At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

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(2) Research Associate / Senior Research Associate

Job Description

Perform a variety of research activities which include planning, organizing and conducting research studies within the overall scope of a research project with minimal guidance. The duties may include but not limited to:-

 

• Responsible for planning, overseeing and leading study and intervention from ideation to completion.
• Collaborate and interact with internal and external stakeholders for progress update.
• Coordinate the development of forms, questionnaires and the application of quantitative research techniques, and write procedure manuals for data collection and coding.
• Ensure accurate monitoring, documenting and reporting of experimental results and research findings.
• Evaluate and interpret collected data and prepare oral presentations or written reports/ scientific manuscripts/literature for publication.
• Provide guidance to undergraduate/medical students and research assistants.
• Perform other related duties assigned or incidental to the work described herein.

Job Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Public Health or other related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in the design and conduct of experimental projects.
• Familiar with the application process for Institutional Review Board.
• Demonstrated good knowledge, skills and expertise in supporting various research activities.
• Possess knowledge of the scientific background relevant to the research area.
• Have knowledge of implementation and evaluation of community-based programmes.
• Able to adapt and ensure the project to meet milestones.
• A strong team player and able to work harmoniously with a diverse workforce.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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(3) Executive / Senior Executive

 

Job Description

 

The primary purpose of this role is to support the Associate Director (AD) of Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE) in the organisation of the centre’s education and other programmes as well as its communications, publicity and publications portfolios. The key areas of duties include events organisations, writing and communications.

 

(I) Organisation and Management of CARE Educational Events and Sessions

• Work with other members of CARE secretariat team to organise and implement all CARE’s educational activities and events including CARE’s annual conference, Experts Programme, Methods Workshop Series, Round Tables and others. 
• Develop and manage budgets and finances related to events.
• Manage all aspects of events’ publicity and marketing.
• Manage events organisation including registrations, liaison and coordination with trainers and participants.
• Coordinate with senior executive on all aspects of events procurement and finance.
• Manage events logistics such as F&B, AV, registration, ushering etc.
• Manage events evaluations and related reports.

 
(II) Development and Management of CARE’s Communications portfolios

• Work with AD to develop CARE’s communications platforms and possibilities.
• Manage CARE’s website and social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).
• Manage CARE’s publicity on other platforms including Duke NUS, SingHealth etc. and events website such as conference website if any.
• Manage CARE’s publicity collaterals, namely brochures, CARE’s email account and database.

 

(III) Organisation of CARE’s publications

• Work with AD on the editing and publishing of CARE’s research brief series and other relevant reports such as annual report and brochure.
• Perform editorial work on CARE’s research briefs and other reports as necessary.
• Liaise with relevant parties including designers and printers on the production of brief and reports. 

 

The above list is not exhaustive and candidate may need to perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein or as assigned by the supervisor.

 

Job Requirements

 

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• Prior work experience related to marketing, communications and events management.
• Prior experience with management of administrative, procurement and financial procedures and processes.
• Experience in healthcare or education is advantageous.
• Have knowledge of excel and other relevant software; knowledge of project management software and Photoshop is advantageous.
• Demonstrate ability to plan, prioritise and multitask with minimum supervision. 
• Possess excellent marketing and communications skills.
• Committed to teamwork and development. 
• Able to think big picture but possess ability for attention to minute details.

 
Do note that this is a 6 months contract job with possibility of renewal.

 

We regret that we can only notify shortlisted candidates.