About the role
AI summarisedThis role is in the Office of Grants Administration at A*STAR, managing the Industry Alignment Fund - Industry Collaboration Projects (IAF-ICP) funding scheme. Responsibilities include grants documentation, secretariat duties, policy execution, stakeholder communication, data analysis, and grant progress monitoring. The role requires a good tertiary degree, experience in public sector policy/governance (for manager/senior manager levels), and strong analytical and writing skills.
ResearchFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Collation and checking of grants documentation (e.g. proposals, reports, variation requests, fund requisitions) to facilitate proposal evaluation process.
- Secretariat duties for the funding initiative, including scheduling meetings, procurement and logistics, record keeping (writing minutes) to facilitate review process.
- Executing policies and processes pertaining to the administration of the funding initiative.
- Communication of the funding initiatives' policies and processes to public sector research performers.
- Liaising with grantees on pre-and post-award matters.
- Collation and preparation of data for reporting to stakeholders.
- Cleaning, maintenance and analysis of project KPI and other data.
- Regularly reviewing progress of awarded grants to ensure that KPIs, milestones and budget utilisation is on track, and highlight issues for early intervention.
- Building excellence in grants management through the development, refinement and implementation of best practices, within A*STAR and through working with other funding agencies.
Requirements
- Good tertiary degree
- For Manager / Senior Manager roles, minimum 2 years' experience in public sector policy/planning/governance roles
- 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 and analytical thinking abilities, and good writing skills.
- Resourceful and independent
- Able to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders