Executive, Research Grant Administration

The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Singapore Ministry of Education, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore. Hosted by NTU in partnership with NUS, SCELSE is linking new insights from the life sciences with expertise from the emerging technologies in engineering and natural sciences to understand, harness and control microbial biofilm communities.

SCELSE seeks a Research Grant Administration Executive who will be responsible to provide effective administrative support in research-related matters to assist faculty and researchers in SCELSE, enabling pro-active and efficient operation of the Centre’s grants and other funded projects. Efficient research administration requires a broad knowledge base that spans across diverse domains, including Human Resource, Finance, Procurement, Legal and Graduate Education. A good research administrator is one who has an astute understanding of the policies and procedures of these domains, be able to connect parties within these domains and provide solutions in supporting faculty, researchers and domain personnel in the administration and management of research projects.

Key Responsibilities:

The roles and responsibilities for the Research Grant Administrator will mainly be supporting the Corporate Services Director in the following matters:

• Disseminate grant call information and assist faculty and researchers in their grant application submission by providing administrative support and ensuring compliance with requirements of funding agencies.

• Support post-award administration including assisting faculty and researchers in research account set up, budget phasing, manpower related activities, and other matters in accordance to university processes and policies.

• Coordinate and liaise with funders and collaborators on grant award; contractual-related matters, preparation of regular status reports on research grant submissions and awards; administering project variation requests, project progress reports etc.

• Manage research information and database entries in research management systems in consultation with faculty and researchers; Human Resource; Finance; Procurement; Research Support Office; and other relevant departments in NTU.

• Other ad hoc related activities that may be assigned by the Corporate Services Director.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma qualification with relevant working experience.

• Prior experience in grant administration will be an advantage.

• Prior experience in project and financial management skills would be an advantage.

• Initiative with good organizational skills.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

• Meticulous, resourceful, and able to work independently.

• Customer-service oriented with a positive work attitude.

Please note that this is a 2-year temporary role.

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We regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU

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