SMART) to evaluate the effectiveness of a holistic mHealth intervention. The RA will assist with various aspects of the study, including participant management, data entry, monitoring survey completions, and providing onsite assistance during study visits. This role not only offers the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking research but also allows for significant professional growth in a rapidly evolving field.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participant Management:
  • Answer participant queries via email and other communication channels.
  • Send reminders to participants for online survey completion.
  • Distribute digital vouchers based on survey completion for participants.
• Data Management:
  • Enter data from hard copies of questionnaires, consent forms, and checklists.
  • Organize and manage participant consent forms.
  • Create and maintain the overview of trial file.
• Onsite Support:
  • Assist with onboarding and handling operational queries.
• Survey Monitoring:
  • Monitor online survey completions for participants.
  • Prepare lists and reports for the research team based on survey completions.

Qualifications:

• Minimally a bachelor's degree with at least one year of experience.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with survey tools (e.g., LimeSurvey) and data entry.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

The Singapore-ETH Centre is an equal opportunity and family-friendly employer. All candidates will be evaluated on their merits and qualifications, without regards to gender, race, age or religion.

Introduction

ETH Zurich is one of the leading universities of the world with a strong focus on science and engineering. In 2010 it established the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) in collaboration with the National Research Foundation (NRF) to do interdisciplinary research on pressing problems.

In collaboration with local universities in Singapore, SEC is undertaking the research programmes on "Future Resilient Systems (FRS)" and “Future Health Technologies”. The FRS and FHT address the challenges of making Singapore resilient against disruptions and the need to transform the healthcare system into one which is more digital, patient-centric and cost-efficient. Within this framework we are announcing the following job opening.

Task/Job description

We are looking for a committed team player responsible for the coordination and development of science communication activities of the FRS and FHT programmes. You will work closely with the FRS and FHT Management team, as well as with researchers from SEC, ETH Zurich, and local partner institutions in Singapore.

Your responsibilities will include the following tasks (list not exhaustive):

Developing Science Communication Strategies

· Create comprehensive communication strategies for FRS and FHT aligned with the programme’s goals and objectives.

· Define key messages and positioning to effectively convey the programme’s brand identity to interested non-experts and the general public and increase visibility in the scientific community,

Media Relations

· Build and maintain relationships with key industry journalists, influencers, and media outlets (particularly scientific media) in close collaboration with SEC Communications

· Coordinate closely with SEC Communications when media inquiries need to be handled.

Content Creation

· Generate compelling and relevant content for the FRS and FHT, including, articles, impact stories, newsletters, reports and social media.

· Closely collaborate with our researchers and support them in all aspects of content creation.

Market Research and Analysis

· Stay up to date with relevant research and industry trends, competitor activities, and market developments

· Use market research to inform communication strategies and identify opportunities. Track, analyse and report on social media performance metrics, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.

Stakeholder Engagement

· Engage with key stakeholders, including academics, customers, partners, government agencies, and industry associations

· Build and maintain positive relationships to support the programme’s objectives

Compliance and Ethics

· Ensure that all communication activities adhere to legal and ethical standards

· Work with the SEC communications team to ensure cohesive messaging across all channels and units in SEC.

Requirements

(Education or skills requirements)

· A bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Science journalism or related discipline from a recognised university.

· Possesses the interest in science communications

· At least 5 years of working experience in research communication.

· Working experience in higher education settings will be advantageous.

· Proficient in social media management tools and platforms.

· Creative thinking with high-level writing, editing and skills.

· Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects concurrently.

· Competent in long- and short-form content.

· Organised with attention to detail.

· Demonstrate independence and ability to work well in a team.

Information about the application process and contact for applicants

We look forward to receiving your online application including the following documents:

· a cover letter

· a CV

· electronic copies of your educational certificates and

· contact details of at least one referee

· examples of previous content generated by you

Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

For further information about FRS and FHT, please visit our website:

https://frs.ethz.ch/

https://fht.ethz.ch

The Singapore-ETH-Centre is an equal opportunity and family-friendly employer. All candidates will be evaluated on their merits and qualifications, without regards to gender, race, age or religion.

Duration: 1.5-year contract with an option for extension. The remuneration package will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate.

Work location: 1 Create Way, CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602 (NUS University Town)

Introduction

In collaboration with the Woodlands Health (WH) and the National Health Group (NHG), the Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and SingHealth, SEC is undertaking a research programme on "Built Environment and physical activity in Falls and Arthritis study (BE-FIT)". It addresses imminent health challenge on moving away from “sickcare” and pivoting towards preventive healthcare as part of the nationwide effort on Healthier SG. Within BE-FIT we envision motivating vulnerable older adults to engage in healthy behavior by providing recommendations on improving accessibility (as well as preception thereof), in urban environment for uptake of physical activity. A deeper understanding of the interactions and interplay between BE and the high burden of falls and OA as proposed within the BE-FIT is crucial towards informing data-driven decisions on urban design and how the mobility-impaired elderly interact with their physical environment.

Project background

Falls result in severe physical as well as psychological impact among older adults. Beyond physical implications on injury-related trauma and in severe cases death, the psychosocial impact of falling can also be excruciating. Fear of falling can result in vicious cycles of decreased activity as well social isolation. These in turn lead to lower muscle strength and higher risk of future falls. In a similar manner, osteo-arthritis (OA) can lead to fear of movement (kinesiophobia) resulting in reduction of physical activity levels.

Within Work package 3 (WP3) of the BE-FIT study, we investigate movement patterns and features of walking outdoors and in the neighbourhoods among vulnerable older adults (suffering from OA as well as at high risk of falling). We will acquire these movement patterns and features using the state-of-the-art inertial measurement units (wearables such as ZurichMOVE or Axivity) sensors. These sensors are equipped with triaxial accelerometers and gyrospcopes and provide assessment of aspects such as impact and swing behaviour during different movements. Specifically, we will be addressing the following research questions:

1. What are the kinematic characteristics of walking among older adults with OA and/or previous falls under ecological settings (neighbourhoods etc)?
2. Do the kinematic characteristics of naturalistic walking predict physical activity rates?
3. Does the design of walkways (including overall layout, e.g. design of curbs, pathways etc and accessibility features e.g. size of the curbs, or height of side walk, ramps vs stairs) impact overall levels of physical activity as well as specifics of walking quality?

Task/Job Description:

As a Research Assistant in the BE-FIT, you will be responsible to

• Design, implement, and test the measurement protocol on long term monitoring using the state-of-the-art inertial measurement unit sensors.
• Assist project management for BE-FIT research activities at SEC including project planning activities, effort estimates, and on-site and remote exchange with several research partners, especially at the CNRS, RRIS and WH.
• Conduct research for the BE-FIT long-term monitoring within the Work package 3, including participant recruitment and scheduling of measurements, but also communication with participants on replacement of sensors and battery charging, and finally storage of data collection.
• Interact with end users as well as researchers at SEC, ETH Zurich, and local partners

Requirements:

This position requires:

• A university or applied science degree in Nursing and Physiotherapy, but also Psychology, Cognitive or Behavioural Science, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field/equivalent work experience
• Experience with research methods, study design, project management, handling patients, especially older adults
• Good “people skills” when interacting with participants, patients, and colleagues
• Interested in working with and developing protocols for acquiring data using technological tools and equipment particularly in the field, e.g. remote sensing, etc.
• The following competencies will be advantageous:
• Be proactive, communicative and show personal responsibility, initiative and enjoy technology and interdisciplinary teamwork
• Can work autonomously and with a self-starter attitude
• Good communication skills orally and in writing
• Previous experience with health-related data and protocols
• Compensation commensurate with qualifications and experience

Information about the application process and contact for applicants

We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:

• Cover letter outlining your motivation and experience in the field
• A comprehensive CV including certificates (e.g. Master's and/or Bachelor's degree)
• Transcript of records

Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

Further information about BE-FIT Project can be found on our website: https://fht.ethz.ch/

Work location: 1 Create Way, CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602 (NUS University Town)

The Singapore-ETH-Centre is an equal opportunity and family-friendly employer. All candidates will be evaluated on their merits and qualifications, without regards to gender, race, age or religion.

Introduction

ETH Zurich is one of the leading universities of the world with a strong focus on science and engineering. In 2010 it established the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) in collaboration with the National Research Foundation (NRF) to do interdisciplinary research on pressing problems.

The centre currently runs several research programmes with the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) as one of the programmes. It is home to a community of over 100 PhD, postdoctoral and Professorial researchers working on diverse themes related to sustainable cities and resilient infrastructure systems. In the course of their work, researchers actively collaborate with universities, research institutes, industry, and government agencies with the aim of offering practical solutions.

Project background

The project “Comparative Ecology of Cities” is centred on the proposition that urban pattern-process-function relationships provide valuable knowledge to advance the science of urban planning. The project builds upon emerging theoretical and empirical evidence that patterns of human settlement systems (urban patterns) shape social and ecological processes (urban processes), and such processes in turn, dictate the key demands of urban living such as social relations, mobility, economic exchanges, biophysical environment, ecological conditions, etc. (urban functions). The project will investigate such pattern-process-function relationships across a number of cities to develop generalizations that can be used as urban planning and design principles to guide sustainable urban development, which will be tested in design studios. The main methods employed are remote sensing, spatial pattern analyses, data mining from global datasets, applications of mechanistic and empirical models, and statistical modelling for 5 key domains: urban climate, hydrology, biodiversity, public health and social-economic exchanges.

Job Description

• To coordinate the synthesis phase of the project by integrating information from the different domains of the study, which are in progress to identify trade-offs and synergies, and develop the guidelines and decision making tools for application of the results in land use planning and management.
• To work with team members to publish scientific papers related to the synthesis work.
• To assist in the completion of project report and presentation.
• To assist in project administration.

Requirements

• PhD in relevant disciplines, such as, urban climatology, urban system science, urban hydrology, and urban planning.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant working experience.
• Experience in interdisciplinary project work post PhD and a track record of interdisciplinary research will be evaluated positively.
• A track record in publications commensurate with distance from PhD.

We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:

A dossier containing the following pdf documents:

• Your CV, including the publication list
• A motivation letter
• Minimum of 2 referee letters
• 2 samples of publications

Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

Further information about Future City Lab Global can be found on our website: https://fclg-ep.ethz.ch/

For further information, please contact

Prof Dr Tan Puay Yok ([email protected])

“The Singapore-ETH-Centre is an equal opportunity and family-friendly employer. All candidates will be evaluated on their merits and qualifications, without regards to gender, race, age or religion.”

Introduction

ETH Zurich is one of the leading universities of the world with a strong focus on science and engineering. In 2010 it established the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) in collaboration with the National Research Foundation (NRF) to do interdisciplinary research on pressing problems.

In collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), SEC is undertaking a research programme on "Future Resilient Systems" (FRS). The FRS programme addresses the challenges with critical infrastructure systems that provide essential services to modern societies, which is of particular importance to innovation-driven economies like Singapore and Switzerland. Within this framework we are announcing the following job opening.

Task/Job description

• This position is under the FRS programme. The researcher will maintain and further develop InfraRisk, an integrated platform for the electricity grid, water network and transport system quantifying the effects of weather-related disruptive events on interdependent systems.
• The platform will be leveraged to design system resilience against disruptive events and across system interdependencies, with a focus on simulating and testing disruption/restoration scenarios relevant to Southeast Asia.
• An important technical aspect will be to model the recovery strategies considering interdependencies between the power, water, and transport systems.
• The ultimate goal of the integrated platform will be to identify features and requirements that aid in developing solutions to improve resilience.

Requirements

• The successful applicant must hold either a Master’s degree with a minimum of 1 year of working experience or a PhD/equivalent University level diploma in electrical, industrial & operational research, civil, mechanical, control engineering, or a related field.
• Principal qualifications include strong programming experience (preferably MATLAB or Python), analytical and quantitative skills and experience with robust optimization.
• She/he should be further experienced in resilience analysis, and in modelling power, water and/or transport systems.
• A solid knowledge of written and spoken English is mandatory, as this is the language for communication at work.
• We are looking for highly motivated and self-driven candidates, with good interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a diverse, multidisciplinary environment.
• Please note that salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Information about the application process and contact for applicants

We look forward to receiving your online application including the following documents:

• A letter of motivation
• A CV
• Electronic copies of your educational certificates, and
• Contact details for at least 2 referees.

Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

For further information about the Future Resilient Systems programme, please visit our website: https://frs.ethz.ch/. Questions regarding the position should be directed to Prof. Giovanni Sansavini by email to [email protected] (no applications).

Duration: 10 months to 1-year contract.

Work location: 1 Create Way, CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602 (NUS University Town)

The Singapore-ETH-Centre is an equal opportunity and family-friendly employer. All candidates will be evaluated on their merits and qualifications, without regards to gender, race, age or religion.