Executive (Project Management)

Company description:

The National University of Singapore is the national research university of Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore.

Job Purpose

Project Management for various data collection projects that Social Lab is commissioned for. With one of the current project executives for the National Population Health Survey being deployed to handle another large incoming project by A*Star, this vacancy needs to be filled immediately as the NPHS project is a rolling project with weekly deliverables until 2028.

• Working with internal and external stakeholders for the NPHS project and may be deployed to handle other projects which include various ministries in Singapore to ensure project success.
• Monitoring and delivering various project-required reports and materials at required deadlines.
• Ensuring quality control of fieldwork operations and data collection.
• Management of interviewers' workload and performance, which includes distributing the workload to the interviewers, coordinating their daily work, coaching, as well as troubleshooting problems experienced by interviewers. Preparation of training materials and conducting training sessions, etc.
• Recruitment of interviewers and/or part-time staff to ensure sufficient staffing to meet project requirements and deadlines.
• Providing training for interviewers, part-time/full-time staff.
• Working with the IT team to program, deploy and ensure accurate programming of the electronic questionnaires, user acceptance testing.
• Working with the QC team to cross-check and ensure data consistency and accuracy across multiple variables and different datasets; perform any other duties to ensure that cleaned and good quality datasets are delivered. Control and oversight of data verification and data cleaning processes.
• Developing, implementing and maintaining systems to control workflow.
• Managing project progress and liaising with the administrative team to plan required resources to complete within timeframe and budget.
• Answering calls, enquiries, handling feedback and providing support for both public (respondents) and members of the project team during and out of office hours if required.

• Minimum Degree holder, preferably with experience in projects commissioned by the public sector.
• Prior experience in managing, running or handling projects is an advantage.
• Prior experience in training full-time, part-time and freelance staff.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to keep to tight deadlines.
• Excellent leadership qualities and ability to motivate teams.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines with attention to detail.
• Familiarity with IT systems and computer software, e.g., SPSS, MS Excel.
• Strong computer literacy - working knowledge of MS Office applications is a must.
• Experience with data collection, questionnaire design and/or statistical software (e.g., SPSS DimensionNet, web programming languages, advanced Excel, VBA) is an advantage.

Location: Bukit Timah Campus
Organization: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Department: Institute of Policy Studies
Employee Referral Eligible:
Job requisition ID: 27215