Liasioning Officer

Role & responsibilities

• Coordinate activities, accounts and documents for industry-sponsored projects
• Liaise with academic and industrial collaborators; manage logistics for conferences, workshops, industrial meets, short courses and partner meetings
• Coordinate project staff recruitment: advertisement, application collation, candidate contact, interview scheduling and induction of successful recruits
• Support project management: facilitate report and poster preparation for external agencies, maintain document safekeeping, and circulate relevant news/newsletters among faculty, staff and students
• Execute and help operationalise MOUs and agreements with industrial and academic collaborators
• Supervise laboratory and office operations, including contingency accounts, lab-user registration/access processes, and lab equipment purchase and inventory

Preferred candidate profile

• Degree with at least 55% marks or a CGPA of 7.0/10 or above, plus at least 10 years of relevant professional experience in an academic and research setting
• Knowledge of office procedures, rules and secretarial practices
• Experience liaising with industrial collaborators and top/middle-level executives in corporate and academic institutions
• Experience coordinating and following up on MOUs and contracts (NDAs, agreements) relevant to research collaborations; prior experience in R&D organisations/MNCs
• Experience arranging roundtable meetings with industry, conferences, workshops and national-level exhibitions
• Familiarity with the needs of research laboratories and personnel; experience with logistics/travel arrangements for visitors, delegations and meetings
• Experience providing secretarial support to a Coordinator/Head in an academic or scientific organisation; support for equipment purchase and import; supply management for research labs/centres, including cleanroom facilities
• Experience with scientific equipment inventory management and maintenance scheduling, especially in a large lab, is favourable
• Knowledge of maintaining web pages and handling social media platforms is preferable