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Youth Corps Singapore
Research

[C14] Research Intern (TriGen Ltd)

Minimum Qualifications

Current Polytechnic students and above

Social Causes

Community & Culture

Healthcare & Wellbeing

Seniors

No. of Vacancies: 1

Organisation Overview: TriGen is a charity with a simple vision: every older person should experience the love and care of a family. Through intergenerational programmes, youths are mentored by healthcare professionals and trained in healthcare and leadership skills. They support seniors through sustained engagement, providing health coaching and companionship - growing in empathy and purpose, while seniors regain confidence, dignity, and joy.

Brief Description: As a Research Intern at TriGen@SGH, you may have the opportunity to support the evaluation of real-world programmes. This could include contributing to research questions, designing surveys, conducting interviews or focus groups, and exploring both quantitative and qualitative methods. You may also be involved in analysing findings and supporting manuscript writing to translate insights into meaningful impact.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  1. Contribute to quantitative research projects: supporting proposal development, survey design, data collection and analysis, and manuscript writing

  2. Support qualitative research: assisting with study design, conducting or facilitating in-depth interviews, transcribing and coding data to derive meaningful insights

  3. Be involved in programme evaluation: helping to assess impact, synthesise findings, and translate insights into improvements for community programmes

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

  1. Gain exposure to community programmes addressing the medical and social needs of older adults

  2. Develop foundational skills in programme evaluation and impact assessment

  3. Build competencies in quantitative research, including study design, data collection, and analysis

  4. Build competencies in qualitative research, including conducting interviews, transcription, and thematic analysis

Duration of Internship: 6 months

Daily Working Hours:

  • Mon - Thu, 8.30am - 6.00pm

  • Fri, 8.30am - 5.30pm

Will this internship require weekend work?: Occasional weekend work for special events/projects

Requirements (if any):

As TriGen is an organisation formed largely by volunteers, there will be meetings which will occur on weekday nights and/or weekends. If you are required to attend these meetings beyond working hours, you will be able to claim time-off and off-in lieu accordingly.

Students in Polytechnic and University who are fulfilling school internship requirements that span at least 5 to 6 months may apply. Pre-university (Post 'A Levels' etc) students who are waiting for their results or matriculation can also apply.

No of Vacancies: 1

Please read the following to apply for the internship:

1.      Click here for the application form.

2.      Select the number of internship roles you wish to apply for at "Number of Internship Role(s) to Apply For".

3.      Copy and paste [C14] Research Intern (TriGen Ltd) into the "Internship Role" field.

For further enquiries on the internship role, please email youthcorps_communityinternship@nyc.gov.sg

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