Research Executive

Times Higher Education; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global higher education consultancy is seeking a Research Executive in Singapore. The role involves supporting a team in delivering consultancy services, requiring excellent communication and data analysis skills. Candidates should be enthusiastic about the higher education market and capable of handling large data sets with attention to detail. This position offers a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility in work location.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to establish positive working relationships.
• Experience in data analysis and presentation.
• Commitment to higher education market.

Responsibilities

• Support experienced team members in higher education consultancy work.
• Perform data analysis using proprietary and secondary data.

Skills

Excellent communications and interpersonal skills

Strong MS Office skills

Strong numeric ability

Excellent time management and organisational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Job description

Research Executive

Singapore, Hybrid

SALARY: 50,000 SGD per year

About the Us

We are the global higher education experts, empowering university excellence worldwide. With over five decades’ devoted experience, THE is the world’s most authoritative source of data and insight on global higher education. Our expertise established global platforms and unrivalled data resources make us the trusted adviser to universities and governments worldwide. Our consultancy division complements provide advisory services to support higher education institutions’ strategic development. We are a global business with a global reputation for excellence driven by our exceptional and highly motivated team.

About the role

Working within a busy team of experienced market researchers and data analysts, supporting more experienced team members to deliver higher education consultancy work to clients that include universities, governments, and corporate companies worldwide. This will include, but not be limited to, data analysis using company proprietary, secondary, and primary data.

What you need:

• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Able to establish and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues in THE consultancy and wider THE internal stakeholders and external contacts, demonstrating good teamworking skills, strong work ethic and a positive ‘can do’ attitude
• Able to work effectively autonomously, being a dependable team player, with enquiring mind and confidence in taking the initiative and asking for support from colleagues, as appropriate
• Commitment and enthusiasm to work within the higher education market
• Keen to gain experience and confidence in working with large amounts of data and being able to clearly and accurately present in both verbal and written formats, with a keen attention to detail and data visualisation when creating presentation slides
• Strong MS Office skills – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong numeric ability
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Interest in a career in Higher Education, Data Analysis and Market Research

You do You

You do You. With colleagues located around the world, we know that our individuality and diversity of experiences are our greatest strengths. That’s why we want THE to be a place where you are welcome to be who you want to be at work; where you can share whatever part of your life or self-identity you want, without obligation or facing discrimination; and where all abilities and perspectives are recognised and accommodated.