About the role
AI summarisedSenior Manager role within A*STAR's Human Potential Programme Office, responsible for end-to-end grant management, policy review, and stakeholder coordination for national research initiatives in early life and adolescence research.
ResearchOnsitePrecision Health
Key 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 Human Potential Steering Committee for approval
- Review grant funding policies to ensure benchmarking to international and local best practices
- Support the Human Potential Steering Committee as part of the joint secretariat
- Support programme Executive Committees as secretariat
- 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
Requirements
- A degree in life sciences, biotechnology, or a related discipline is preferred, though not essential
- Experience in grants management, research administration, or policy coordination in a public sector setting would be advantageous
- Comfortable working with government agencies and 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
- Strong writing, communication, and presentation skills
- Meticulous with strong organisational skills, and open to learning and developing expertise in research programme and grant management