Scientific Program Manager

Job Details

Level: Experienced,

Job Location:

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Rockville Campus - Rockville, MD 20852, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: Masters Degree, Salary Range: $ - $ Salary/year, Travel Percentage:
None, Job Shift: Day, Job Category:
Public Health, Position Objective:
The Scientific Program Manager shall provide scientific and programmatic support to the NINDS Division of Neuroscience, especially the Movement Disorders and Neurodegeneration Cluster (MDN), for management of a complex grants portfolio and related initiatives for National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) within the National Institutes of Health. The Scientific Program Manager shall apply neuroscience expertise to assess applications and awards for scientific merit, mission fit, and NOFO responsiveness;

conduct portfolio analyses; prepare summaries, briefings, figures, and reports; advise investigators and staff on program priorities and policy requirements; and coordinate workshops, meetings, and cross-NIH activities. Duties include stakeholder engagement, grants oversight, and support for planning, implementation, and evaluation of high-visibility MDN programs.

• Develop research plans for new projects.
• Design and support analysis of questionnaires, surveys, protocols, informed consent documents, training manuals, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and database management systems.
• Coordinate and document projects from beginning to completion; monitor and report the status of completion, funding and results attained; provide progress reports.
• Provide research management and analytic support for a range of major projects, including development of research protocols, coordination of large scientific initiatives, designing and developing survey data collection instruments, developing computerized systems for data collection, reviewing and editing analytic databases.
• Perform a variety of quantitative and qualitative assessment and evaluation activities involved in collection, organization, analysis, preparation, processing and reporting of scientific information.
• Collaborate with staff on the planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation of programs and initiatives in the assigned specialty area of research.
• Prepare data summaries, manuscripts, professional presentations and patient educational materials.
• Spearhead compilation, analysis and organization of scientific, program and related information; and develop and/or lead data analysis/ dyadic data analysis.
• Oversee all data management activities and development of data files for internal and external use as necessary.
• Create both internal and external materials in the form of reports, summaries, emails, website content, video scripts, newsletters and social media.
• Develop periodic and special reports and procedures; search records and files, the internet, background materials and precedent references.
• Plan, initiate, monitor and conduct administrative/portfolio analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in meeting established goals.
• Review and summarize materials and data; gather and coordinate information for review; conduct data entry and file maintenance; edit and/or prepare text, data and charts.
• Attend and participate in multidisciplinary research team meetings and functions.
• Prepare briefing materials and summaries of meetings, workshops, and conferences.
• Use science writing skills to extract science themes and priorities during multidisciplinary science meetings.
• Prepare for a variety of information exchanges with public and private sector science colleagues working on research, programs, and policy related to research program priorities.
• Attend review, scientific, in-house and various other meetings; provide minutes/reports and self-directed analysis when requested.
• Attend committees and report relevant programmatic and scientific information to Institute leadership.
• Lead scientific workshops or symposia to support ongoing data dissemination of policy and program research, as it relates to existing projects.
• Work with staff on organizing and participating in symposia and discussions with national and international scientific leaders. 5
• Take and compile comprehensive notes and organize and edit content of meeting reports.
• Design and evaluate training workshops, with research /analysis of outcomes.
• Develop outreach strategies, including determination of conferences that should be attended, plans for press coverage, and…