Careerboosts, a technology startup working at the intersection of social sciences and advanced technologies is seeking one full-time

Research Assistant.

Careerboosts supports public and private companies across the Middle East region to upskill their workforce and successfully navigate the digital transformation that has been accelerated through the latest global changes.

The RA should be able to work independently and has knowledge and interest in research in at least one of the following research fields (i.e. Workforce development, Competency based assessments, Adult Learning, Talent Management, Organizational Behavior). The RA must have a research-related masters degree from an accredited university, and is preferably working towards obtaining his PhD.

In addition, the RA must communicate well in person and in writing, should have a genuine interest in learning-based research, competency based assessments, job fitness analysis and can work well with others.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Go through thousands of competency based questions and abstract the underlying competency/competencies
• Map technical questions to the associated competencies
• Review thousands of job descriptions and abstract key competencies across standard roles
• Analyze technical body of knowledge of different domains and produce questions required to for relevant competencies for each domain, for pre-hire assessments
• Enrich, enhance, rephrase thousands of existing assessment questions to ensure semantic and syntax relevance
• Collect and analyze data
• Conduct literature searches
• Prepare, maintain, and update website materials
• Handle grant proposal documentation and associated administrative tasks

Job Requirements: 

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Management, Human Resource Management, Economics, Sociology, Education or related fields
• Strong critical thinking, abstraction and synthesis abilities
• Excellent command of the English language as well as writing and communication skills
• Competency in the use of Office365 and its associated applications.
• Experience in producing research reports and written content
• Good statistical knowledge and skills, including familiarity with statistical analysis software such as R and SPSS
• Experience in using online search tools, especially online databases
• Knowledge and interest in Business, Talent Management, Organizational Behavior etc
• Knowledge and experience in social science research methodologies
• Design small-scale survey using graphical-user interfaced software e.g. Qualtrics, Google forms

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