Job Description
The Nuclear Safety Research Programme Office (NSRPO) serve as the single point of contact for nationally funded nuclear fission R&D, shaping research priorities, coordinating capabilities across the national ecosystem, and ensuring that funded research remains aligned with strategic national objectives. The role will contribute to the planning, management, and critical review of research programmes that strengthen Singapore's nuclear safety, regulatory, technical and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
The officer will support the Deputy Director in managing a portfolio of research projects across universities, research institutes, government agencies and international collaborators. The role involves coordinating diverse stakeholders, identifying capability gaps and emerging opportunities, and translating research findings into actionable insights for Government.
Beyond monitoring delivery, the officer will exercise critical judgement on the progress, relevance and prospective value of research investments, and recommend timely intervention where continued investment is no longer justified. The officer will bring an intellectually curious, evidence-led and forward-looking approach to shaping Singapore’s long-term nuclear research and capability development agenda.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage NSRP-funded research projects, including work planning, milestone tracking, risk management, reporting and stakeholder coordination.
- Assess programme and project performance, continued strategic relevance and prospective capability value, and make timely, evidence-based recommendations on whether work should be continued, adapted, consolidated or terminated.
- Monitor emerging research, technologies and international developments, and assess their implications for Singapore’s research priorities and portfolio.
- Support research ecosystem mapping, programme planning, research prioritisation, proposal evaluation and funding processes, including the formulation of clear evaluation criteria and decision points for continued investment.
- Coordinate researchers, government agencies and external stakeholders to align objectives and support timely delivery of outcomes.
- Organise governance meetings, workshops and engagements and present clear recommendations and decision options to programme governance bodies.
The level of the position will be commensurate with the candidate’s relevant years of experience and please note that this is a contract role.
Qualifications
- Degree in Engineering, Science, Technology Management or a related discipline.
- Typically 4–6 years of experience in research or technology programme management, R&D, engineering projects, technology assessment, technology strategy, research funding, or science and technology policy.
- Strong programme management, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Intellectual curiosity and a research-oriented mindset, with the ability to understand unfamiliar technical domains, interrogate evidence, and identify emerging opportunities and risks.
- Strong analytical judgement, including the ability to evaluate scientific credibility, strategic relevance and prospective national value under uncertainty.
- Ability to synthesise complex technical, programme and policy information into clear decision options and actionable recommendations.
- Willingness to challenge assumptions constructively, make difficult recommendations and maintain productive stakeholder relationships.
- Comfortable balancing the exploratory nature of research with accountability for public funding and strategic outcomes.