Centre Manager, Global Centre for Asian Women's Health (2-year contract)

About the role

The Global Centre for Asian Women's Health (GloW) is a centre within the Dean's Office of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. It aims to build an international platform for transdisciplinary work addressing women's major health concerns across the lifespan, with its main hub in Singapore. The Centre Manager reports to the Centre Director and oversees all administrative and operational functions of the Centre.

Key responsibilities

• Work with the Director to keep the Centre's operation effective and efficient while following all policy and procedural guidelines.
• Support budgeting and forecasting against the Centre's milestones and deliverables, and generate budget reports.
• Handle day-to-day corporate and administration services, including HR, finance, procurement, core centre research administration and grant management.
• Work with faculty, researchers and other departments on core research support needs.
• Supervise a small team of administrators.
• Oversee projects and events such as conferences, workshops and forums, tracking progress and timelines.
• Manage relationships with funding partners and foster long-term collaborations.
• Assist in projects related to the above, including process and controls improvements, and perform other ad-hoc duties assigned by the reporting manager and leadership.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• At least 5 years of experience, preferably in a research or academic organization.
• Good understanding of the research environment and adherence to high standards of professional integrity and ethics.
• Proactive, resilient and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Required skills

• Excellent organisation and time-management skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, working across university departments.
• Fast learner who can pick up systems and work processes quickly.
• Able to multi-task and work under tight deadlines.