Senior Executive / Assistant Manager, Academic Clinical Programme

About the role

The National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) is recruiting a Senior Executive / Assistant Manager for its Academic Clinical Programme (ACP) administrative unit, which sits under the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) and is hosted in NCCS. The ACP brings together faculty and administrative members to advance the AMC's academic medicine goals. You will support one or more areas such as grants and research, faculty affairs, general business functions, events management and process improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Administer ACP programme grant calls, manage fund drawdowns, grant extensions and variation requests, and follow up with Principal Investigators on progress and final reports.
• Support research and innovation programmes and collaborations that develop academic talent in academic medicine.
• Monitor faculty appointments and academic titling, coordinate nomination calls for academic appointments and awards, and track faculty career progression for reporting.
• Coordinate incoming and outgoing academic visits, including scheduling, logistics and financial planning.
• Plan and run department events and retreats, including publicity materials, scripts and write-ups, and provide on-the-day support.
• Handle general business functions such as procurement, IT and finance processes, and maintain department assets and records.
• Review and improve work processes and represent the department in ad-hoc and regular committees.

Required profile

• Degree in any discipline; fresh graduates are welcome to apply.
• 2 to 4 years of experience in a healthcare or education setting, or in grant administration, research or working with academic faculty, is beneficial.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyse and convey complex information.
• Meticulous, well organised and able to multi-task in a dynamic environment.
• Proactive team player with good oral and written communication skills.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.