The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 3-month contract at the Centre for Research in Child Development.

Project Title: A Proof-of-Concept Study of a Research Application and the Examination of Validity Evidence of Data

Project Introduction:

We are seeking a highly motivated Research Assistant for a project focused on developing a mobile application (app) for research which could be used for data collection. This project also examines the validity evidence of data collected via the app.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Education, Statistics, or a related Social Science field
• Familiarity with online survey platforms (e.g., Qualtrics, LimeSurvey) and mobile app environments
• Prior experience in quantitative and qualitative research, data collection, data management (e.g., Entity-Relationship), and psychometric analysis is highly preferred

• Strong understanding of basic psychometric principles (e.g., validity)
• Excellent interpersonal and organization skills
• Ability to work independently and proactively

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the participant recruitment
• Manage data collection for quantitative and qualitative research

• Oversee automated data management system to retrieve and structure data from external platforms into standardized formats
• Conduct data cleaning and analyses including psychometric analyses

• Provide administrative support 
• Contribute to the preparation of research reports and manuscripts for dissemination
• Other duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator

Application

Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Closing Date

Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.

Hiring Institution: NIE