Sr Executive

NHG POPULATION HEALTH; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

NHG Population Health in Singapore seeks a proactive Programme and Administrative Support specialist to help manage research projects and grants. You will coordinate meetings, track progress, and ensure compliance with regulatory and institutional standards.

The role touches ethics, governance, partnerships, and knowledge translation, requiring strong writing, coordination, and stakeholder engagement across local and international partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline, preferably public health or life sciences.
• Fresh graduates welcome; relevant population health/research experience prioritized.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office apps.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end management of research and evaluation projects and grants, ensuring deliverables, timelines, and budget adherence.
• Provide comprehensive support to research and evaluation teams, including file management and documentation for grants/contracts.
• Assist in preparation of programme proposals, strategic documents, and engagement materials for senior management updates.

Skills

Program management

Grants administration

Documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Research coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Teams

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Company description:

NHG Population Health

Job description:

About Company

NHG Population Health, part of NHG Health, is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of 1.5 million residents in Central and North Singapore. Our work goes beyond hospitals, into neighbourhoods, schools and workplaces, by bringing care closer to where people live.

Through our three Missions - Population Health, Community Health and Primary Care — we partner hospitals, polyclinics, general practitioners, and community organisations to provide integrated, person-centred care across all life stages.

JOB PURPOSE (ROLE and DEPARTMENT SUMMARY)

The Population Health Management (PHM) Directorate has been established to support daily clinical management to become more systematic and targeted; to ensure NHG is more informed by clinical, operational and demographic data as Regional Health Manager for Central and North Singapore; and that this informs the way in which we deploy our collective resources across all organisations to maximise the health outcomes of the local population, and establish system planning and care delivery so it is more coherent and systemic in its understanding of population health outcomes, value, and equity.

Our role in the PHM Directorate is to facilitate this change across NHG at population, provider, place, and resident level - ensuring that we address not just the clinical and preventative aspects of care but also the social, environmental, and behavioural determinants of health - so that we can achieve our ambition to add 15M health years for our residents.

This means that the Population Health Management and Value Directorate is principally an ‘enabler' of this operational and cultural change - developing enabling infrastructure and building new capability at every level of our system in NHG on behalf of our partners and population.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The staff will support the Population Health Management (PHM) leadership by serving as a critical liaison between research teams, institutional partners, and funding bodies to ensure the successful execution of population health research and evaluation initiatives. This role encompasses comprehensive programme management from conception through completion, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and institutional standards whilst providing essential operational support to research and evaluation teams. The staff contributes strategically to programme development and partnership facilitation to advance evidence-based, scalable population health research and evaluation that aligns with organisational objectives and secures sustainable funding.

Areas of Responsibility:

Programme and Administrative Support

• Oversee the end-to-end management of research and evaluation projects and grants, ensuring adherence to deliverables, timelines, and budget requirements.
• Provide comprehensive support to research and evaluation teams, including file management, progress tracking, documentation assistance for grants and contracts, etc.
• Assist in the preparation of programme proposals, strategic documents, and engagement materials, as well as regular updates and briefings for senior management on research and evaluation progress, milestones, and key developments.
• Identify and scope internal and external funding opportunities to support the team's research and evaluation agenda
• Maintain and update internal platforms with current research and evaluation-related information and facilitate resource access.
• Serve as secretariat for research and evaluation meetings and coordinate project-related meetings across various stakeholders.
• Maintain a master tracker of all submissions, projects, timelines, and manpower allocation to support portfolio oversight.

Research Ethics and Governance

• Support researchers in navigating regulatory and administrative processes, e.g. DSRB submissions, compliance checks, audit preparation, etc.
• Assist with the preparation and submission of regulatory documents and ensure adherence to institutional compliance and ethics requirements.

Partnership and Collaboration Management

• Support the coordination of partnerships and collaborations with healthcare institutions, academic institutions, and research and evaluation partners both locally and internationally.
• Coordinate end-to-end hosting arrangements for overseas guests and delegations, including logistical planning, programme development, and stakeholder engagement.

Research and evaluation Collaboration

• Partner with researchers and programme leads to design research and evaluation proposals and development of applications that are evidence-based, scalable and sustainable.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications: Min Bachelor's degree in any discipline, preferably public health, life science related, arts and social sciences

Experience:

• This position is open to fresh graduates. Relevant experience in population health, research and/or grants administration will be prioritised.
• Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft tools and ecosystem (e.g. Outlook, Teams, Copilot, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Special Attributes and Knowledge:

• Strong written, analytical and communication skills
• Good people management skills and ability to manage multiple projects with effective time management
• Ability to work well independently and as a team player
• Ability to think independently and exercise sound judgement when navigating complexity and ambiguity