Research Associate, Health Behavioural Insights

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Asian Centre for Health Behavioural Insights & Interventions (HABITS) at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) is seeking a Research Associate to support end-to-end research from planning through dissemination. You will coordinate participant recruitment, data collection, and daily operations across multiple projects.

You will assist with grant applications, manage ethics submissions, analyze data, and prepare reports and manuscripts for publication, while liaising with partners and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related discipline (e.g., Communication Studies, Psychology, Education, Social Sciences) required.
• Knowledge of quantitative and/or qualitative research methodologies.
• Experience coordinating or managing academic or applied research projects.
• Familiarity with adolescent, digital wellbeing, health, schools, or community-based interventions is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination, and day-to-day management of research projects to meet milestones.
• Assist with competitive grant applications, including literature reviews, budgeting, and supporting docs.
• Coordinate end-to-end research activities: recruitment, data collection, and study implementation across projects.
• Prepare and manage ethics applications, regulatory submissions, and study documentation.
• Manage research databases and ensure secure data storage and governance compliance.
• Conduct quantitative and/or qualitative data analyses using appropriate methods and software.
• Prepare research outputs: reports, manuscripts, abstracts, presentations for dissemination.
• Coordinate logistics: procurement, budgeting, assets, vendor management as needed.
• Liaise with collaborators, funding agencies, schools, community partners, and government bodies.

Skills

Research methodologies

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Master's degree in a related discipline

Tools

Statistical software

Job description

Asian Centre for Health Behavioural Insights & Interventions (HABITS) at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) is seeking a Research Associate to support end-to-end research from planning through dissemination. You will coordinate participant recruitment, data collection, and daily operations across multiple projects.

You will assist with grant applications, manage ethics submissions, analyze data, and prepare reports and manuscripts for publication, while liaising with partners and