Job Description Summary:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned non-profit scientific research facility on Long Island's North Shore, is searching for a professional individual to fill the role of Senior Scientific Administrator. This position requires the candidate to exercise discretion and independent judgment in investigating and resolving issues on behalf of the Professors.
The Scientific Administrator will need to be a dynamic individual with impeccable organization and time management skills who will work diligently to support the scientific researchers. The Administrator will manage the Researcher's busy schedule, with significant calendar management, in-person and remote meetings (video and teleconferences) extensive interaction with external partners and their respective assistants. Also, organizing high-level meetings. In addition, the administrator will assist in the preparation and submission of grant applications and progress reports, adding new materials to these applications as requested, along with reviewing the documents before submitting in a timely manner. Other responsibilities will include reconciling corporate AMEX statements monthly, preparing regulatory compliance forms, preparing original correspondence, maintaining publication databases, and assisting with oversight of expenses and budgets. Also maintaining files, answering phones, handling mail and ordering supplies. They will regularly maintain updates of Bio-sketches, CV and grant information for their Professors and support the needs of their laboratory members.
Essential Duties Summary:
Education: Bachelor's degree.
Experience: Experience in supporting a busy work environment, including the management of sizable programs, including large cooperative grants. A minimum of 4 to 5 years of related administrative experience required as well as exceptional organizational, time management, communication and PC skills, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Outlook (Familiarity with MAC OS X, Canvas, FileMaker Pro, & Endnote is helpful). Experience with submission of federal grants for scientific research and familiarity with scientific/ technical terminology is helpful.
Environmental: Must be able to work independently, multi-task and thrive under pressure is necessary.
We offer a competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package.
You are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition to your employment at the Laboratory, except in instances where you have a qualifying medical condition or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance that is contrary to receiving the vaccine. You will be required to provide proof of your vaccination on your first day of employment. For those individuals, who are unable to receive a vaccine due to access issues, they will be expected to receive the vaccine upon arrival in New York.
Founded in 1890, CSHL has helped shape contemporary biomedical research and education with today's research endeavors encompassing cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. CSHL is a private, not-for-profit institution in New York and has been home to eight Nobel Prize winners. Today, CSHL's multidisciplinary scientific community is bolstered by more than 600 researchers and its Scientific Meetings & Courses Program, which hosts more than 9,000 scientists from around the world each year on its campus. For more information about CSHL, please visit us at www.cshl.edu
CSHL is an EO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status. VEVERRA CONTRACTOR
Position Category: Science/Research
Education Required: Undergraduate Degree
Experience Required: 3 - 5 Years
Job Status: Full Time
