"Research Assistant (Core Support Faculty - O&G)"

Job Description

The National University of Singapore invites applications for a Research Assistant to join the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology’s newly established Core Support Faculty. The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology is dedicated to providing excellent and affordable care to patients. This mission is driven tirelessly by a staff united by a common identity – to support patient care through best-in-class medical practices informed by insights from cutting-edge clinical and translational research. More information on the Department’s research portfolio may be obtained from https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/obgyn/.

The Core Support Faculty will be comprised of a Senior Research Fellow, a Bioinformatics Specialist and a Clinical Research Co-Ordinator / Clinical Research Assistant (clinical study recruitment, ethical approvals, data collection and management, sample acquisition, this role). The successful applicant for this role will be expected to work closely with the other Core Support Faculty members, establishing a strong team working environment with productivity, collaboration and service as key operating parameters. In the role of Clinical Research Coordinator and Research Assistant, the applicant will work across the NUS and NUH campuses to support nascent research projects run by investigators in the Department. A key part of this role (and the Core Support Faculty generally) is to develop the preliminary data, publications, funding applications and investigator expertise necessary to launch the careers of world-leading clinician and basic scientists working in obstetric and gynaecological research.

Appointments will be made on a one (1) year contract basis in the first instance, with the possibility of extension for very high performing staff.

Purpose of the post

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has established a Core Support Faculty to drive research productivity and opportunity for emerging researchers. A key focus of the Core Support Faculty is to promote the careers and productivity of junior investigators (both clinician scientists and translationally-focused basic scientists). Key deliverables for the role will be the rapid generation of high-impact publications, the rapid receipt of competitive grant funding, a rapid increase in the uptake of higher research degree candidacies (especially PhDs), the provision of technical training to the Department, and the support of clinical trials.

The successful applicant will report to the Director of Research, and work closely with a range of junior investigators from a broad cross-section of obstetric and gynaecological disciplines. The Successful applicant will be expected to work closely with senior members of the Department, including Visiting Professors. The successful applicant for this role will be expected to work closely with the other Core Support Faculty members, establishing a strong team working environment with productivity, collaboration and service as key operating parameters.

The successful applicant must be results driven, self-directing, and perform at a very high level. If you want to be part of the team that will shape women’s and newborn health in Singapore and across the ASEAN region then we would love to hear from you.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Research Assistant will be responsible for:

1. Oversee the general management of delegated projects;
2. Provide administrative and secretarial support to delegated projects, such as organizing regular meetings to maintain regular communication with other members of the research team and collaborate with the study sites and other stakeholders;
3. Undertake the day to day running of the project(s) at the study site, e.g. Collaborate with t