Senior Executive, Centralised Institutional Review Board (2-year contract)

SingHealth Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 45,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

SingHealth Group in Singapore is seeking a Senior Executive for the Centralised Institutional Review Board (CIRB) on a 2-year contract. The role focuses on providing secretariat support, maintaining CIRB operations, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will review IRB applications, coordinate communications with principal investigators, and help update policies and educational materials related to human biomedical research ethics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a biomedical-related field.
• Minimum 2 years' work experience, preferably in healthcare.
• Good command of English and effective meeting minutes writing.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Meticulous, organised, and able to manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide CIRB secretariat support to ensure its effective and efficient operations.
• Prepare management reports, facilitate department meetings, and coordinate CIRB projects.
• Review IRB applications for completeness and coordinate requests for clarification, amendments, and continuing reviews.
• Interpret ethical principles and develop/update forms, guidelines, policies, and educational materials.

Skills

Meeting minutes writing

English proficiency

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Organised

Education

Bachelor's degree in biomedical-related field

Job description

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Senior Executive, Centralised Institutional Review Board (2-year contract)

Job Category: Administration

Posting Date: 29 Sept 2026

Passionate about research ethics and making a meaningful difference in human biomedical research? Be part of a team that upholds the highest standards of research ethics in Singapore's healthcare landscape. If you are driven, detail-oriented, and committed to making research safer and more ethical, we'd love to hear from you!

What you will do:

As a Senior Executive, you will provide the SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board (CIRB) with secretariat support to ensure its effective and efficient operations. You will manage routine CIRB functions, prepare management reports, facilitate department meetings, and coordinate projects related to the improvement of CIRB processes and regulatory compliance.

You will review IRB applications for completeness, manage communications with Principal Investigators, coordinate requests for clarification, screen and process amendments, annual continuing reviews, protocol deviations, and serious adverse events.

You will also interpret and apply ethical principles applicable to human biomedical research, serve as a resource for researchers on ethics-related matters, and develop and regularly update relevant forms, guidelines, policies, and educational materials.

Job requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in a biomedical-related field
• Minimum 2 years' work experience, preferably in a healthcare-related industry
• Good command of English and effective meeting minutes writing skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Meticulous and organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines
• Resourceful self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills