Assistant Manager, Grant Management

Globally ranked among top research and technology organizations in the environment and water domain, the NEWRI ecosystem interacts across a multi- and inter- disciplinary platform of"
Research - engineering - Development '(RED) activities in its approach to developing innovative solutions.
With leading edge technology and robust engineering, NEWRI strives to take its fundamental research from novel lab-scale innovation to industry-level translation and derisking activities- from field applications, to piloting and development at full scale in real life settings.
Through industrial and community- philanthropic projects for commercial and societal impact, NEWRI continuously strives to make a difference towards developing a circular economy for global sustainability.
Key Job Purpose
As a member of the grant admin/ management team the role is on grant management in providing support and integrated administrative and management requirements of funding awards secured through NEWRI's cohort of faculty PIs/collaborators. This includes budgeting, expense review and budget reporting as well as developing and implementing compliance programs and working closely with different processing departments researchers and PIs including external stakeholders.
Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting grant funding management, ensure effective controls are developed and maintained to assure the integrity of the university and funding agency.
• Work collaboratively with grant management team and NEWRI HRBP to improve current manpower hiring and budgeting process.
• Supporting grant management team in financial management and budgeting methods, policies, procedures, systems, and practices to assess the financial capability of the respective project.
• Support grant management team in assessing, evaluating, managing and monitoring funding for compliance with NTU, NEWRI and funding agency regulations, policies and procedures
• Support project completion in timely manner, within budget, funding terms and due governance
• Any other ad-hoc work assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in a relevant Accounting / Business Administration discipline
• Minimum 3-4 years of relevant working experiences to operate and manage independently in general admin and business operations
• Strong finance and/or accounting with excellent analytical and numerical skills
• Proficiency in MS office applications
• Strong problem solving, analytical and systems thinking abilities
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Resourceful, meticulous, open-minded and adaptable to changes and able to multi-task
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Good time management skills

Hiring Institution:
NTU