Office of Grants Administration (Bilats, Programmatic, IRG) - Assistant Manager.

Office of Grants Administration (Bilats, Programmatic, IRG) - Assistant Manager/ Manager / Senior Manager

Job Description

The Office of Grants Administration serves to provide oversight in grants management and compliance, in order to promote effective stewardship of RIE funds managed by A*STAR as an Implementing Agency, as well as grants held by A*STAR as grant recipients.

The funding initiatives administered include:

• RIE2020 AME IRG / RIE2025 MTC IRG
• RIE2020 AME Programmatic / RIE2025 MTC Programmatic

The role of the Assistant Manager/Manager/Senior Manager includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Secretariat duties for the funding initiative, including running of grant calls, convening of evaluation panels and engagement of government stakeholders.
• 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.
• Regularly reviewing progress of awarded grants to ensure that KPIs, milestones and budget utilisation is on track.
• 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, analytical and systems thinking abilities
• Experience in data analytics and visualisation tools (R/Python/Tableau/PowerBI) will be an advantage
• Resourceful and independent
• Able to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders