【RA招聘】NUS商学院 全职RA position

Location: Singapore

We are looking for one or two highly skilled and motivated individuals to workas full-time research professionals at the National University of Singapore'sbusiness school for at least one year. The start date is flexible. You couldstart by working remotely or on a part-time basis. The full-time position’s compensationis competitive with an expected annual salary of Singapore dollar $60,000. Wewill also help sponsor working visa (i.e., Employment Pass).

This position is ideal for individualswith a long-term interest in economics/finance/accounting research. We welcomestudents who want to apply for/switch to Ph.D. programs in accounting, finance,economics, or any other fields at the business school. You will be mentored by NUS Business SchoolProfessors Yupeng Lin, Jean Zeng, and Yibin Liu. A successful candidate canparticipate in the academic life at NUS Business School, including attendingresearch seminars and Ph.D. courses. Wewill also provide mentorship and guidance for applying to NUS Ph.D. and other leadingbusiness Ph.D. programs.

The research projects will broadlyrevolve around ESG, social media/network and banking. You will work with us on varioustasks, including data collection and analysis, managing large data sets,statistical programming and data visualization, conducting literature reviews,summarizing research findings, and editing research papers.

NUS provides equal employmentopportunities to all employees, applicants, and job seekers. At NUS, the healthand safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priority andCOVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our communityand to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require significantphysical interactions with students / staff / public members. Even for jobroles that can be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campuspresence is required. Successful applicants who are not fully COVID-vaccinated mustabide by national measures, which may include daily ART (Antigen Rapid Tests)at their costs and time, when assuming duties on campus. They will also berequired to adhere to advisories from the relevant Ministries and NUS at alltimes.

Ideal candidates will:

(i)        have a solidquantitative background (incl. statistics and econometrics); 


(ii)      havestrong programming skills (extensive experience with either Stata, R, SAS, orPython is a must);

(iii)    be ableto work independently to solve problems;

(iv)     have along-term interest in pursuing a Ph.D. degree at a business school.

(v)      be wellorganized and pays attention to details 


The ideal candidate will be highlymotivated and self-directed, adept at learning new technical skills whenneeded.

·       A CV/resume.

·       A short letter describing:

o  pastresearch projects

o  how many hours you can work each week and when you can start to work as a full-timeresearch assistant

o  relevant classes that you have taken (e.g., economics, statistics etc.)

·       List of two references

·       A research paper (undergrad thesis, master thesis, etc.)

·       Sample of code (Stata, Python, R, SAS, etc)

Applications will be reviewed on a rollingbasis.

Working Conditions

Office, library, computer room

Physical Effort
Typically sitting at a desk or table

NUS Business School

Competitive with other world-leading research universities

Special Requirements
Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Considerationof the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.