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