Position: Assistant Research Fellow, Faculty Office of Business

Reference: 180709

Closing Date: 8 September 2019

Contract Status: Full-time

Vacancy: 2

Salary & Benefits: RMB 102,048 to RMB 137,114 per annum before all deductions, depending on qualifications and experience

Working Location: Ningbo

Job Outline

To help NUBS faculty with research support and projects.

Qualifications

Essential

• Master Degree in Business or a related discipline
• Good written English
• Ability to speak English
• IT skills: familiar with MS Office such as MS excel, MS PowerPoint
• Ability to set up and conduct interviews with senior managers, ability to do basic statistical analysis
• Evidence of good research skills, e.g., high quality undergraduate and master dissertation
• Good time management
• Attention to details
• Patience
• Good problem solving skills

Desirable

• Ability to read and speak both English and Mandarin
• IT skills: familiar with some popular software packages for statistical analysis such as Stata, SPSS
• Ability to help administer surveys, conduct interviews, collect archival data, and conduct literature reviews
• Knowledge of Chinese Statistics/Econometrics knowledge
• Research experience with sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques
• Evidence of excellent research skills, e.g., active participation in large academic research projects resulting in the publication of academic articles and/or books; acknowledgement of able research assistance in published articles or books
• Excellent time management
• Ability to work independently when required
• Strong problem solving skills
• Driven and committed, demonstrating initiative and self-motivation

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide research support work such as translations, data collections, data analysis, conducting interview and interview transcriptions;
• Assist principle investigators with preparation of external research funding proposals;
• Make contributions to or publish research work;
• Contribute to faculty’s research programme by carrying out specific research, research related, and analytical activities;
• On behalf of principle investigators, contact industrial partners for potential research collaborations and engagements with faculty members;
• Help to keep and maintain faculty’s research outputs and records, and generating research summary reports;
• Plan the use of research resources, labs, and workshops as appropriate;
• Plan and deliver seminars related to research area;
• Occasionally support for more specific research, teaching and learning activities such as important events at NUBS China;
• Participate in training and staff development schemes as trainer or trainee as appropriate;
• Maintain appropriate professional development, expertise and awareness;
• Undertake other tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be required.

This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment.

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