Scientific Writer

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

The University of Miami/UHealth Department seeks a Full-Time Scientific Writer 1 at the UHealth medical campus in Miami, Florida. The role analyzes scientific data and translates complex concepts into clear prose suitable for diverse audiences, supporting Principal Investigators with document development, formatting, proofreading, editing and finalization.

Key duties include creating templates for grant proposals, ensuring readability and conformance to submission requirements, coordinating with

Qualifications

• Learning agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Creates, implements, and maintains competitive application templates for grant proposals.
• Formats substantive copy and scientific editing, proofreading, and finalizing documents as required and requested.
• Ensures the readability, clarity, consistency, and conformance to applicable submissions requirements.
• Reviews and ensures document language is scientifically/medically correct, responsive to the document requirements, consistent, and justifiable; notifies appropriate PI or leader and suggests alternative language, as required.
• Communicates with principal investigator and key senior leadership authors as necessary to ensure the accuracy and clarity of documents; meets internal and sponsor submission deadlines.
• Edits all extramurally funded proposals for grammar, readability, clarity, consistency, and conformance with all applicable requirements.
• Works closely with presenters in the development of scientific presentations, ensuring accuracy and adherence to length and time allowed for presentation.
• Ensures that documents conform with all applicable regulations, current guidelines, and policies; informs appropriate PI or director as required and suggests appropriate correction.
• Obtains and maintains the documentation for any required copyright transfers, conflict of interest statements, or other publisher-specific requirements.
• Tracks progress and responds to publication queries, as appropriate.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Skills

Learning agility

Teamwork

Technical proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of SCCC has an exciting opportunity for a Full-Time Scientific Writer 1 to work at the UHealth medical campus in Miami, Florida.

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Scientific Writer 1 analyzes scientific data and concepts within a variety of fields and translates them through written or oral methods into prose appropriate to the level of understanding of the target audience. This job also assists the Principal Investigator (PI) with the development and/or completion of scientific documents, which include the creation, formatting, proofreading, editing and finalization of scientific documents.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Creates, implements, and maintains competitive application templates for grant proposals.
• Formats substantive copy and scientific editing, proofreading, and finalizing documents as required and requested.
• Ensures the readability, clarity, consistency, and conformance to applicable submissions requirements.
• Reviews and ensures document language is scientifically/medically correct, responsive to the document requirements, consistent, and justifiable; notifies appropriate PI or leader and suggestion alternative language, as required.
• Communicates (telephone, email, meetings) with principal investigator and key senior leadership authors as necessary to ensure the accuracy and clarity of documents; meets both internal and sponsor submission deadlines.
• Edits all extramurally funded proposals for grammar, readability, clarity, consistency, and conformance with all applicable requirements.
• Works closely with presenters in the development of scientific presentations, ensuring accuracy and adherence to length and time allowed for presentation.
• Ensures that documents conform with all applicable regulations, current guidelines, and policies; inform appropriate PI or director as required and suggest appropriate correction.
• Obtains and maintains the documentation for any required copyright transfers, conflict of interest statements, or other publisher-specific requirements.
• Tracks progress and responds to publication queries, as appropriate.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required

Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience required

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System (\"UHealth\") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs.

Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.

The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.

The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.

With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.