Research Associate: Health Policy & HTA Studies

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The National University of Singapore's HIPER is seeking a proactive Research Projects Coordinator to oversee HTA research programmes at Kent Ridge Campus. You will coordinate planning, reporting and dissemination, manage cross-institution workstreams and assist governance processes with the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

Ideal candidates hold a Master’s degree in public health or related field, and have experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects within university or healthcare

Qualifications

• Master's degree in public health, clinical research, health services research, health policy, healthcare administration, social science, life sciences, business administration or a related field.
• Experience coordinating research projects in a public health, clinical research, health services research, university or healthcare setting is essential.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders, timelines and deliverables, preferably across collaborative or multi-institutional projects.
• Experience organising seminars, webinars, workshops, roundtables or other professional events and coordinating stakeholder engagement.
• Familiarity with research governance, ethics submissions, data protection, participant-facing research activities or university research administration is desirable.
• Understanding of HTA, health economics, digital health, health policy or outcomes research is an advantage, but advanced technical expertise is not required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the planning and delivery of multiple HTA research programmes from initiation through reporting and dissemination.
• Maintain integrated workplans covering activities, milestones, dependencies, responsibilities, risks and deliverables across research workstreams and collaborating institutions.
• Track project progress, budgets, procurement, contracts, invoices, resource requirements and reporting deadlines, escalating issues promptly to the Principal Investigator.
• Schedule and support regular project meetings; prepare agendas and briefing materials; maintain action logs, decision logs and follow-up trackers; and ensure that agreed actions are closed.
• Coordinate preparation of progress reports, funder updates, governance papers, project summaries and other required documentation.
• Coordinate ethics, institutional review, data governance, contracts, collaborator agreements and other approvals, working with relevant NUS offices and research leads.
• Maintain organised, secure and version-controlled project records, including protocols, study plans, meeting records, recruitment materials, questionnaires, analysis-plan documents and deliverables.
• Support recruitment and onboarding of research staff, students, consultants and external collaborators, and coordinate access to required systems, materials and training.
• Monitor operational risks such as recruitment delays, approval timelines, data-collection issues, participant burden and collaborator dependencies, and support mitigation planning.
• Develop sufficient familiarity with the technical content of each workstream to identify coordination needs, clarify dependencies and communicate progress accurately without taking ownership of specialist scientific decisions.
• Organise and host seminars, webinars, workshops, expert consultations, policy roundtables, project meetings and other research or dissemination events.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement with policymakers, payers, healthcare leaders, clinicians, academics, patients, carers, industry partners and international collaborators.
• Prepare invitations, programmes, speaker briefs, background papers, discussion guides, registration materials and run sheets; coordinate logistics, technology platforms and participant communications.
• Support event facilitation, capture key discussion points and decisions, and prepare concise meeting or event reports with follow-up actions.
• Maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external partners and serve as a reliable point of coordination for project communications.
• Coordinate the preparation of manuscripts, policy briefs, reports, presentations, evidence summaries, newsletters and other outputs with the relevant research leads.
• Support clear translation of project progress and technical findings for different audiences, including funders, collaborators, policymakers and public-facing stakeholders.
• Coordinate conference submissions, publication processes, dissemination activities and maintenance of project webpages or communication materials where required.

Education

Master's degree in public health or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project-tracking tools

Online meeting platforms

Job description

The National University of Singapore's HIPER is seeking a proactive Research Projects Coordinator to oversee HTA research programmes at Kent Ridge Campus. You will coordinate planning, reporting and dissemination, manage cross-institution workstreams and assist governance processes with the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

Ideal candidates hold a Master’s degree in public health or related field, and have experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects within university or healthcare