Scientific Program Analyst III

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and programmatic support to the NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, including portfolio analysis, scientific coding, reporting, and funding-related activities.
• Conduct management, administrative, policy, process, and systems analysis to improve program efficiency.
• Collect, interpret, analyze, and condense information from scientific and programmatic sources; prepare reports, tables, charts, graphs, abstracts, posters, and presentations.
• Analyze grantee progress reports and develop presentations for program staff, leadership, grantee meetings, conferences, and committees.
• Support the development, planning, execution, tracking, and closeout of scientific programs and complex projects involving internal and external stakeholders.
• Plan and coordinate meetings, conferences, symposia, lectures, workshops, teleconferences, videoconferences, and committee activities, including agendas, registration, communications, logistics, and minutes.
• Organize and maintain project documentation, communications, action items, deadlines, milestones, deliverables, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, and reference materials.
• Conduct literature and database searches using PubMed, Web of Science, internet resources, and other information sources; manage bibliographic references.
• Draft, edit, proofread, and assemble programmatic documents, correspondence, agendas, reports, meeting materials, and background information.
• Communicate with principal investigators, program staff, network investigators, stakeholders, lecturers, presenters, and meeting participants.
• Represent programs at local and national meetings; prepare and deliver formal presentations and posters.
• Develop funding plans, milestones, budgets, strategic plans, solicitations, outreach strategies, reporting formats, databases, and recommendations for improving research program operations.
• Support website, database, communications, and program-management tool improvements.

Requirements

• Master's degree required.
• Background in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, or Cognitive Science and Biopsychology.
• Strong data collection and data analysis skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Ability to conduct scientific literature, database, and internet searches and interpret scientific information.
• Ability to coordinate complex projects, meetings, and communications with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong writing, editing, organization, presentation, and problem-solving skills.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary: $90,000–$95,000.
• 100% employee medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• 401(k) match up to 5%.
• Educational benefits, employee referral bonus, healthcare and dependent-care spending accounts, parking reimbursement, and transportation reimbursement.