Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Currently Available Student Associate Positions

Updated as of 19/08/2014

Student Associate – Rector’s Office

Student Associate – Development Office

Student Associate – Library, Educational Resources and Technology

Student Associate – Office of Admissions and Financial Aid

Student Associate – Division of Sciences (Cell Biology)

Student Associate – Division of Social Sciences (Psychology)

Student Associate – Division of Social Sciences (Neuroscience and Neurobiology)

Student Associate – Composer’s Assistant

Student Associate – Urban Studies

Student Associate – Writers’ Centre (Conference and Event Planning)

Student Associate – IT Services

Student Associate – ERT (Web Development)

Student Associate – ERT (Media Services)

Please see below for detailed position descriptions.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Rector’s Office

Number of Hours per Week: 4-8

Supervisor: Brian McAdoo

Responsibilities: 1. Work under the supervision of the Team Leader. 2. Support the Events team on all events coordinated by the Rector’s Office:

Set up and tear down of the site

Manage site administration

Take care of food purchases

Assist with event publicity

Other ad hoc duties as assigned. 3. Assist with administrative tasks:

Paperwork

Filing documents

Other ad hoc admin tasks as assigned. 4. Assist with managing common student spaces. 5. Additional responsibilities as required by the Rector’s Office and Office of DOS.

Requirements: We are looking for a social and enthusiastic individual to work with us. As we are a new college on campus, our Student Associate should be a starter bursting with ideas who has an eye for detail, a can-do attitude and flexibility to work on a range of tasks. How to Apply: Please send an email to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg with 1-2 paragraphs expressing your

interest for the position and stating any relevant experience that you may have.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Development Office

Number of Hours per Week: Depending on the role (see below for details).

Appointment Duration: August 2014 – August 2015

Supervisor: Rachel Phoon

Responsibilities: As students may be asked to help in a variety of ways, they may choose to take on one task, or a combination of different tasks. Please indicate your preferences in your application. 1. Yale-NUS Campus Guide (1 hour – 2 hours each time; ad hoc) Interested in meeting people? Be a student campus guide for the College and take our visitors around campus. Show them what it is like to be part of the Yale-NUS community and what is special about the concept of residential college living and learning.

Skills and requirements:

Be articulate.

Have a warm personality. 2. Emcee (1 – 2 hours each time; ad hoc) Love taking the stage as a master of ceremonies? Let us know if you’d like to help us host events at the College.

Skills and requirements:

Be articulate.

Possess good stage presence.

Able to draft and edit emcee scripts, as required.

How to Apply: Please send an email to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg with 1-2 paragraphs of interest for one or

both positions.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Library, Educational Resources & Technology

Number of Hours per Week: 4-8

Supervisor: Manager, Library Operations

Responsibilities:

1. Check books and other materials in and out for library users at the Service Desk.

2. Assist library users by answering and referring questions.

3. Use library applications and resources to help users.

4. Search for and retrieve library materials from behind the Desk (reserve books/readings, holds,

etc.) and in the stacks.

5. Pick up and reshelve materials, shelf-read the collection.

6. Apply jacket protectors to books.

7. Assist staff in opening and closing the library.

8. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

1. Able to work closing shifts: until 10:00 pm Monday - Friday; until 5:00 pm Saturday - Sunday.

2. Service- and detail-oriented.

3. Able to work independently, and as part of a team.

How to Apply: Please complete the application form found here and email it to library@yale-nus.edu.sg

or submit it for consideration at the Yale-NUS College Reading Room, RC4 #02-L1.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Office of Admissions and Financial Aid

Number of Hours per Week: Varied, based on project need

Appointment Duration: August 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Jasmine Seah

Responsibilities All Student Associates with the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid can look forward to a hands-on,

engaged experience working with Admissions counsellors. The duties include:

Meeting prospective students, their families and guests of the college. This includes giving campus tours and sharing your experiences as a student.

Engaging members of the public and prospective students at admissions events like Open House, Tea Sessions and School Visits.

Supporting the planning and execution of events like Experience Yale-NUS Weekend, and other events targeted at admitted students.

Keeping Yale-NUS active on social media by generating interesting content to engage prospective students.

A range of office duties like responding to email enquiries, basic administrative work. Applicants may indicate a preference for the aspect of work they would most enjoy (Social

Media/ Outreach/ Experience Yale-NUS Weekend) but should expect to participate and share in all responsibilities. (See Annex A on the next page for these descriptors)

Requirements

Open-mindedness and willingness to engage prospective students and stakeholders to share

about Yale-NUS.

Personable, enjoys meeting new people and can communicate confidently.

Responsible, good time management skills, enjoys working with deadlines.

Detail-oriented individuals who have experience working with logistics are welcome.

Freshmen and Sophomores are welcome.

How to Apply: Please complete the online application form found here. In your application, please

indicate your preference for the type of work you like and complete the ‘Challenge’ that will be emailed

to you once you submit your application. All responses should be submitted to jasmine.seah@yale-

nus.edu.sg or in person within 3 days, or at your interview, whichever is sooner.

Annex A – Core Job Aspects

1) Social Media

Want to tell the world about Yale-NUS? Work on communications and social media to help us connect

with students, parents, and stakeholders through Facebook, email, and compelling web content. You

and two-three fellow Ambassadors will develop and execute a rich and colorful Facebook and social

media outreach plan whereby we post content to the public FB page once or twice daily, draft emails to

high-achieving students, and create arresting web content by producing and arranging photos,

recordings, and transcriptions of the academic and residential/extracurricular experiences that make

Yale-NUS awesome.

2) Outreach

We love events, events, and more events! Connect with prospective students based in Singapore

through Yale-NUS Open Houses, tea sessions, school fairs, and more. In this role, you will learn the

basics and specifics of event management and lead other Student Associates in planning and carrying

out a variety of Admissions events here in Singapore. Your duties will range from the fairly routine

(preparing goodie bags) to the fairly glamorous (representing Yale-NUS on a student panel). You should

love meeting people and being organized!

3) Experience Yale-NUS Weekend

Help to plan and execute Experience Yale-NUS Weekend – a key event for admitted students to get a

taste of the academic and co-curricular opportunities at Yale-NUS. Expect to be involved in all aspects of

the event, from coordinating flight schedules, scouting venues, putting together the reading material to

meeting-&-greeting at the airport. It usually takes two months to plan and execute an Experience Yale-

NUS Weekend, so expect work for EYW to be fairly intense. You should enjoy meeting new people

(especially potential classmates!), enjoy logistics, be resourceful (summoning bus drivers, battling the

elements) and have good time management skills.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Division of Sciences (Cell Biology)

Number of Hours per Week: 6-8

Duration of Appointment: September 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Prof. Nicholas Tolwinski

Responsibilities: Support faculty research of the underlying mechanisms of cancer and aging using

model organisms. Responsibilities will include conducting experiments and carrying out general

laboratory tasks.

Additional Information: Students will explore the organizing principles and molecular mechanisms that

underlie cell biology. We are currently exploring how subsets of cells within a larger tissue respond to

extracellular signals and undergo transformation while the cells surrounding them do not. Students will

learn and apply biochemical and genetic methods to study cells and tissues, and how they communicate

with each other.

Requirements: Research or teaching laboratory experience is preferred but not required.

How to Apply: Please email cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg with 1-2 paragraphs explaining your interest in the

position and any relevant experience that you may have.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Division of Social Sciences (Psychology)

Number of Hours per Week: 5

Appointment Duration: August 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Prof. Christopher Asplund

Responsibilities:

1. Assist computer-based psychology investigations of visual perception, attention, working

memory, and multi-tasking by providing support in the following ways:

Recruit participants for experiments

Schedule testing sessions

Explain experimental procedures

Keep detailed records of the testing process.

2. For students with special interests, opportunities may include one or more of the following:

designing, coding, analyzing, and/or writing up own experiments, with some employing

advanced techniques such as neuroimaging and computational models.

Requirements:

1. Be reliable, with a friendly and professional disposition.

2. Students who are curious about how people perceive and act in the world are encouraged to

apply.

How to Apply: Please send an email to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg expressing your interest for the position

and stating any relevant experience that you may have.

Application Closing Date: 31 August 2014

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Research Assistant – Division of Social Sciences (Neuroscience and Neurobiology)

Number of Hours per Week: 10 (flexible)

Duration of Appointment: 18 August 2014 – 9 May 2015

Supervisor: Dr. Jean Liu

Responsibilities: Lab projects include: exploring the neurobiological bases of love, looking at how

anxiety may relate to gut bacteria, looking at datasets in child and clinical psychology, promoting sleep

by emphasising beauty, applying psychology to community projects, and starting a Singapore Chapter of

the Society for Social Neuroscience.

Research assistants will assist with:

Literature reviews;

Writing of experimental protocols (e.g., ethics or grant applications, SOPs);

Preparation of experimental stimuli;

Data collection;

Statistical analyses;

Publication, and/or

Lab administration.

Requirements: Student research assistants should have an interest in psychology and be conscientious.

Statistical knowledge, programming, good writing skills, and expertise in graphic design or social media

will be looked upon favourably.

How to Apply: Please send an email to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg stating: (1) which aspects of the lab’s work

you may be interested in, and (2) sharing any relevant experience you have.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Composer’s Assistant

Number of Hours per Week: 4 (flexible, based on project need)

Duration of Appointment: August 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Prof. Jason Rosenberg Responsibilities: Support faculty’s musical composition work. Responsibilities will include:

- Engrave music into Finale notation software; - Part preparation: separate full scores into individual parts using Finale; - Assist in the preparation of musical material; - General administrative duties; - Any other duties as assigned.

Requirements: The candidate must be a musician. Proficiency in Finale software is ideal, but it can also be mastered on the job. A genuine interest in supporting composition work is a huge plus.

Additional Information: This position is an ideal opportunity to learn the ins and outs of professional musical composition. How to Apply: Please email cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg with 1-2 paragraphs explaining why you are interested in this position, and any relevant experience that you may have.

Application Closing Date: September 1, 2014

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Research Assistant: Urban Studies

Number of positions available: 1-2 Number of Hours per Week: 6-10 hours per week, as agreed.

Duration of Appointment: August 2014-May 2015

Supervisor: Professor Jane M Jacobs Responsibilities: The SRA(s) will support Prof. Jacobs’ research on Asian urbanisms. Responsibilities will be varied and could cover the full range of tasks associated with research and publication. The student(s) will support several linked projects: (1) Architecture & Geography, (2) The Asian Urbanism Project, and on occasions, (3) Reports on the Yale-NUS Higher Education Model.

Tasks may include: attending regular research briefing meetings, preparation of research reports, transcribing of recorded interviews (in English, Mandarin and if possible, Hokkien); overseeing the digitization of a tape-based archive on high-rise housing in Singapore (the work itself will be done by professionals); conduct library, archival and web-based searches to produce annotated bibliographies on specified topics; scanning resources; accessing digital data-bases (e.g. Census); style formatting of manuscript bibliography ready for publication; assisting in the organization of research related events (workshops); assisting in data collection (interviews and photographic/digital video); website content development and management.

Requirements: The successful applicant/s should be organised and reliable, and committed to clear communication (verbal and written). The work includes processing and handling of digital visual materials (d-video and photograph) and so familiarity with – or willingness to master – iMovie and Adobe Photoshop is desirable. Knowledge of Mandarin and Hokkien is desirable but not necessary. If you do not speak these languages, you are still encouraged to apply. The positions are suitable for students in the social sciences or humanities who are interested in the city.

Additional Information: In this role, you will learn a range of skills relevant to research: from design, to primary and secondary data collection methods, data management and analysis, and preparation of publication-ready manuscripts.

Transferrable skills you will learn include: Transcribing; Photoshop and iMovie processing and postproduction; data archiving and storage systems; library searching; production of annotated bibliographies; web development and management; manuscript style editing.

Specialist skills you will learn include: Knowledge of Asian urban processes and conditions; knowledge of Singapore housing and other infrastructure systems.

How to Apply: Please submit 1-2 paragraphs explaining your interest in the position and any relevant experience you may have, plus optional supporting documents to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg.

Application Closing Date: The positions are available immediately and will be filled on a rolling basis until August 30.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Writers’ Centre (Conference and Event Planning)

Number of Hours per Week: 5-6. Hours will vary during the conference planning trip (see below)

Duration of Appointment: September 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Prof. Robin Hemley/ Heidi Stalla Responsibilities: Support on- and off-campus events relating to the Yale-NUS Writers’ Centre. Responsibilities will include:

- Organizing the NonfictioNOW 2015 writing conference at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.

o Travel to Arizona in September 2014 to launch the conference planning. o Work with conference organizers to create the conference schedule. o Liaise with conference attendees to plan workshops, panels and lectures.

- Support the planning and logistics of the Writers’ Centre on-campus events during the semester.

Requirements: The student should be organized, dependable and independent. An interest in writing is a plus, but not required.

Additional Information: This position is an ideal opportunity to learn the ins and outs of organizing a conference and connect with prominent writers across the US and the globe. In addition, it will enable you to make a strong contribution to writing communities on campus by organizing various events. How to Apply: Please email cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg with 1-2 paragraphs explaining why you are interested in this position, and any relevant experience you may have.

Application Closing Date: September 1, 2014

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – IT Services

Number of Hours per Week: 5-10

Duration of Appointment: August/September 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Shawn Yasith

Responsibilities: Assist the IT Services team in a range of activities, which may include: 1. Assist with IT setup at Yale-NUS classes and events (speaker series, workshops, etc.); 2. Assist with IT documentation (e.g. creating simple IT guides); 3. Provide user training on the use of College IT/AV equipment; 4. Any other duties as assigned.

Requirements: Strong customer service, communication, and writing skills. How to Apply: Please send an email to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg to apply, including 1-2 paragraphs that

explain your interest in this position and any relevant experience.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Educational Resources and Technology (Web Development)

Number of Hours per Week: 5-10

Duration of Appointment: August 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Ken Panko

Responsibilities: Assist the ERT team in a range of activities, which may include: 1. Work with IT staff and other campus partners to produce websites for the College. 2. Create web templates for Yale-NUS-wide online platforms. 3. If there is interest, the student would be able to assist with back-end development and

support of existing and future Yale-NUS online systems. 4. Any other duties as assigned.

Requirements: 1. Knowledge of WordPress CMS and, ideally, familiarity with other CMS like Joomla and Drupal. 2. Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and/or JavaScript.

Additional Information: In this position, you will gain unique experience in setting up online systems

from scratch.

How to Apply: Please send an email to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg to apply, including 1-2 paragraphs on your

interest and any relevant experience. You are welcome to include a portfolio if available.

Yale-NUS College Student Associate Program

Position Title: Student Associate – Educational Resources and Technology (Media Services)

Number of Hours per Week: 5-10

Duration of Appointment: August 2014 – May 2015

Supervisor: Wai Keong Mak

Responsibilities: Assist the ERT Media Services team in a range of activities, which may include: 1. Recording Yale-NUS events – speaker series, workshops, etc. 2. Editing recordings and performing other post-production tasks. 3. Supporting the Media Equipment Checkout service by taking care of the equipment, creating

user documentation, and providing training and advice on using the equipment. 4. Any other duties as assigned.

Requirements: 1. Experience creating digital video and audio productions. 2. Strong customer service, communication, and writing skills.

Additional Information: In this position, you will have the opportunity to capture and share many of the

exciting events that happen at the College. You will also play a key part in helping your fellow students

explore the creative possibilities of digital media.

How to Apply: Please send an email to cipe@yale-nus.edu.sg to apply, including 1-2 paragraphs on your

interest and any relevant experience. You are welcome to include a portfolio if available.