Policy assistant
| Highest | $5,000 / mo · Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2–4 yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 4 years of bachelor's study |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $5,000max |
| SingaporeIELTS 6.5 · SGD 18–35k | $5,000 |
| United KingdomIELTS 6.0–7.0 · £11–38k | $5,000 |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $4,600 |
| IrelandIELTS 6.0–6.5 · €10–25k | $4,500 |
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $4,400 |
What does the day look like?
You spend most of the day at a computer: you extract, collate and clean secondary data from national statistical portals and legislative repositories, run systematic literature reviews and comparative statutory evaluations across multiple jurisdictions, and draft briefing memos, short analytical summaries, methodology appendices and presentation decks for senior policy advisors and parliamentarians. You format questionnaire schedules, transcribe key informant interviews, do thematic qualitative coding, maintain research archives, follow data governance protocols and proofread regulatory impact assessments.
You work in R, Stata, Python (pandas), SPSS and advanced Microsoft Excel, with NVivo and MAXQDA for qualitative coding, Zotero and Mendeley for references, and LexisNexis, Westlaw, Eurostat, World Bank Open Data and UK Data Service as sources. About 10% of the work is the visible part — advising ministers, giving speeches, drafting high-profile legislation — and 90% is data cleaning, literature matrices, spreadsheet checks, footnotes, citation checks, scheduling interviews and 2-page internal background summaries. Hours are 37.5 to 40 per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 or 18:00, with no shift or on-call work except overtime around parliamentary or budget reporting peaks.
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