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.
National Research Foundation
Senior Executive/Executive and Secretary, Corporate Services
Permanent/ContractClosed
What the role is
What you will be working on
Responsibilities:
• Assist Director/ Corporate Services in coordination of both internal and external meetings.
• Support the Corporate Services’ policy administration and implementation plans;
• Maintain Corporate Services databases, departmental filing and records systems;
• Participate in the various transformation projects (eg. Digitalization, Robotic Process Automation, etc.) in Corporate Services; and
• Manage/ participate in ad hoc initiatives and projects as assigned.
What we are looking for
Requirements:
• Minimum 3 years of secretarial or administrative experience;
• Strong written and communication skills;
• Good collaborative and interpersonal skills; and
• Ability to multi-task and strong team-player.
About your application process
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within National Research Foundation or the wider Public Service.
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 Senior 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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