Research Assistant (Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice) [NIE]

The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 23-month contract at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP).

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in psychology, social sciences, education, or statistics.
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

• Experience in using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and/or NVivo qualitative data analysis software.

• Experience in classroom observations and video data coding.
• Experience of collating and organising large amounts of data (video/audio)
• Skills in or knowledge of managing/using a Network Attached Systems (NAS) to store data.
• Skills in or knowledge of setting up/managing a website.

• →Perform literature review and report writing
• →Conduct data collection (survey, student artefacts, classroom observations, focus group discussions, interviews), transcription, qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• →Perform project administration tasks such as scheduling and liaising with teachers and preparation of materials
• →Manage research data and assist with managing the Network Attached System
• →Assisting the Principal Investigator in writing papers/publications and creating presentation materials
• →Perform other assignments as determined by the Principal Investigator and co-Principal Investigators

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

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