Temporary Project Associate

This role will be required to liaise with Clients, Vendors and Free-lance interviewers to meet the required project’s contractual obligations. This position will primarily support the various projects where Social Lab is contracted to do data collection.

Job Description

1. Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project success
2. Ensuring quality control of fieldwork operations and data collection
3. Manage interviewers’ workload and performance which includes distributing the workload to the interviewers, coordinating their daily work, coaching as well as troubleshooting problems experienced by interviewers. Preparation of training materials and conduct the training sessions
4. Work with IT team to ensure accurate programming of the electronic questionnaires and user acceptance testing
5. Work with QC team to cross-check and ensure data consistency and accuracy across multiple variables and different datasets. Perform any other duties to ensure that cleaned and good quality datasets are delivered. Control and oversight of data verification and data cleaning processes
6. Developing, implementing and maintaining systems to control workflow
7. Managing project progress and liaising with administrative team to plan required resources to complete within timeframe and budget

Qualifications

1. Degree or diploma holder
2. Demonstrated ability in research project management and operational procedures
3. Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to keep to tight deadlines
4. Excellent leadership qualities and ability to motivate teams
5. Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines with attention to detail
6. Familiarity with IT systems and computer software, e.g., SPSS, MS Excel
7. Strong computer literacy – working knowledge of MS Office applications is a must
8. Experience with data collection, questionnaire design and/or statistical software (e.g., SPSS DimensionNet, web programming languages, advanced Excel, VBA) is an advantage

More Information

Organization: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Department: Institute of Policy Studies