Job Description
Job Title:  HR Business Partner (Assistant Manager / Manager), NUS Research Cluster i3/i4
Posting Start Date:  01/07/2025
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Job Description

We are looking for a HR Business Partner to join the HR Business Partnering team supporting the Research Institutes under the Research Cluster i3 and i4 in the National University of Singapore, which currently comprises - Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS), Institute of Data Science (IDS), Institute of Operations Research & Analytics (IORA), Institute for Mathematical Sciences (IMS), Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR), Smart Systems Institute (SSI), Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) and Tropical Marine Science (TMSI), Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF), Risk Management Institute (RMI), Institute of Real Estate & Urban Studies (IREUS), The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific (TLI-AP), Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS), NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community (CTIC).

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Partner and support the research institutes’ heads / principal investigators / managers to manage, in a proactive and consultative approach, a full spectrum of HR functions which includes talent acquisition, campus visits, staff retention, compensation, performance appraisals, as well as talent management and development
  • Partner the Centres of Excellence (COE) in reviewing, developing, implementing and administering the rewards and benefits programmes of the University
  • Contact point for employee relations issues, provide accurate assessment of situations and provide HR advice to business units
  • Make decisions within areas of responsibilities
  • Able to multitask and manage the workload during peak periods and plan for appropriate backup resources
  • Lead process review projects and participate in improvement projects
  • Generate improvement ideas and translate them into plans and actions
  • Other ad-hoc tasks / projects as assigned

Qualifications

  • At least 3 years’ experience as HR business partner,ideally in higher education or research sector
  • University degree, preferably with additional specialist qualification in Human Resource Management
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to relate well with people at all levels and good service orientation
  • Strong influencing and collaborating skills, with demonstrable ability to work across various HR teams and with staff at all levels
  • Competent in Microsoft Office tools, with strong numerical and analytical skills
  • Good command of written and spoken English language
  • Strong people management skills
  • Positive work attitude and a keen learner with a "can-do" mindset
  • Team player, and able to consider the interest of the team and the University
  • Meticulous, and able to work well under pressure and commitment to meeting tight deadlines

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: National University of Singapore

Department : Office of Human Resources

Employee Referral Eligible:

Job requisition ID : 29500