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Job Title: Scientific Coordinator
Job Number:
Organization: Sustainable Sciences Institute
Posted: 10/17/2024
Type: Full-Time
Classification: Public Health - General
Industry: Non Profit / NGO
Number of Openings: 1
Location: Managua,      Nicaragua
Compensation:
Position Description: Scientific Coordination

• Ensure that study objectives and grant aims are being met. • Provide programmatic and scientific support to investigators and study coordinators, including preparation of powerpoint presentations, study updates, etc. • Review relevant scientific literature, report major new findings or updates to the study teams. • Ensure high-quality scientific data and compliance with study protocols. • Represent the studies at scientific conferences internationally. • Oversee the translation of scientific and administrative documents. • Ensure manuscript abstracts are translated into Spanish and provided in a timely fashion to Nicaraguan partners and relevant parties. • Ensure that local human subject protocols and ethical approvals are always up to date and assist with maintaining and updating IRB protocols at UC Berkeley • Follow up on data use agreements (DUAs) and material transfer agreements (MTAs) between UC Berkeley and collaborators as needed. • Participate as an active member of SSI’s Member of SSI Executive Committee • Participate as an active member of the Quality Assurance team. Report any deviations of IRB and QC protocols to Executive Committee.

• NIH grant writing and reporting • Grant submission writing and coordination with UC Berkeley and SSI • Initiate writing reports to funders and relevant government agencies; help with the preparation of new proposals. • Assisting with budgets and budget justifications when requested in coordination with SSI CA and ICS financial team. • Serve as the liaison to external funding partners and agencies as needed.

• Scientific Capacity Building • Support the local research team to develop ideas and write scientific papers, abstracts, and posters; edit and co-author these papers. • Work closely with local Master’s and PhD students to develop their theses into scientific papers and abstracts. • Help prepare study staff for scientific presentations. • Hold weekly scientific writing workshops to develop scientific ideas and papers.

Qualifications: PhD or doctoral degree in public health, biology, epidemiology or related field or Master’s degree in public health or related field and relevant experience (2-4 years).

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATES/LICENSES: 1. Human Subjects Certification (can be completed after starting position). 2. Good Clinical Practices Certification (can be completed after starting position).

TRAINING/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 1. Advanced English and Spanish (reading, writing, speaking). 2. Experience in health field or biology/laboratory preferred (e.g., virology, immunology). 3. Experience with research projects and work with multi-cultural international teams 4. If not from Nicaragua, experience living abroad, particularly in developing countries.

TRANSFERABLE COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS: 1. Verbal and written communication skills. 2. Problem-solving skills. 3. Planning/organizational skills. 4. Personal motivation. 5. Ability to work individually and with a team. 6. Leadership skills. 7. Highly organized work style; able to handle multiple tasks. 8. Good people skills; work experience with multi-cultural/international studies. 9. Ability to interface with clinical and laboratory personnel.

SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS: 1. Understanding of basic epidemiologic and biological principles. 2. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and communications IT (Zoom, etc.). 3. Basic proficiency in data management (e.g., mySQL) and statistical software (e.g., R, STATA, SAS, or EpiInfo) or willingness to learn statistical analysis programs. 4. Understanding of International Code of Harmonization (ICH) and Good Clinical Practices (GCP) guidelines for human subjects research and certification on human subjects training. 5. Understanding of NIH grant and financial management procedures.

Organization Description: The Sustainable Sciences Institute (SSI) is a US-based non-profit organization established in San Francisco, California, in 1998 (currently located in Oakland, CA) with a subsidiary incorporated in Managua, Nicaragua, in 2004 as the Instituto de Ciencias Sostenibles (ICS). Its overall mission is to strengthen the scientific capacity of investigators in developing countries to solve local public health and infectious disease problems. In Managua, SSI/ICS has managed a number of programs on dengue and other arboviruses and on influenza and other respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. These programs include conducting the longest pediatric cohort study of dengue in the world, hospital-based studies, household transmission and index cluster studies, and finally community-mobilization and intervention studies. These studies are mostly funded by grants from US-based agencies (e.g., National Institutes of Health), in collaboration with Dr. Eva Harris and Dr. Josefina Coloma at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Aubree Gordon at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Angel Balmaseda of the Instituto de Ciencias Sostenibles and Laboratorio Nacional de Virología at the Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia (CNDR) in Nicaragua.

In addition, SSI/ICS is a research site of the Asian-American Centers for Arbovirus Research and Surveillance (A2CARES, www.a2cares.com), one of the Research Centers of the NIH Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID, https://creid- network.org) network. The CREID network is a coordinated group of 10 emerging infectious disease research centers situated around the globe in regions where emerging and re- emerging infectious disease outbreaks are likely to occur.

The Nicaraguan ICS has its own administration buildings and laboratories and shares additional space at health centers/hospitals around Managua, as well as the CNDR. The team encompasses ~170 full-time and part-time employees across the multiple sites in Managua.

This position primarily involves scientific coordination of our research projects in Nicaragua, in close collaboration with Dr. Harris, Dr. Gordon, SSI/ICS, and the Nicaraguan team, and fostering the development of scientific capacity, manuscript-writing, etc. of the Nicaraguan study personnel.

Closing Date: 1/17/2025
Desired Starting Date:
Contact Name: Jose Juarez,  Scientific Coordinator
Contact Location:

Managua    01015
Nicaragua
Contact Location:
 
  Managua    01015
  Nicaragua
Contact Phone: 53652723 
Contact Fax:
Contact Email: jjuarez@icsnicaragua.org
Web Address:
How to Apply: Please apply online at https://forms.gle/3rHw6aXrr6GBivaN6

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