Scientific Documentation Officer

Overview

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: December 4, 2025

Human Technopole (HT) is an interdisciplinary life science research institute, created and supported by the Italian Government, with the aim of developing innovative strategies to improve human health. HT is composed of five Centers: Neurogenomics, Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Genomics, and Health Data Science. The Centers work together to enable interdisciplinary research and to create an open, collaborative environment that will help promote life science research both nationally and internationally.

HT is looking for a Scientific Documentation Officer who will report to the Scientific Advisor. The Officer will support the Scientific Documentation Office in the preparation, reviewing, and curation of scientific and institutional documents. Working closely with the Scientific Advisor, the Officer will contribute to producing high-quality written and visual materials, ensuring their clarity, accuracy, and consistency.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, review and archive scientific and institutional documents (reports, presentations, communications), coordinating inputs from multiple contributors and supporting the Scientific Advisor in preparing materials for internal and external events.
• Review scientific content intended for communication (press releases, website, newsletters), ensuring accuracy, clarity and alignment with institutional standards, and collaborate with relevant teams to ensure consistent scientific representation.
• Summarize research outputs and publications for reports and briefings, support qualitative analysis activities, and collect data and information for strategic documentation.
• Support editorial and grant-related processes by assisting in drafting and reviewing proposals/manuscripts and coordinating document revisions to ensure consistency and quality.
• Liaise with research faculty, administrative staff and external partners to gather, validate and consolidate scientific and technical information, ensuring consistent scientific language across documents.

Job Requirements

Essential requirements

• Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences, or a related field.
• Proven experience in scientific writing and editing, with an excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Postdoctoral or equivalent research experience.

Preferred Requirements

• Familiarity with academic publishing processes, grant preparation, and editorial workflows.
• Proficiency in additional languages is an advantage.

Organizational and Social Skills

• Strong organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to coordinate complex documents involving multiple contributors.
• Meticulous attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

Application Instructions

To Apply, Please Send The Following

• a CV
• a motivation letter in English
• names and contacts of 2 referees

Why Human Technopole

HT seeks scientific excellence; we recruit the best scientific talents through international, open calls. Our working environment is international, friendly and inclusive. Our scientists work together across disciplines on research topics of biomedical relevance, leveraging synergies between their diverse skillsets and methodological approaches. We believe that highly diverse teams yield the best and most innovative results. We engage in outward-facing scientific activities aimed at benefiting the national and international research community. Training is also at the heart of our activity, with initiatives and opportunities for our staff, including scientific courses, conferences and workshops.

Main Benefits

• Welfare plans.
• Meal delivery service.
• Work-life balance provisions.
• Italian language training for foreigners.
• Parental leave up to 1 year and other support for new parents.
• Flexible working hours.
• Remote working policy.
• Support for relocation.
• Very attractive income tax benefits for researchers coming to Italy for the first time, or returning after residing abroad.

Equal Opportunity Special consideration will be given to candidates who are part of the protected categories list, according to L. 68/99.

Number of positions offered: 1

Contract offered: CCNL Chimico Farmaceutico, Fixed-term 1 year - employee Level

Tax benefits where applicable.

The position is based in Milan.

The Foundation reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to extend, suspend, modify, revoke, or cancel this job posting without giving rise to any rights or claims whatsoever in favor of the candidates; the Foundation reserves, however, the right not to proceed with the awarding of the above-described assignment due to the effect of supervening regulatory provisions and/or obstructive circumstances.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Administrative
• Industries: Research Services