Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director, Research Grants Management, Research Office

The Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director plays a critical role in the functions of Research Grants Management (RGM), which includes the following:

• Establish critical operating systems and processes for the Director of Research (DOR) functions
• Establish relevant guidelines in governing grant management and administration
• Work with relevant stakeholders to design and establish relevant digital systems for an improved and enhanced workflow for administration of grant calls, proposal submissions and project administration at DOR level
• Liasing with grantors to ensure smooth operations on grant administration
• Review Terms & Conditions of competitive grant calls to check for alignment and compliance
• Liasing with relevant stakeholders to solicit inputs to improve the operations of grant management and administration
• Analyse critical statistics and provide critical summary for management's planning
• Disseminate grant calls to ARES (A.STAR Research Entities) and administer proposal submissions for relevant reviews by expert panels, councils, RO, etc.
• Follow up with relevant ARES and Corp Groups on LOAs received, ensure T&C of LOAs are complied
• Follow up with relevant ARES and Corp Groups on Fund Requisition, Progress Reports, Project Review, Relevant Audits, etc
• Follow up with relevant ARES on processing of variation requests of projects
• Monitor major external grants and facilitate milestone reviews required by grantors
• Analyse critical statistics and provide critical summary and regular reports for managements planning
• Perform proper documentation of critical documents on approvals, projects, reports, etc.

Requirements

• Minimally a university degree with a good knowledge of STEM discipline
• Minimally 6 years of relevant work experience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to engage internal and external stakeholders, including research leaders
• Strong attention to details, e.g., grants terms and conditions
• Experience and/or keen interest in work related to governance and policy, especially in the research & development sector
• Strong knowledge on software tools such as Words, Excel, Powerpoint
• Strong problem solving, analytical and systems thinking abilities
• Experience in data analytics and visualisation tools (Tableau/PowerBI) will be an advantage
• Resourceful and independent