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 Industry Alignment Fund ? Pre-positioning (IAF-PP) and the Industry Alignment Fund ? Industry Collaboration Projects (IAF-ICP) are funding schemes intended to encourage public sector researchers and institutes to work with industry:

·         The IAF-PP aims to increase alignment of public sector research with industry outcomes, through supporting industry-aligned capabilities and the development of multidisciplinary and integrated programmes with early industry involvements.  Programmes were required to demonstrate integration and viable pathways to early industry involvement within a three- to five- year timeframe.

·         The IAF-ICP aims to support strategic R&D projects between industry & public R&D, by applying and commercialising public sector research capabilities, IPs and technologies towards industry-relevant challenges.

The role of the Asst Manager / Manager / Senior Manager for IAF-PP/IAF-ICP includes, but is not limited to, the following:

·         Collation and checking of grants documentation (e.g. proposals, reports, variation requests, fund requisitions) to facilitate proposal evaluation process.

·         Secretariat duties for the funding initiative, including scheduling meetings, procurement and logistics, record keeping (writing minutes) to facilitate review process.

·         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.

·         Collation and preparation of data for reporting to stakeholders.

·         Cleaning, maintenance and analysis of project KPI and other data.

·         Regularly reviewing progress of awarded grants to ensure that KPIs, milestones and budget utilisation is on track, and highlight issues for early intervention.

·         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

·         Resourceful and independent

·         Able to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders