Job Description

The Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) Group was established to strengthen A*STAR?s generation of economic and societal impact for Singapore. I&E oversees A*STAR?s industry collaboration, licensing and spin off efforts. I&E also plays a national role in R&D grant administration and oversees innovation & enterprise platforms such as DxD Hub.

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The Intelligence Exchange (IEX) unit in I&E is A*STAR?s in-house market intelligence consultancy. IEX develops recommendations to inform A*STAR?s and national focus areas for:

Research
Capability & capacity building
Market & industry opportunities

In addition, IEX supports A*STAR national grant administration role by providing an independent opinion of a proposal?s market & export, commercialisation, and/or value capture potential.

The incumbent will administer various functions, services and programmes to support the IEX team.

1. General Administrative and Clerical Support. This could include:

• Schedule meetings for the team and prepare the necessary logistics, such as circulation of materials
• Coordinate and record notes for meetings.
• Assist in procurement and admin activities such as pre and post travel arrangement.
• Assist in the organization of visits, conferences, seminars, webinars and other events.

2. Knowledge management:

• Documentation of hardcopy and e-data.
• Ensure that knowledge database is updated in a timely and accurate manner, such as via performing meta-tagging and uploading of documents.

3. Management of subscription services

• Assist in the procurement and management of subscription services
• Help to monitor and report the usage of procured services.

4. Others

• Department budget tracking and update.
• Ad-hoc duties that may be assigned, e.g. secretariat duties for division.

Requirements

Diploma
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collate, analyse and dissect disparate sources of data
High learning agility and adaptability
Effective and thoughtful communicator
Excellent time management and ability to multi-task and prioritise work while being meticulous and organised
A self-starter, independent and resourceful.
The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Type of Employment : Full-Time
Work Location : Fusionopolis