Geylang - Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director (SRTT CID), Research Office

The SRTT are major strategic programmes in priority areas identified by A*STAR for long-term investment to pre-position A*STAR for advancement in emerging scientific domains.

The key job responsibilities of the Senior Manager/ Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director for SRTT CID include the following:

• Work with the Executive Director, Research Office (RO) and Deputy Director, SRTT CID to manage the A*STAR SRTT initiative at the portfolio and programme level.
• Drive data analytics and dashboarding of SRTT programmes.
• Building excellence in grants management through the development, refinement and implementation of best practices, within A*STAR.
• Executing policies and processes pertaining to the administration of the funding initiative
• Regularly reviewing progress of awarded grants to ensure that KPIs, milestones and budget utilisation is on track.
• Support CID in engagements with SRTT Programme Managers and relevant research support teams to enable smooth SRTT execution, including monitoring and audit of budget utilization.
• Assist the Central Initiative Directorate to administer the internal A*STAR funding initiatives led by the Research Office.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders in closely monitoring SRTT programmes and facilitate timely check-ins for the periodic milestone reviews.
• Secretariat duties for SRTT including and not limited to convening of evaluation panels and engagement of stakeholders and serving as liaison to internal applicants on matters relating to SRTT.
• Ad hoc support as required

Job Requirements:

• Degree with 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.
• PMP certification is highly recommended.
• Experience and/or keen interest in work related to governance and policy, especially in the research & development sector.
• Keen interest in cutting edge science & technology.
• Strong problem solving, analytical and systems thinking abilities.
• Experience in data analytics and visualisation tools (R/Python/Tableau/PowerBI) will be an advantage.
• Resourceful and independent