Job Description

• Work with the project team to achieve the aim of the research project.
• Carry out indoor, greenhouse or field research work on urban agriculture.
• Coordinate with external collaborator on project development.
• Document, collate, analyse and interpret data.
• Carry out procurement, including liaising with vendors, sourcing for materials, equipment and testing, and raising purchase requests.
• Document and track project issues including expenses, budget tracking, action logs and equipment maintenance.
• Working with research team, plan experiment and prepare progress reports for regular project updates.
• Perform any other related duties assigned by the project team.

Qualifications

Qualifications / Discipline

• Possess relevant qualification in life science / agriculture / horticulture or equivalent, preferably with a minimum of 1 year of experience in growing, maintaining and harvesting plants in laboratory/farming systems 
• Successful candidate will be employed on a contract and project basis.

Skills: 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships with people at all levels.
• Possess sound planning, organising, good multi-tasking skills, with a strong sense of responsibility for completing assigned duties on time.
• Proficient in office software including word, excel and PowerPoint and some IT skills.

Experience:  

• Preferably with a minimum of 1 year of experience in growing, maintaining and harvesting plants in laboratory/farming systems

Covid-19 Message

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

More Information

Location: [[Kent Ridge Campus]]
Organization: [[National University of Singapore]]
Department : [[Department of Biological Sciences]]
Employee Referral Eligible: [[No]
Job requisition ID : 18198