Project Officer (Clinical Research)

About This Role

This project officer role supports a multi-site clinical research program at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The program evaluates an integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine approach to mental healthcare for adults with sleep disturbances and mental health concerns. The officer will work with investigators and partner clinics across Singapore to facilitate participant recruitment, coordinate research visits, administer assessments, manage data, and support daily study operations.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day implementation of the multi-site research programme across participating TCM clinics, including regular on-site visits and coordination with site personnel
• Assist with participant identification, eligibility screening, informed consent, recruitment, enrolment and allocation-related administrative procedures in accordance with approved research protocols
• Schedule research visits and follow-up assessments, maintain communication with participants, provide appointment reminders and support participant retention throughout the study
• Administer validated questionnaires and clinical outcome assessments, ensuring accurate data collection, entry, verification and management
• Coordinate biospecimen collection activities, including scheduling, labelling, tracking and transportation arrangements, in collaboration with authorised clinical and laboratory personnel and in accordance with approved standard operating procedures
• Maintain accurate research documentation, including recruitment logs, participant records, study progress trackers and protocol deviation reports, while promptly escalating adverse events and participant safety concerns to the appropriate research or clinical personnel
• Collaborate with Principal Investigators, TCM practitioners and other research partners to support multi-site coordination, ethics submissions, regulatory compliance, research monitoring and progress reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Psychology, Public Health, Nursing or a closely related field
• Prior practical experience supporting clinical, health-related or human-participant research, including participant coordination, questionnaire administration, data collection or study documentation
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to participating TCM clinics and other research sites across Singapore
• Good spoken and written communication
• Clear interpersonal communication and ability to engage respectfully with participants and multidisciplinary healthcare teams
• Strong organisation, scheduling, record-keeping and attention to detail, with the ability to manage several study sites and meet research timelines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and electronic data entry