Research Associate/Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (qualitative/mixed methods)

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institution in Singapore is seeking a skilled researcher to join an interdisciplinary team focused on community engagement and health. The successful candidate will lead initiatives exploring how community hubs influence social capital and well-being. Required qualifications include a Master's/PhD in a relevant field and at least 3 years of applied research experience. This role emphasizes strong communication skills and the ability to work with diverse stakeholders, offering an exciting opportunity to impact social inclusion and urban design.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of applied research experience in related fields.
• Proven expertise in community-based participatory research.
• Experience in developing measurement tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead community-based participatory research initiatives.
• Design and facilitate workshops with stakeholders.
• Conduct in-depth interviews to assess governance practices.

Skills

Qualitative research

Community engagement

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Master's/PhD in Public Health or related discipline

Job description

About The Role

Join an interdisciplinary research team exploring how co-located community hubs influence social capital, intergenerational connection, and community capacity in Singapore. Designed to optimise land use and bring together health, social, cultural programs and services, these hubs are becoming vital spaces for community engagement and wellbeing in dense urban settings. This role offers a rare opportunity to work across public health, behavioural science, urban design, and community arts, generating actionable insights on how the built environment and community programming foster inclusion, belonging, and resilience.

What You’ll Do

• Community-Based Participatory Research
• Design and facilitate workshops with residents, practitioners, and agencies to co-develop frameworks on how hub design and programming build community capacity.
• Apply qualitative and geospatial methods (e.g., walk-alongs, photovoice, community mapping) to understand how users interact with spaces within community hubs.
• Collaborate with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts to conduct user journey mapping and develop user archetypes through arts-based engagement approaches.
• Triangulate quantitative and qualitative data to generate practice-oriented insights
• Stakeholder Engagement and Translation
• Conduct in-depth interviews with stakeholders to examine governance, collaboration, and partnership practices across community hubs.
• Coordinate a multi-agency advisory group involving academics, government, and industry partners.
• Translate findings into toolkits, templates, and recommendation guides.
• Prepare and present policy briefs, reports, and visual summaries for government and community audiences.
• Development of Measurement Tools
• Conduct interviews and literature reviews to design survey items for measuring social capital and community capacity.
• Facilitate focus groups and nominal group sessions to refine survey items, weightings, and construct definitions.
• Collaborate with data analysts to pilot test, revise, and finalize measurement tools
• Project Management and Ethics
• Manage IRB submissions, ethics documentation, and data governance processes.
• Ensure data integrity, documentation, and reproducibility across research partners.
• Track project milestones, reporting, and deliverables for the grant

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of applied research experience in community, health, or built-environment projects.
• Proven expertise in qualitative or community-based participatory research (CBPR); experience with mixed-methods approaches is highly desirable.
• Experience in developing or validating measurement tools or participatory evaluation frameworks preferred.
• Strong writing, synthesis, and analytical skills, with evidence of scholarly publications or policy outputs.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders and translate findings for non-academic audiences.
• Comfortable using digital, visual, and social media tools to support community engagement and knowledge dissemination.

Qualifications

• Master's/PhD in Public Health, Anthropology, Urban Planning, Human Geography, Psychology, Data Science, or related disciplines

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Department : Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 30732

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