Assistant Head
5 days ago
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across the different divisions in A*STAR to formulate and implement agency-wide policies.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to discover new insights and trends, to develop relevant R&D strategies that are aligned with Singapore’s economic and national agenda.
- Support A*STAR and SERC’s senior management in key meeting platforms and their engagement with relevant government agencies, institutes of higher learning, and other research institutes.
- Translate overarching strategies to key action plans for SERC research entities to achieve impactful outcomes.
- Solve complex problems and track strategic performance/progress and issues across SERC.
- Ensure the quality and accuracy of the survey data based on best practices.
- Partner internal departments, policy and economic agencies in the discovery of new insights and trends from the RIE survey data to support policy making.
- Provide data support to SERC, A*STAR management and all relevant stakeholders.
- Review, streamline and coordinate SERC’s operations and work processes.
- Perform divisional reporting and communications functions with stakeholders within A*STAR, governing and advisory boards, as well as other public agencies in the ecosystem.
Job requirements
- Have a road vision of science and technology, able to handle diverse topics beyond one’s direct field of education and experience
- Awareness of emerging technologies and global trends would be an advantage
- At least 2 years of working experience in either research, strategic/ corporate planning or related administration roles
- Good organisation acumen, excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage leadership, internal and external stakeholders as well as researchers
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Dynamic and self-motivated individual who is a big-picture thinker and values integrity, teamwork and excellence
- Meticulous, well-organised, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task
- High learning ability, agility and adaptability
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