Senior Grants & Programs Manager

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR's Human Potential Coordinating Office in Singapore seeks a seasoned grants and programme administrator to oversee end-to-end grant calls, policy review, and KPI tracking. You will liaise with researchers and funding agencies, ensuring governance and compliance while communicating funding schemes to the research community.

With a background in life sciences and at least five years in public sector grants, you will help manage budgets, support forecasting, and coordinate stakeholder events

Qualifications

• A degree in life sciences, biotechnology, or a related discipline is preferred, though not essential.
• At least 5 years' experience in grants management and budget administration in a public sector setting would be advantageous.
• Familiar with public service processes, communications protocols, and coordination dynamics.
• Self-motivated individual who can take initiative, work independently, and adapt to changing priorities and workstreams.
• Excellent communication skills and able to clearly and concisely express technical and non-technical information to all levels in the organisation
• Meticulous with strong organisational skills, and open to learning and developing expertise in research programme and grant management.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, especially in Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end management of grant calls, including policy review, application assessment, stakeholder communication, process oversight, and KPI/audit tracking
• Communicate funding schemes and application processes to the research community
• Review and assess grant call applications and make recommendations to the HP WC for approval
• Ensure good governance and compliance in the grant administration process
• Monitor and analyse research funding utilisation and expenditure.
• Support budget planning, forecasting and reporting for research grants and programmes.
• Provide guidance to Principal Investigators and researchers on grant budgeting, optimisation and cost justification.
• Ensure compliance with institutional financial policies and funding agency requirements.
• Organise and support stakeholder engagement sessions and ecosystem wide events with external partners
• Promote the work of A*STAR and its research entities in Early Life and Adolescence Research
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including public service, researchers, academic institutions, funding agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Facilitate collaboration and communication to support research objectives and organisational goals.
• Serve as a key point of contact for research-related operational and administrative matters.

Skills

Grants management

Budget administration

Stakeholder management

Event management

Communication skills

Education

Life sciences degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

A*STAR's Human Potential Coordinating Office in Singapore seeks a seasoned grants and programme administrator to oversee end-to-end grant calls, policy review, and KPI tracking. You will liaise with researchers and funding agencies, ensuring governance and compliance while communicating funding schemes to the research community.

With a background in life sciences and at least five years in public sector grants, you will help manage budgets, support forecasting, and coordinate stakeholder events