Lab Project Coordinator, Biomedical Informatics

Harvard University; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard University is seeking a Project Coordinator for the Park Laboratory within the Department of Biomedical Informatics. This one-year term position supports administrative and financial tasks, coordinating with 30-35 scientific staff, postdocs, and graduate students.

You will work with Harvard administrators, manage onboarding, budgets, and data agreements, and help update the lab website. Some duties may be performed at a non-Harvard location in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• Three years of related administrative/coordination experience required.
• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.
• Experience with Harvard financial/administrative systems a plus (Concur, Office, Google Workspace, Adobe Acrobat, Confluence).
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily project activities and paperwork for data acquisition from other institutions and NIH.
• Schedule meetings with internal and external collaborators and coordinate lab travel.
• Provide day-to-day operations management and administrative support to Dr. Park and the laboratory.
• Draft and edit project proposals and budgets, assist hiring and onboarding processes.
• Track grants, manage lab expenses with grants manager, and liaise with Harvard administrators.
• Update the lab website with publications, people profiles, and news.
• Place catering and supply orders and support courses taught by Dr. Park.

Skills

Administrative experience

Coordination

Detail oriented

Written communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Concur

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Adobe Acrobat

Confluence

Job description

Harvard University is seeking a Project Coordinator for the Park Laboratory within the Department of Biomedical Informatics. This one-year term position supports administrative and financial tasks, coordinating with 30-35 scientific staff, postdocs, and graduate students.

You will work with Harvard administrators, manage onboarding, budgets, and data agreements, and help update the lab website. Some duties may be performed at a non-Harvard location in a hybrid setup.