Research Assistant (Communication Studies/Psychology/Social Science)

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. The Privacy and Emotion Lab in WKWSCI is a research lab that conduct in-depth study about individuals’ usage.

The Research Assistant 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 organised manner, ensure that the spending is optimised 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 specialised 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: Analyse data for various projects using tools such as SPSS and Mplus

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree for Research Assistant 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

• Ability to run standard statistical tests

• Knowledge of advanced statistical tests (e.g. moderation/mediation, hierarchical regression etc.) is preferred

• A 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 that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.