Senior Executive, Centre for Biomedical Ethics (Renewable 1-year contract) 1

Job Description

The person shall provide administrative, operational and liaison support to ensure effective development and administration of the:
•    MOH-NUS Fellowship Programme, and
•    collaborative working model with the health professional bodies to support the coming mandatory CPE requirement in ethics and professionalism and its learning activities

This person will also assist in managing the grant that supports this project and provide adhoc administrative support on other CENTRES deliverables.  A sliver of the administrative work will be department related.

The position is for one year, with the possibility of annual renewal for up to two more years if performance is satisfactory. 

Responsibilities include:

1.    Coordinates and provides administrative support for all aspects of our Fellowship Programmes. This work includes (not an exhaustive list):
a.    Manage the recruitment portfolio for the Fellowship Programme including but not limited to developing recruitment strategies, communicating with candidates and partners, planning, and implementing information sessions, and working closely with senior staff on identifying future partnerships.
b.    Support the pre- and post-selection for fellow recruitment, including producing promotional materials, drafting instructions and correspondences, scheduling meetings, communicating with selection panel, and making logistics arrangement.
c.    Works closely with the Director to manage of external contacts' databases and distribute information through mailers and other means of distribution including compiling and analysing scores and reporting the shortlist results. 
d.    Ensures that goals and objectives specified for the programme are accomplished in accordance within priorities, time and funding limitations, or other specifications.

2.    Coordinates and provides administrative support for all aspects of developing the collaborative working model with the health professional bodies to support the coming mandatory CPE requirement in ethics and professionalism and its learning activities. The work includes (not an exhaustive list):
a.    Coordinates and liaises with the Healthcare Ethics Capability Committee (HECC) representatives to schedule meetings, book venues, book catering, and conduct consultation meetings and negotiations with stakeholders. 
b.    Drafts the minutes of meetings, circulates them to the various stakeholders for feedback and finalises the minutes with guidance from the Deputy Director. 
c.    Coordinates and provides administrative support to the Deputy Director in preparing the proposal.
d.    Coordinates and provides administrative support to the Deputy Director to manage the continuation and transition of existing HECC-endorsed CBmE training programmes in ethics and professionalism to be aligned with the future programmes. This work also includes collecting, analysing and maintaining comprehensive records of our programmatic activities for reporting.
3.    Processes payments and prepares comprehensive and accurate quarterly financial and administrative reports, including understanding the terms of grants for expenditure deviation.
4.    Assists in drafting and updating standard operating procedures to enable the smooth conduct of our programmes and the efficient management of our financial accounts.
5.    Perform other related duties incidental to this job description.

Qualifications

• A degree in any discipline, with at least 3 years working experience.
• Experience in budgeting and grant management principles preferred.
• Experience in running educational courses preferred.

Desired Traits

• Ability to work effectively on own initiative.
• Thrives in an evolving and fast-paced environment.
• Anticipates issues and problems and raises those to senior management.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Department : Dean's Office (Medicine)

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 26075