Senior Executive/Assistant Manager (SDO, Centre of Regulatory Excellence)

Job Description

Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) was established through a landmark collaboration between two world-class institutions; Duke University and National University of Singapore, with the objective of providing innovative education and impactful research that enhance the practice of medicine in Singapore and beyond.

The Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE) was established at Duke-NUS in 2014 with the mission of forming regional platforms and networks to grow competencies, build capacity and promote thought leadership in regulatory science and health policy in the Asia Pacific, with a focus on South-East Asia.
CoRE has established a strong and highly regarded education portfolio for industry professionals and regulators. The Centre also enables thought leadership and policy innovation in areas of health products regulation, and its expanded scope now includes issues related to global health, health policies and health system strengthening. Its key focus areas are digital health, vaccines & pandemic preparedness, advanced and innovative therapeutics, innovative clinical trials, and medical devices.

Recently, Enterprise Singapore (ESG) has appointed CoRE to set up and lead the new Standards Development Organisation (SDO) supporting the Biomedical and Health Standards Committee. CoRE is seeking an experienced manager/ senior executive to provide effective administrative and operational support to the SDO. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the SDO team to further the national objectives in developing and launching new standards for manufacturing health products.  This will include but not limited to the following:

• Key liaison personnel for the administrative and financial operations for the project, including preparation for audits.

• Assist in project management to ensure timeliness of outputs in alignment to project timelines.

• Provide operational support related to the organising of stakeholder engagement events, including meetings for technical committees and working groups.

• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described therein or as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related disciplineMinimum 3 to 4 years of relevant work experience and familiarity with financial operations.
• Prior experience in project management, planning and coordination.
• Proficient in spoken and written English.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently under tight timelines.
• Able to handle ambiguity well and remain flexible in a quick changing environment
• Exhibit good interpersonal skills, and comfortable working both independently and as well as in a team.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.