Associate/Senior Associate, National Robotics Programme Office

Job description

The National Robotics Programme Office (NRPO) is responsible for catalysing differentiated Robotics and Embodied AI (EAI) R&D capabilities at our Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) and Research Institutes (RIs) for the benefit of our economy and society. NRPO also works to foster public-private partnerships to ensure robotics and EAI technologies and IPs developed with public funding are relevant for industry and are commercialised into useful products, services and solutions that are adopted in Singapore and around the world.

A key role of NRPO is to bring together end-users across different industries, robotics, automation and EAI companies, and our IHLs/RIs to identify use cases and technology gaps that public-private partnerships can help to address. In so doing, we enhance Singapore's robotics and EAI R&D capabilities and help Singapore-based robotics, automation and EAI companies to innovate and differentiate themselves in the market.

Another key role of NRPO is to work together with partner agencies to grow our robotics and EAI industry comprising system integrators, robot vendors, software and component suppliers. A strong and vibrant robotics and EAI industry with companies developing and making robotics and EAI products and solutions here for export will help to support our end-user industries and act as vehicles for the commercialisation of technologies and IPs developed by our IHLs/RIs.

We are looking for a highly independent and motivated person to join NRPO to perform the following:

. Provide general secretarial, administrative, and logistical assistance to the team managing the Embodied AI efforts. E.g. meeting scheduling, material collation, venue arrangements, security clearance, agenda preparation, tracking follow-ups, making travel arrangements.

. Assist with requests and queries from internal and external stakeholders (including outside A.STAR with companies, agencies and universities, etc) e.g. to coordinate or deconflict meetings or visit arrangements with multiple parties.

. Coordinate and organize events, meetings and engagements, including checking on logistical arrangement (IT, audio support, maximum participant size of venue, etc)

. Support the teams engagement with NRPO advisors, in terms of scheduling, travel arrangements, logistics and claims processing when they convene in Singapore.

. Manage goods receipt and procurement requests for the EAI team, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely fulfilment to ensure smooth operations.

. Handle other ad-hoc tasks as assigned

Requirements:

. Diploma in any discipline, with 3-5 years of relevant working experience

. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams).

. Good communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, able to handle pressure during peak busy periods to support the team's admin needs

. Highly resourceful, proactive, with high independence to work around ambiguity and self-organise to drive positive outcomes from assigned tasks.