About the role
The Senior Associate/Associate provides staff support for research grants management, including establishing operating systems, reviewing grant terms, liaising with stakeholders, and administering proposal submissions.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide the necessary staff support in establishing critical operating systems and processes for the Director of Research (DOR) functions
- Provide the necessary staff support in establishing relevant guidelines in grant management and administration
- Provide the necessary staff support in reviewing Terms & Conditions of competitive grant calls to check for alignment and compliance
- Liasing with grantors to ensure smooth operations on grant administration
- Liasing with relevant stakeholders to solicit inputs to improve the operations of grant management and administration
- Provide the necessary staff support in summarising critical statistics for management's planning
Requirements
- Minimally a diploma qualification with a good knowledge of STEM discipline
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to engage internal and external stakeholders, including research leaders
- Strong attention to details, e.g. grants terms and conditions
- Strong problem solving, analytical and systems thinking abilities
- Strong knowledge on software tools such as Words, Excel, Powerpoint
- Resourceful and independent