Research Assistant (Institute of Policy Studies)
Job Description
Core Responsibilities:
- Scoping and collating literature reviews
- Collecting, cleaning, formatting, and analysing primary/secondary data using statistical software (SPSS / R)
- Managing and running research-driven programming and events
- Preparing documentation for research ethics board reviews or other project related applications
- Preparing interview/focus group questionnaires
- Assisting in the design of survey instruments and experiments, including sampling strategies, questionnaire development, and data-collection protocols
- Managing some aspects of research administration including staff briefings, project progress monitoring, and data quality controls
- Engaging and managing stakeholders across workstreams
- Attending project meetings, briefings, and subject-matter-expertise seminars as necessary
- Summarising project results and preparing progress reports for the PI and funding agencies
- Writing papers, articles, reports, chapters, and preparing presentations for internal, stakeholder, and public consumption
- Presenting findings or analyses for internal, stakeholder, and public consumption as necessary
Ad-hoc Responsibilities:
- Assisting with events and outreach associated with research workstreams, such as rapporteuring, planning, and hosting conferences and workshops
- Project-related coordination and other miscellaneous administrative tasks including but not limited to budget management, knowledge management, website management, stakeholder management, procurement tasks, record-keeping, database maintenance and scheduling
Qualifications
- Have a strong academic track record, including a Bachelor degree in a social sciences discipline from a reputable university
- Have a foundation in quantitative methods
- Be familiar with statistical and programming software (especially SPSS, Qualtrics, and/or R) and data analysis
Additionally, you will be favourably considered if you:
- Possess strong English language communication skills, with an ability to write in a clear, engaging, coherent, and expedited fashion
- Exhibit keen interest in research pertaining to social issues, sentiments, and policies
- Demonstrate a willingness and ability to be self-taught, especially when it comes to quantitative methods
- Possess experience in conducting survey fieldwork or other forms of research data collection
- Possess other relevant work experience
- Demonstrate strong commitment to meeting deadlines and have a track record of producing work that reflects a maturity of thought
- Are highly attentive to detail and committed to data accuracy and quality
- Are independent and initiated
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