Every year, NAC collates a substantial amount of data pertaining to arts activities and organizations from various sources including major arts venues, ticketing agencies and government agencies for the annual Singapore Cultural Statistics published by MCCY. Research officers will help to compile the statistics and data entry on arts and cultural companies and societies, as well as information on visual arts exhibitions.
Contract - Research Officer (6 months contract)
National Arts Council
Fixed TermsClosed
What the role is
What you will be working on
1. Comb through newspapers, media listings and online sources for visual arts and literary arts activities
2. Update the list of performing arts, visual arts, literary arts venues in Singapore from these various sources
3. Obtain additional details of arts and cultural organizations and societies based on raw listings through online searches and phone enquiries
4. Enter and clean up relevant data from the above into NAC’s arts statistics database
5. Update and organize previous cultural statistics databases
What we are looking for
1. Basic MS Excel skills (e.g. basic calculation formulas, sorting and searching functions) as staff will need to sort the data and perform basic calculations.
2. Telephone and conversational skills for conducting phone enquiries for details on arts organizations.
3. Commitment Period: 6 months
About National Arts Council
The National Arts Council champions the arts in Singapore. By nurturing creative excellence and supporting broad audience engagement, our diverse and distinctive arts inspire our people, connect communities and profile Singapore internationally. We preserve our rich, cultural traditions as we cultivate accomplished artists and vibrant companies for the future. As a statutory board in the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, our support for the arts is comprehensive – from grants and partnerships to industry facilitation and arts housing. The Council welcomes greater private and corporate giving to and through the arts so that together we can make the arts an integral part of everyone’s lives.
At NAC, we have a team of creative and dynamic staff who share this common vision.
If you have a strong passion for the arts, we welcome you to join us for a challenging and fulfilling career.
About your application process
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within National Arts Council or the wider Public Service.