Sr Executive

The Senior Executive/Executive will oversee all the study related activities for projects in PREPARE Regional Networks from study initiation to study closure. These include, but are not limited to, day-to-day study management, facilitate research agreement review and budget negotiation, organizing study meetings, recording study meetings minutes, verification of invoices, project implementation and management. The Senior Executive/Executive will report to the Manager of the Singapore Infectious Disease Research Network (SCRN) in NCID, and work closely with NCID/TTSH Finance and Research Offices, PREPARE Programme Office, and grantors to accurately account for PREPARE operational and research budgets.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SPECIFIC

1.     Coordinate and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to negotiate and review research agreements.

2.     Coordinate and organize study meetings include recording meetings minutes and follow-up on all action items

3.     Ensure compliance of timeline and conditions stated in the agreements (e.g. payment milestones, sample shipment and data entries)

4.     Work closely with study sis to ensure they have the necessary resources and infrastructure to conduct projects under PREPARE Regional Networks.

5.     Manage the site budget and review/verify the invoices generated.

6.     Study expenditure tracking and budget utilization report for all study sites under PREPARE Regional Networks. 

7.     Work closely with PREPARE Programme Office to develop the necessary submissions for funding approval.

8.     Work closely with NCID/TTSH Finance and Research Offices to ensure cashflow projections and expenditures are prepared accurately and timely.

GENERAL

1.     Participate in projects at departmental/institution/cluster level.

2.     Participate in other duties as directed by supervisors, including work areas not mentioned here.

ABOUT SCRN

The Singapore Infectious Disease Research Network (SCRN) supports multicentre collaborative Infectious Diseases (ID) clinical research as well as outbreak research. It is part of the National ID Research Coordinating Office, which encourages collaborative ID research between healthcare institutions in Singapore and beyond.

ABOUT PREPARE
 

The Programme for Research in Epidemic Preparedness And REsponse (PREPARE) is a national epidemic preparedness R&D programme under the oversight of MOH. PREPARE’s objective is to support and strengthen essential research capabilities, translational platforms, and expertise that could be harnessed to detect, prevent and contain future infectious disease threats. Five co-operative programmes (‘Co-Ops’) will be established under PREPARE: (i) Analytics, Disease & Behaviour Modelling; (ii) Environmental Transmission & Mitigation; (iii) Diagnostics; (iv) Vaccines & Therapeutics; & (v) Regional Networks. PREPARE will also build and support long-term capabilities, namely (i) ID Clinical and Research Databases, and (ii) Biorepository for clinical samples and associated data.