Research Specialist-Contributing

• Job Title:
  
  Research Specialist-Contributing
• Position Number: 002308
• Vacancy Open to:
  All Candidates
• Time-Limited:
  Yes
• Department Homepage: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./
• Advertising Department: PHYSIOLOGY
• Division: ECU Health/BSOM
• Classification
  
  Title:
  
  12502 Research Specialist
• Competency Level: 1 - Contributing
• Working Title:
  
  Research Specialist
  - Contributing
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.000
• Full Time or Part Time:
  Full Time
• Recruitment Range: $45,454 - $66,812
• Anticipated Hiring Range: $45,900 - $51,000
• Salary Grade Equivalency: MH14
• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday
  - Friday
• Work Hours:
  
  8:00 a.m.
  
  - 5:00 p.m.
• Position Location (City):
  Greenville
• Job Category:
  Staff

East Carolina University (ECU) is consistently ranked among the nation's top public universities for its commitment to research, innovation, social mobility, and public service. Classified as a R1 institution by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education,
ECU is among the top 5% of research universities in the United States, an elite designation reflecting the highest levels of research activity, funding, and doctoral output.

Founded in 1907, ECU is a public, four-year university located in Greenville, N.C., which is widely regarded as the cultural, educational, economic, and medical hub of eastern North Carolina. Through education, research, healthcare, community engagement, athletics, cultural enrichment, and service, ECU enhances the quality of life for its students, the state and communities around the world. It is a great place to work, teach, and learn.

ECU's commitment to impactful scholarship is further demonstrated through its repeated Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (2010, 2015, 2024), as well as its 2024 designation as a Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose institution. These distinctions recognize the university's leadership in translating research into meaningful community partnerships and measurable societal benefits.

The university supports its workforce through a wide range of professional development opportunities designed to foster career growth and skill advancement. Eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive benefits package that promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Academic Affairs, led by the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, comprises the university's colleges, schools and libraries, along with other academic support and administrative units. Academic Affairs works collaboratively to strengthen ECU's culture of academic excellence in line with our mission to be a national model for student success, public service and regional transformation.

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is composed of departments that function to increase the supply of primary care physicians to serve the state; improve the health and well-being of the region; and train physicians who will meet the healthcare needs of the state. The ECU Brody School of Medicine is aligned with ECU Health as a clinically integrated academic healthcare organization.

This integration allows the two organizations to provide efficient, effective, and high-quality care to eastern North Carolina residents. For more information, visit ECUHealth.org.

The Department of Physiology is dedicated to advancing the understanding of physiology through excellence in education of medical and graduate students; to perform innovative and groundbreaking research; and to contribute to the translation of scientific progress into clinical practice.

The primary purpose of the position job is to assist in the management of a scientific research laboratory within the Department of Physiology. Reporting to the Principal Investigator, this position plans, prioritizes, schedules, conducts, and analyzes various experiments in a wide variety of research projects. Additionally, the position will compile and evaluate data and participate in the preparation of extramural grant applications and written and oral research reports.

This position will supervise and participate in the training of undergraduate and graduate students and other research technicians. The position will test and optimize new research procedures, conduct literature reviews, and evaluate this information to establish new techniques and to gather new theoretical information to advance our research efforts. The position will manage the acquisition and maintenance of research equipment and materials.