Job Description

What the role is:The National Research Foundation (NRF) is a department within the Prime Minister\'s Office, and we set the national direction for research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) by developing policies, plans and strategies; funding strategic initiatives that strengthen our scientific and technological capabilities, grow our RIE talent base, and achieve economic and national impact; and fostering RIE collaboration in Singapore and internationally.What you will be working on:Responsibilities: \xe2\x80\xa2 Assist Director/ Corporate Services in coordination of both internal and external meetings. \xe2\x80\xa2 Support the Corporate Services\' policy administration and implementation plans; \xe2\x80\xa2 Maintain Corporate Services databases, departmental filing and records systems; \xe2\x80\xa2 Participate in the various transformation projects (eg. Digitalization, Robotic Process Automation, etc.) in Corporate Services; and \xe2\x80\xa2 Manage/ participate in ad hoc initiatives and projects as assigned.What we are looking for:Requirements: \xe2\x80\xa2 Minimum 3 years of secretarial or administrative experience; \xe2\x80\xa2 Strong written and communication skills; \xe2\x80\xa2 Good collaborative and interpersonal skills; and \xe2\x80\xa2 Ability to multi-task and strong team-player.About National Research Foundation:The National Research Foundation (NRF) was set up on 1 January 2006 as a department under the Prime Minister\'s Office. It was set up to perform the following: a) To provide secretariat support to the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC), chaired by the Prime Minister; b) To coordinate the research of different agencies within the larger national framework in order to provide a coherent strategic overview and direction; c) To develop policies and plans to implement the five strategic thrusts for the national R&D agenda; and d) To implement national research, innovation and enterprise strategies approved by the RIEC, and to allocate funding to programmes that meet NRF\'s strategic objectives.

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