Senior Manager / Manager, Research Grants & Management

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research; Singapore; Presencial; SGD 90.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A*STAR Research in Singapore seeks a Senior Manager / Manager to establish operating systems for the Director of Research, govern grant management and administration, and liaise with grantors to ensure smooth operations.

You will review Terms & Conditions of competitive grant calls, coordinate inputs from stakeholders, analyze statistics for planning, disseminate grant calls to ARES, and ensure compliance of LOAs and progress reports; a 3-year renewable contract.

Formación

• Minimally a university degree with a good knowledge of STEM discipline
• Minimally 5 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in governance and policy within R&D is preferred

Responsabilidades

• Establish critical operating systems and processes for the Director of Research (DOR) functions
• Establish relevant guidelines in governing grant management and administration
• 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 and Progress Reports
• Follow up with relevant ARES on processing of variation requests of projects
• Perform proper documentation of critical documents on approvals, projects, reports, etc.

Conocimientos

Interpersonal communication

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Data analytics

Governance & policy understanding

Educación

University degree in STEM

Herramientas

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

The Senior Manager / Manager plays a critical role in supporting the functions of RGM which included the following:

• Establish critical operating systems and processes for the Director of Research (DOR) functions
• Establish relevant guidelines in governing grant management and administration
• 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 and Progress Reports
• Follow up with relevant ARES on processing of variation requests of projects
• Perform proper documentation of critical documents on approvals, projects, reports, etc.

Requirements

• Minimally a university degree with a good knowledge of STEM discipline
• Minimally 5 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

All new hires are appointed on a 3-year renewable contract in the first instance.