Temporary Research Specialist PNE
Mass General BrighamAbout the role
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
Summary<br>Functioning independently and under the direction of the principal investigator, performs high-level, complex scientific research experiments. On a regular basis, contributes to scientific literature, reports, journals, and presentations, and investigates, creates, and develops new methods and technologies for research advancement.<br><br>Does this position require Patient Care?<br>No<br><br>Essential Functions<br>-Investigates, creates, and develops new methods and technologies for research advancement. <br>-Contributes to scientific literature, reports, journals and presentations. <br>
-Develops proposals and study plans, and coordinates the institutional and external reviews of these proposals. <br>
-Responsible for supervising routine reports of laboratory studies, particularly as stipulated in material transfer agreements or corporate-sponsored research agreements, to be distributed to industry scientific counterparts and academic collaborators. <br>
-Reports on the progress of work at weekly laboratory seminars. Semi-autonomously writes up experimental work for grant applications, book chapters, and journal publications. <br>
-Responsible for preparing summaries of laboratory studies for meeting presentations and publications. <br>
-Calculates, transcribes, analyzes, and prepares figures of data using advanced statistical techniques. <br>
-Semi-autonomously identifies, interprets, and applies findings and methods from scientific literature relevant to projects. <br>
Qualifications
Education
Master's Degree Related Field of Study required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
No
Licenses and Credentials
Experience
Experience in an academic or laboratory research setting 3-5 years required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Must be a problem solver willing to take the initiative and prioritize tasks, thereby ensuring the smooth and efficient conduct of several projects simultaneously.
- A high degree of computer literacy in order to use various spreadsheet, database, accounting and word processing programs to assist in administrative, grant proposal preparation, and research reporting activities.
- Excellent organizational skills in order to formulate, implement, and monitor a number of interrelated tasks.
- Ability to exercise discretion and good judgment in handling of sensitive and confidential information.
- Ability to work under deadline pressure and prioritize work from several sources.
- Excellent interpersonal skills for internal and external communications.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Physical Requirements
- Vision - Far Constantly (67-100%)
- Vision - Near Constantly (67-100%)
- Talking Constantly (67-100%)
- Hearing Constantly (67-100%)
Remote Type
Remote
Work Location
1620 Tremont Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours
0
Employee Type
Per Diem
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)
Pay Range
- /
Grade
7
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