Job Description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
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.
DESIGNATION : Research Assistant (3-year contract), Office of Core Curriculum

RESPONSIBILITIES
The Research Assistant will work closely with the Principal Investigator to manage and execute a project on smart cities in Southeast Asia. The job scope involves:

• Building and maintaining a database of contacts
• (Snowball) sampling
• Conducting qualitative research amongst public and private sector professionals involved in the smart city related projects in Singapore
• Transcribing interview data
• Assisting the PI and RF with the administrative management of the project
• Other ad hoc tasks that will contribute to the success of the project

• Bachelor’s degree in a social science discipline, ideally with a focus on/major in urban studies or a related field
• Have some experience conducting qualitative research in Singapore
• Be organised, detail-oriented and motivated to learn
• A demonstrated interest in issues related to smart cities, platform urbanism, urban development, urban infrastructure, (Southeast) Asia
• Language skills in Thai or Bahasa Indonesia (useful, but not a pre-requisite)