Research Assistant, Lee Kong Chian School of Business

• Full Time | Contract
• Executive
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Singapore | Closing On 04 Feb 2023

1-year

About Us

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together – building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities – all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

Job Description

• Assist the Pl (Principal Investigator) and co-Pis to oversee all data collection / data cleaning / study-related logistical issue to research projects.
• Recruit and schedule participants for the experiments in Singapore.
• Conduct  field study in Singapore.
• Arrange meetings with stakeholders.
• Prepare the experimental stimuli designed by various professors.
• Recruit and train new undergraduate student assistants, supervising undergraduate student assistants.
• Cleaning of datasets, and other miscellaneous duties.
• A big plus is if the RA has prior experience with basic programming (e.g., web-scraping for data from online marketplace) and lab/field-based data collection.
• Will be required to work full-time. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree (or higher) in related fields, such as Information Systems / Computer Science / Psychology / Marketing / Communications / Economics. 
• Interest and understanding of behavioral science (in the management and social sciences);
• Demonstrated experience or training in conducting research in management sciences, economics, and/or social sciences (causal and/or descriptive research);
• Understanding of basics in experimental design;
• Responsible, professional, and detail-oriented;
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently;
• Excellent written communication;
• Fluency in English; Familiarity with basic data analyses/analytics is a plus (not required);
• Familiarity with web-scraping (using any software or tool) is a plus (not required) .