Job Description

About ENgAGE: The Centre for Environment and Ageing Well (ENgAGE) is committed to advancing knowledge and practices to enhance environments that foster the physical, psychological, and social well-being of individuals across all age groups. The centre aims to coordinate and consolidate aging-related research, education, and resources within the NUS community, orchestrate capacity-building initiatives, and foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders with a shared interest in meaningful enhancements to living environments for all.

Project Background:  To provide a platform and framework for stakeholders in the eco-system supporting ageing well communities to collaboratively develop, iteratively learn effective approaches to integrated models for communities to age well in Singapore and beyond. The project incorporates both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies and brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts in architecture, urban design and planning, social sciences, public health, medicine, transportation, technology, and urban economics.

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Research Associate to support the CS-HTS project. The Research Associate will work closely with Co-Principal Investigators, Research Fellows, and project collaborators.

Responsibilities:

• Engage in data collection from the targeted communities through survey design, interview, focus group discussion in selected gathering places and may involve collaboration with government agencies, AACs, grassroots organizations. 
• Gather feedback on physical spaces, programs and operational activities that benefit the older communities, by visiting sites and interacting or interviewing with users, residents or operators of the space directly.  
• Put up ethics review application and gain approval from NUS-IRB 
• Conduct systematic literature reviews. 
• Conduct qualitative data analysis 
• Create and manage platform (online) to publish documented findings and enable stakeholders in the eco-system to provide feedback and potentially with direct update capability. 
• Draft reports and research papers. 
   

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Architecture, Public Health, Urban Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field. 
• Minimum 2 years’ experience with relevant research work, preferably with systematic literature reviews, surveys, interviews, and focus group discussions 
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  
• Ability to write comprehensive reports and academic papers. 
• Experience working in interdisciplinary research teams
• Experience in architecture drawing and GIS mapping
• Initiative-taking, independent, and able to work in a dynamic environment.

Application Process: 
Interested applicants should submit a dossier consisting of the following:

• a cover letter (maximum 3 pages)
• up-to-date CV
• a statement describing their research trajectory, interests and future plans
• academic transcripts
• contact details for three referees (only short-listed applicants will be invited to submit reference letters)

The anticipated start date for the position is latest by 1st March 2025. We will begin evaluating candidates immediately, but the position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. E-mail applications and further enquiries should be sent to ekiyota@nus.edu.sg (please indicate “RA1 Application for ENgAGE CB-Research” as the subject heading).
 

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: College of Design and Engineering

Department : Architecture

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 27822