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.
- Develop and design a relevant manpower due process application, ideas and solutions to where established policies and procedures could improve to over manpower related discrepancies and promote efficiency and effectiveness
- 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 engineering 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
- A strategic thinker with efficient problem-solving skills
- A confident and matured communicator who can effectively inter-act and support all levels of colleagues
- Always ready to accept challenges with positive attitude
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Meticulous and attention to detail, follow-up and organizational skills
- Good time management skills
Hiring Institution: NTU
