Science Liaison Officer

Department: Office of the Chiefs

Reports To: Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)

Job Summary

We are seeking for a motivated and detail-oriented Science Liaison Officer to play a critical role in supporting our Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). This position demands a unique blend of scientific knowledge, strategic insight, and exceptional communication skills. The ideal candidate will serve as a pivotal force, amplifying the CSO's impact by streamlining operations, nurturing crucial stakeholder relationships, and ensuring the meticulous execution of strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate the CSO’s agenda, optimizing workload management to prioritize scientific and strategic imperatives.
• Act as the primary conduit for communication between the CSO and key internal and external stakeholders, including research teams, industry partners, and academic institutions.
• Analyze and synthesize literature to assist in writing reports and crafting presentations
• Address urgent issues with immediacy, allowing the CSO to concentrate on high-level scientific and strategic planning.
• Managing any other tasks assigned by C-suite officers

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant scientific discipline (Ph.D. preferred).
• Demonstrated capability in research, including the critical appraisal of scientific literature.
• Experience in project management, preferably within research or academic framework.
• Exceptional interpersonal abilities, with a track record of managing stakeholder interactions effectively.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Autonomous worker with the capacity to lead and work collaboratively within diverse teams.
• Proficiency in digital project management and communication tools.

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years in a research or academic setting, with an emphasis on project management and stakeholder liaison.
• Prior experience in a role requiring close collaboration with senior executives, especially in scientific or research contexts, will be viewed favorably.

We are an independent and non-profit cancer research organisation based in Malaysia. Funded by donations and research grants, we conduct research in niche cancers often found in our Asian population.

Cancer — the big ‘C’ — continues to be a stigma, only spoken about in hushed whispers; how it’s bad karma, how much it costs, and that nothing could be done.

Confronting this stigma head on, CRM has been reversing this language of cancer, transforming the big ‘C’ to a little ‘c’, and we plan to develop tools backed by good research to ensure that we can truly fight cancer on all fronts.

We believe that we will reverse the grip of cancer in our lives. We want researchers to win the war against cancer by turning it around with new ways of prevention and cure. We want to empower the public through impactful outreach programmes, with the hopes that Malaysians will respond differently to cancer by coming forward for screenings and going through with treatments.

Our driving force is held together by these goals:

• Improving the survival rates of Asian cancer patients, focusing on neglected areas of research.
• Empowering Asians to have the proper screening and treatment.
• Improving survival rates by being more accessible, focusing on providing existing cures to patients rather than sit on inaction and potentially losing lives.
• Making affordable and timely treatments by repurposing drugs, acknowledging the reality that developing new cures are costly and risky.
• Putting Malaysia in the global spotlight for cancer research by collaborating with top scientists around the world,and working to nurture the next generation of Malaysian cancer researchers.