Senior Executive / Assistant Manager (Research Administration)

Job Description

To support pre- and post- award research project administration in order to ensure smooth operations and compliance with NUS and funding agency’s policies/ procedures/ terms & conditions.

Manage pre- and post- award activities of NRF/A*STAR/NMRC/MOE-funded programmes. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Disseminate and coordinate all activities relating to grant calls for assigned programmes, including proposal compliance and completeness verification checks  
• Coordinate and facilitate internal reviews and evaluation, where required
• Point-of-contact for sponsors for all programme-related matters
• Facilitate review of T&Cs and final acceptance of awarded grants
• Work with the grant recipient and relevant internal units to set-up and activate project accounts
• Process request for project changes
• Monitor and facilitate submission of project/programme progress reports
• Maintain statistics and prepare stakeholder reports, when necessary
• Manage Fund Requisition process
• Other ad hoc duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A recognised degree.
• At least two years relevant working experience.
• Good organisational and administrative skills.
• Able to work independently and a good team player.
• Adaptable and able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
• Proficient in MS Office applications.

Covid-19 Message

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Office of the Deputy President(Res&Tech)

Department : Office of the Deputy President(Res&Tech)

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 17734