The Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (CHESS) in Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (http://www.wkwsci.ntu.edu.sg) invites interested candidates to apply for a Research Associate position.

The position will support a SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) funded project to identify i) skillsets needed by current and future seniors to stay employable in the Retail Sector in the post Covid era; ii) barriers to learning and training (to support skilling/reskilling/upskilling) among current and future seniors, including barriers caused by COVID-19.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct secondary data analysis from multiple sources on identifying skill gaps
• Prepare literature review on skills transfer, reskilling, upskilling, and lifelong learning
• Contribute to research presentation, and writing of academic papers, grant proposals, management and technical reports

Job Requirements

• Master Degree from recognized University in the discipline of Ageing Studies, Data Science, Informatics, Psychology, Sociology or related fields
• Experiences in writing and publishing academic papers
• Familiar with research methodology and data analytic methods in behavioral and social sciences
• Knowledge of statistics packages (e.g. SPSS, R, Python)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team with people of diverse skillsets and cultural background

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU