Asst Mgr - Sr Asst Mgr, Dept of Medicine (CPH, 1 Year Contract)

1. Job Purpose 

The Assistant Manager / Senior Assistant Manager will be involved in the management of clinical implementation projects and operations of the Centre for Precision Health (CPH). He/She will be working on multiple research project management together with the Centre Director and a team of research coordinators. He/She shall ensure well execution of the research operations and work closely with various programme / centre leads for strategy planning and grant management. Primary programme shall be to work closely with the taskforce to set up a local biorepository and clinical pre-emptive pharmacogenomics testing in NUHS. 

CPH was set up as the core for research in precision health in the NUHS. At CPH, we believe that the future of medicine lies in the individualized healthcare approach for patients based on their health conditions, needs, or the biology of the disease, and followed by the delivery of the care that maximizes health and cost-effectiveness while limiting toxicity and other adverse effects. The Centre is chiefly responsible for developing the strategy for precision medicine in NUHS and serves as the contact point for precision medicine efforts at the national level and with other industry players. 

2. Duties and Responsibilities 

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  Responsible for the successful delivery of projects under the centre, ensuring that they are completed on time, meeting requirements and within allocated budget 

  
  


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  Coordinate with PIs to strategize, plan and execute clinical research implementation initiatives 

  
  

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  Provide administrative support for budget planning, multi-site legal agreements, study protocols and ethic reviews  

  
  


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  Provide grant processing support for claims and report submissions; and submission of progress and final reports to grantors 

  
  


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  Provide secretariat support and organize project meetings  

  
  


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  Oversee a pilot bio-banking initiative and manage a team of research coordinators 

  
  


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  Assist investigators to develop strategy, secure funding and grants management for research programs with opportunities to develop and acquire management and leadership skills to manage multidisciplinary teams and complex projects 

  
  

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  Assists investigators to lead various teams and provide expertise to different team leads across various programme and centres for policies related across institutions 

  
  


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  Establish and maintain strong relationships with the clinical and academic stakeholders across clusters 

  
  


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  Manpower recruitment, deployment and staff engagement 

  
  


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  Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein 

  
  

3. Qualifications  

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  Bachelor or Masters’ Degree in a related discipline, preferably in Biomedical Sciences, Genomics or Public Health 

  
  


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  At least 4-6 years of relevant work experience in project management and healthcare projects 

  
  


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  Experience in Human Biomedical Research (HBR) and clinical implementation projects will be beneficial 

  
  


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  Strong administrative and project management skills, with ability to manage multiple projects concurrently  

  
  

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  Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills  

  
  


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  Responsible and independent, with the ability to lead and work closely with a team of multiple stakeholders