Academic Research Assistant

About the role

We are looking for a motivated Academic Research Assistant to join our onsite research team in Islamabad. You will support a variety of scholarly projects, including dissertations, journal articles, research reports, and data‑analysis assignments.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct academic research for dissertations, journal articles, and other scholarly outputs.
• Develop and evaluate qualitative, quantitative, and mixed‑method research designs.
• Perform secondary research using academic databases and peer‑reviewed sources.
• Prepare systematic literature reviews and follow PRISMA guidelines.
• Collect, clean, code, analyse, and interpret quantitative data using SPSS.
• Support qualitative research through interview‑question development, coding, and thematic analysis.
• Draft research questions, hypotheses, conceptual frameworks, and research instruments.
• Produce research findings, tables, figures, discussions, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Apply academic referencing styles (APA 7, Harvard, IEEE, OSCOLA) and format documents in Microsoft Word.
• Maintain organised records of sources, datasets, analyses, and project progress.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Social Sciences, Business, Education, Psychology, Economics, Statistics, Public Health, Computer Science, English, Applied Linguistics, or related fields).
• Practical experience in academic research, dissertation support, report writing, or research assistance.
• Strong written English and attention to academic integrity.
• Understanding of research design, sampling, data collection, validity, reliability, and ethical research practices.

Required skills

• Proficiency with SPSS for quantitative data analysis.
• Competence in Microsoft Word for professional document formatting.