Soc​/Clin Research Assistant - Journey

Posting Information
Department Nutrition Research Institute-633300

Career Area Research Professionals

Is this an internal only recruitment? No

Posting Open Date 09/03/2026

Final date to receive applications 09/11/2026

Position Type Permanent Staff (SHRA)

Position Title Soc/Clin Research Assistant - Journey

Salary Grade Equivalent NC09 / GN08

Working Title Lead Research Assistant - Tate Lab

Position Number

Vacancy P021351

Full-time/Part-time Permanent/Time-Limited Full-Time Time-Limited

If time-limited, estimated duration of appointment One year

Hours per week 40

Work Schedule Must be able to work a flexible work schedule as needed, including early morning/evening occasionally, and some Saturday hours (weekends occasionally).

Work Location KANNAPOLIS, NC

Position Location North Carolina, US

Hiring Range $55,000 - $60,000

Pay Band Information To learn more about the pay band for this branch and role, please see the Career Banding rates spreadsheet
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Notice to Applicants This position is not eligible for H-1B sponsorship.

Position Summary Information

Be a Tar Heel! The UNC Nutrition Research Institute ( NRI ) is a world-renowned center and a global leader in precision nutrition research. Our on-site facilities include multiple wet labs and clinical facilities as well as a vivarium and a metabolic chamber. Approximately two hours from UNC
-Chapel Hill , the NRI is located on the beautiful North Carolina Research Campus ( NCRC ) in Kannapolis, NC , a mid-size city with a small-town feel. The institute is within walking distance of the city center which includes shops, restaurants, a minor-league ballpark, theater, and music hall of fame. We are also a short drive to Charlotte and Winston-Salem/Greensboro.

The NRI offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package , paid leave, and a variety of health, life, and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance. We also offer professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development, and lifelong learning.

Primary Purpose Of Organizational Unit Learning how people can eat uniquely!

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute ( NRI ) is an internationally recognized center conducting innovative basic and translational science to establish how individual differences in nutrient requirements and responses to diet affect our nutritional needs. Our research contributes to the prevention and mitigation of chronic disease across the lifespan from periconception through aging.

Our Mission is to lead precision nutrition research through understanding how genetics and environment affect an individual’s requirements for and responses to nutrients.

NRI principal investigators hold faculty appointments in the departments of Nutrition and Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill. Their research interrogates nutrient roles in disease prevention, disease risk factors, and the impact of gene-environment and gene-nutrient interactions.

The NRI promotes excellence in nutrition knowledge, teaching, and research. We seek and encourage a diversity of experiences and ideas and provide the tools and flexibility for all employees to achieve success and excellence within their chosen occupations and aspirations.

We are committed to open dialogue, careful listening, becoming educated about the systems that hinder or prevent success, and taking action to ensure that all are equally acknowledged for their contributions and equally reap the benefits of being part of our community.

Our Vision is to use scientific discovery to ensure optimal health through individualized nutrition.

Everyone who works at the NRI supports this hopeful vision. Working at the NRI means doing good for the world. Join us!

The NRI and this position are in Kannapolis, NC, in the Charlotte, NC region.

Position Summary NOTE :
This position is located in Kannapolis, NC, approximately 2 hours from UNC’s main campus.

Chapel Hill received funding to establish both a targeted Health Care Provider Organization ( HPO ) for the All of Us Research Program and a Clinical Center ( UNC
-CC) site for the first ancillary study, Nutrition for Precision Health ( NPH ). All of Us is a unique research program funded by NIH to build one of the most diverse health databases in history. Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program is a new initiative to develop algorithms that predict individual responses to food and dietary patterns.

The NPH Consortium consists of 12 awardees across the US with whom UNC is…