Position Objective: Provide services as a Scientific Program Manager (Scientific/Technical Writing and Communications) in support of the overall functions of the OSMO/Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Office (TTIPO) within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical and scientific writing/editing support.
- Develop and implement plans and materials to be used both internally and externally to communicate about technologies available for licensing and partnering and technology transfer success stories.
- Write for scientific and business journals about technology transfer activities including technologies available for partnering and licensing and successes associated with the transfer of technologies from the NIAID and the CDC to the commercial sector resulting in public health benefits.
- Prepare articles for newsletters about technology transfer topics targeted at scientific business development officials and researchers and others.
- Develop slide presentations and posters for annual and other meetings of professional societies related to technology transfer.
- Draft award nominations about technology transfer successful stories and coordinate review and submission to professional societies.
- Work with NIAID Office of Communications and Government Relations (OCGR) on expanding the range of technology transfer related publications on various traditional and digital platforms.
- Assist with strategic planning and compiling background reference materials.
- Develop writing plans for NIAID Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Office (TTIPO), including assistance in the preparation of papers and reports, for example, collect and extract data, assemble reference materials, summarize key points, prepare figures and tables, assist in writing and proofreading, and maintain interactions with publishers.
- Prepare new content for NIAID newsletter and NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) newsletter.
- Prepare new content for NIAID TTIPO annual reports and NIH annual reports.
- Prepare new content and coordinate edits/updates to existing content on TTIPO websites.
- Assist with materials development and dissemination.
- Prepare new technology transfer related materials and NIAID partnership resource information for use by TTIPO, including materials for placement on TTIPO’s internet site and materials for conference kiosks.
- Support TTIPO staff and inventors to develop webinars or short videos to advertise NIAID inventions.
- Assist TTIPO staff in their invention commercialization efforts by shaping technology transfer – related narratives in a business-friendly way.
- Develop and maintain responses to media and congressional enquiries relating to TTIPO’s activities and work as TTIPO’s communications point of contact with NIAID OCGR.
- Provide support for collaborations.
- Expand trans-NIAID, NIH, and other agency cooperation and collaboration for the development of NIAID’s intramural inventions.
- Develop TTIPO social media communication and outreach plans, develop content for social media outlets.
- Use and maintain accounts on behalf of TTIPO on various social media communication forums like twitter, LinkedIn, TTIPO website and others.
Basic Qualifications:
- Two (2) years of specialized experience in technical writing in plain language plus a Masters degree in Biology, Life Sciences, or other related discipline.
- Minimum of two (2) years of Scientific business communications experience.
- Minimum one year of experience in a business environment conducting web-based marketing, social media outreach.
- Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Working knowledge of and the ability to use various programs such as SharePoint, Teams; experience with databases in order to quickly master training to access, input and retrieve documents and information from NIH’s Enterprise Technology Transfer system (ETT).
- Individuals who have a strong grasp and understanding of scientific literature and are able to write promotional material about complex scientific and technical matters in plain language for a variety of non-scientific audiences in an accurate and interesting manner is required.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Strong communications skills, both oral and written.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and time management skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with non-technical and technical staff.
- Detail-oriented and possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects
*This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.
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