Research / Field Executive

FORBES RESEARCH PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

FORBES RESEARCH PTE LTD seeks a research professional specialized in survey design and execution for various projects. This role involves quality control, analysis, and project coordination, requiring strong communication and multi-tasking abilities. Candidates should have an undergraduate degree in relevant disciplines and a passion for research.

Qualifications

• Strong preference for candidates with a degree in Social Sciences or Business.
• Exposure to research fieldwork is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design surveys ensuring operational feasibility and research validity.
• Executing surveys and managing teams of interviewers.
• Using SPSS/R for data analysis and report writing.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Multi-tasking

Teamwork

Education

Undergraduate degree in Social Sciences or Business

Tools

SPSS

R

Job description

Responsibilities

• Designing surveys – Ensure the operational feasibility and research validity of questionnaires.
• Executing surveys – Assisting or managing a team of interviewers / surveyors, allocating quotas and controlling output per interviewer. This includes conducting surveyor briefings, in-depth interviews (IDI) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs).
• Quality control – entails recalling, editing, coding and processing of questionnaires.
• Analysis & report writing – Use of SPSS /R for data analysis, report writing, presentation deck making and dashboard design
• Project coordination – Coordinating between teams and with clients to keep a project on time and in compliance with quality standards. Candidates with strong multi-tasking abilities preferred to ensure multiple projects at different stages can be run simultaneously to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in Social Sciences (e.g., Psychology, Sociology) of Business (e.g., Consumer Research) is strongly preferred. Candidates who have undertaken research modules would be at an advantage (e.g. Sampling methods / Qualitative research methods / Quantitative research methods).
• Confident individuals with the ability to communicate / speak / write well. Being able to speak a Mother Tongue is a good bonus.
• Individuals with excellent CCA records demonstrating leadership experience/management are preferred.
• Team players who are able to work within and across departments are preferred.
• Exposure to research fieldwork (i.e. internships / school modules / part-time work / survey jobs) is a plus.