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Deputy Director
The Deputy Director provides strategic, scientific, and operational leadership for the Centre for Infectious Disease Emergency Response (CIDER), supporting the Director in advancing the Centre's mission to strengthen educational and operational efforts. The role oversees multidisciplinary programmes spanning outbreak preparedness, epidemiology, surveillance, health systems resilience, translational research, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement at national, regional, and global levels.
The Deputy Director ensures the effective coordination of partnerships and emergency response initiatives, while fostering collaboration across NUS, government agencies, healthcare institutions, international organisations, and industry partners to enhance 's and the region's readiness for current and future infectious disease threats.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Strategic Leadership and Centre Development
- Support the Director in developing and implementing the Centre's strategic vision, goals, and operational plans
- Represent the Centre at institutional, national, regional, and international forums, committees, and working groups.
- Deputise for the Director as required and provide leadership during periods of increased Infectious Disease Emergency activity.
- Provide scientific oversight of the Centre's portfolio in infectious diseases, outbreak preparedness, pandemic response, surveillance, and health systems resilience.
- Develop and lead multidisciplinary initiatives involving faculty, clinicians, scientists, public health practitioners, and external collaborators.
- Facilitate the translation of research findings into policy, clinical practice, and emergency preparedness frameworks.
- Identify and secure grant funding from national and international funding agencies.
- Promote high-quality scientific publications, innovation, and knowledge dissemination.
2. Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Oversee the development of scenario planning exercises, simulations, and after-action reviews to strengthen preparedness capabilities.
- Maintain situational awareness of emerging global health threats and develop communication pathways to improve public and professional understanding
- Establish and implement mechanisms to assist development of the pillars of outbreak response regionally
- Develop an international network of trained outbreak responders
3. Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with government agencies, healthcare institutions, academic centres, international organisations, NGOs, and industry.
- Facilitate collaborative projects that advance research, policy development, and emergency preparedness.
- Strengthen regional and global networks for infectious disease surveillance, capacity development, and rapid response.
- Serve as a key liaison between the Centre and external stakeholders.
- Promote the Centre's visibility, impact, and reputation through strategic engagement activities.
4. Education, Training, and Capacity Building
- Oversee the development and delivery of educational programmes, professional training, workshops, and simulations related to infectious disease preparedness and response.
- Mentor faculty, administration, fellows, and students involved in Centre activities.
- Support workforce development initiatives aimed at strengthening public health and outbreak response capabilities.
- Foster interdisciplinary learning and collaboration across NUS faculties and external partners
5. Operations and Governance
- Oversee the effective management of Centre operations, resources, budgets, and personnel.
- Ensure compliance with NUS policies, funding requirements, governance standards, and regulatory obligations.
- Develop performance indicators and monitor programme outcomes and impact.
- Lead risk management, quality assurance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support recruitment, performance management, and professional development of Centre staff.
6. Policy and Knowledge Translation
- Provide expert advice on infectious disease preparedness, pandemic planning, and health security issues.
- Lead the preparation of policy briefs, technical reports, and strategic recommendations for stakeholders and decision-makers.
- Facilitate the translation of scientific evidence into actionable public health interventions.
- Contribute to national and international discussions on infectious disease preparedness, outbreak response, and health security.
Requirements
- PhD, MD, MBBS with postgraduate qualifications, or equivalent doctorate in infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, health policy, or a related field.
- Internationally recognised expertise in infectious diseases, outbreak response, epidemiology, public health preparedness, or health security.
- Senior leadership experience in academia, healthcare, government, public health agencies, or international organisations.
- Proven track record in research leadership, grant acquisition, and scholarly publications.
- Demonstrated experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and complex stakeholder environments.
- Strong strategic, communication, relationship-building, and organisational skills.
- Experience contributing to outbreak response.
- Demonstrably strong international multidisciplinary network
For any enquiries: mdcfda@nus.edu.sg (Prof Dale Fisher, NUS)
Management Assistant Officer
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Centre Operations and Administrative Support
- Provide secretarial and administrative support to the Centre Director.
- Provide general operational and administrative support for the centre, including efficient day-to-day office operations managing facility resources.
- Manage processing via University systems, handling procurement, invoice processing, and expense claims.
2. Faculty Logistics & Event Coordination
- Coordinate logistics for local and visiting faculty, encompassing flight itineraries and accommodation.
- Execute on-ground logistics for academic courses, meetings, and centre events, including venue procurement, vendor liaison, and material preparation.
3. Enquiry Management and Communication
- Manage departmental enquiries across various channels from prospective students, partners, and external stakeholders, providing accurate advisory on the Centre’s current and future training and educational offerings.
4. Marketing & Programme Support
- Support CIDER’s marketing initiatives by assisting in the development, update, and distribution of promotional materials.
- Coordinate on-site logistics for outreach activities, recruitment fairs, and programme exhibitions.
5. Information & Process Management
- Update administrative workflows and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to enhance departmental efficiency.
- Maintain and update department website with the latest information.
Job Requirements
- Diploma with more than 6 years in related field
- Proven experience in complex operations, academic administration, or event management.
- Strong working knowledge of institutional procurement and finance processing is key to seamlessly managing vendor contracts, class logistics, and faculty payments.
- Highly detail-oriented with a proactive, self-starter approach to anticipating operational needs, identifying logistical gaps, and setting and achieving goals.
- Clear communicator
- Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent Microsoft Excel and analytical skills required for rigorous data management, logistical tracking, and driving continuous improvement reporting.
- Skill managing social media accounts and website.
Others
Duke NUS - Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow (Country Engagement and Health Systems)
The Duke–NUS Centre for Outbreak Preparedness (COP) works to strengthen communicable disease preparedness and response capacity across South and Southeast Asia. COP hosts the Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Asia PGI), a regional network supporting 15 countries to strengthen pathogen genomics surveillance, data use and translation for public health action. Key workstreams include drug-resistant tuberculosis, wastewater surveillance and arboviral disease. COP is recruiting a Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (Country Engagement and Health Systems) to facilitate various workstreams, linking country partners to scientific and technical teams in Singapore.
Qualifications:
Appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience, including evidence of research independence, applied technical delivery, communication skills, and ability to work across research, engineering and public health teams. Minimum qualifications include:
- A combined Medical and Masters (or equivalent clinical and public health qualification) or PhD equivalent qualification in a relevant field such as epidemiology, public health, communicable disease control or a closely related discipline.
- At least 3 years of post-degree experience supporting health systems research and development programming with governments and academic partners in Asia.
- Able to maintain a professional demeanour and high level of comfort working with high profile stakeholders from government, industry, academia, NGOs and multilateral organisations.
- Possess strong project management, coordination and analytical skills, with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Possess strong written and communication skills in academic and general writing, presentation, team communication and engagement of stakeholders.
- Track record of applied research outputs, technical delivery, and effective communication with academic, public health and technical stakeholders, commensurate with appointment level.
- Familiarity in pathogen genomics, infectious disease surveillance, public health systems or AI-enabled tools is an advantage.
- Experience working in the Asian region and on wastewater surveillance, tuberculosis and/or arboviral disease areas preferred.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Serve as primary regional liaison between COP’s country partners and the scientific and technical teams in Singapore.
- Support the design and implementation of country-level pathogen genomics surveillance strengthening programmes on areas such as but not limited to tuberculosis, wastewater surveillance and arboviral disease.
- Coordinate cross-country technical activities across COP workstreams, working with regional and country partners such as Ministry of Health, national public health institutes and research partners.
- Support and facilitate regional and country level convenings, workshops or training activities on pathogen genomics.
- Represent COP and Asia PGI in engagements with regional and global development partners, maintaining relationships with high profile government, academic, industry and NGO stakeholders.
- Translate technical and scientific findings from pathogen genomics surveillance into clear, actionable recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, supporting research to policy translation at country level.
- Contribute to writing and preparation of scientific manuscripts, grant proposals and reporting, project management, ethics submissions.
- Perform other related duties incidental to work described, including occasional administrative and coordination activities.
Candidates with substantial applied research/practice experience and evidence of teaching, mentorship or capacity development may be considered for faculty position in the School
Duke NUS - Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow (Digital Health/User Experience specialist)
The Duke–NUS Centre for Outbreak Preparedness (COP) works to strengthen communicable disease preparedness and response capacity across South and Southeast Asia. COP hosts the Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Asia PGI), a regional network supporting 15 countries to strengthen pathogen genomics surveillance, data use and translation for public health action. COP is also leading the development of a novel AI-enabled platform (PathGen.ai) that links genomic insights to geospatial information to advance decision support. To advance these efforts, we are recruiting a digital health officer to support user experience, system testing and refinement with country partners in ASEAN.
Qualifications
Appointment level will be commensurate with qualifications and experience, including evidence of research independence, applied technical delivery, communication skills, and ability to work across research, engineering and public health teams. Minimum qualifications include:
- A combined Medical and Masters (or equivalent clinical and public health qualification) or PhD equivalent qualification in a relevant field such as digital health, public health, information systems, or a closely related discipline.
- At least 3 years of post-degree experience supporting implementation of digital health/technological innovations in health or related sectors. This should include a track record in conducting user-research and evaluation (e.g. usability testing, structured interviews, development of standardised instruments for usability, workload or technology adoption), together with hands-on technical experience (e.g. platform/system deployment, data engineering, or direct experience working with technical teams/ software developers) to translate research findings into actionable technical specifications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, to engage directly with a range of stakeholders (e.g., laboratory scientists, epidemiologists, programme managers and policymakers, across different country and institutional contexts) and multi-disciplinary technical teams, with the ability to translate research findings into clear, actionable recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Track record of applied research outputs, technical delivery, and effective communication with academic, public health and technical stakeholders, commensurate with appointment level.
- Prior experience in genomics, infectious disease surveillance, public health systems or AI-enabled tools is an advantage.
- Experience working in ASEAN partner countries would be an advantage
Key responsibilities will include:
- Develop the formative readiness assessment with country partners, including stakeholder interviews, workflow mapping, and documentation of infrastructure, data flows and governance context.
- Design and conduct user research activities during platform testing, including usability testing, structured interviews and narrative walkthrough sessions with laboratory, epidemiology, programme and policy end-users.
- Administer and analyse structured feedback instruments (e.g. usability, workload and technology-adoption measures) and synthesise findings into clear, prioritised recommendations.
- Work hands-on with the technical/ engineering team to translate user research and evaluation findings into concrete platform refinements from specification through to prototyping, testing and validation.
- Contribute directly to iterative development or configuration of platform components in response to user research findings, working within the engineering codebase or tooling where appropriate.
- Support human-AI evaluation activities, including coordination of expert review sessions and structured comparison of platform outputs against expert judgement.
- Maintain clear, well-documented records of user research findings, iteration decisions and platform changes, to support scientific reporting, reproducibility and country partner transparency.
- Contribute to country partner engagement, including preparing materials, coordinating in-country or virtual sessions, and building trusted working relationships with partner institution staff.
- Contribute to technical reports, manuscripts, presentations and other dissemination outputs arising from user research and evaluation findings.
Candidates with substantial applied research/practice experience and evidence of teaching, mentorship or capacity development may be considered for faculty position in the School