Research Assistant (NIE-CRCD) - Part-Time

The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 3-month contract at the Centre for Research in Child Development.

Project Title: A Proof-of-Concept Study of a Research Application and the Examination of Validity Evidence of Data

Project Introduction:

We are seeking a highly motivated Research Assistant for a project focused on developing a mobile application (app) for research which could be used for data collection. This project also examines the validity evidence of data collected via the app.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Education, Statistics, or a related Social Science field

• Familiarity with online survey platforms (e.g., Qualtrics, LimeSurvey) and mobile app environments

• Prior experience in quantitative and qualitative research, data collection, data management (e.g., Entity-Relationship), and psychometric analysis is highly preferred

• Strong understanding of basic psychometric principles (e.g., validity)

• Excellent interpersonal and organization skills

• Ability to work independently and proactively

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the participant recruitment

• Manage data collection for quantitative and qualitative research

• Oversee automated data management system to retrieve and structure data from external platforms into standardized formats

• Conduct data cleaning and analyses including psychometric analyses

• Provide administrative support 

• Contribute to the preparation of research reports and manuscripts for dissemination

• Other duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator

Application

Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Workday Job Requisition ID: R00024917
(https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Research-Assistant--Centre-for-Research-in-Child-Development---NIE-_R00024917)

Closing Date

Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.