Research Assistant, Project Coordinator

Job Description

Applications are invited for the following full-time position in the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health:
Research Assistant

The Health Intervention and Policy Evaluation Research Centre (HIPER) (https://hiper.nus.edu.sg/) at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), NUS, is seeking to hire research staff with project management skills to support the following areas:

• Own and be responsible for the successful delivery of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, meeting requirements and within allocated budget
• Coordinate and work closely with research PIs from multiple sites across Singapore
• Provide grant processing support for claims and report submissions
• Facilitate grant verification and variation submissions
• Strategize and provide administrative support for multi-site research agreements and ethics board review
• Oversee submission of progress and final reports, and ensure proper closure of completed research projects
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with the clinical partners and academic stakeholders, through meeting management and creation of high-quality oral and written communications content
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein

Qualifications

• Recognised degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience
• Strong administrative and project management skills, with ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience or interest in behavioural and implementation science
• Experience in Human Biomedical Research (HBR) and ethics review will be beneficial
• Experience in research within restructured hospitals preferably within the NUHS cluster
• Responsible and independent, with the ability to work in a team

Qualifications

• Recognised degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience

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.