Research Communications Specialist - Cancer Research
About The Position
The Research Communications Specialist 3 is a senior-level communications professional who develops, writes, edits, and coordinates high-impact scientific communications supporting the organization's research, funding, and strategic priorities. The role leads preparation of competitive grant applications, scientific manuscripts, reports, programmatic publications, research dissemination materials, and stakeholder communications. It works closely with faculty investigators, research teams, administrative leadership, and external partners to translate complex scientific concepts into written products for scientific, clinical, community, and funding audiences. The position serves as a strategic communications resource for multidisciplinary research initiatives, center grants, program project grants, training grants, cancer center activities, and faculty scholarship. The specialist independently manages multiple complex projects, provides editorial leadership, and ensures communications meet sponsor requirements, institutional standards, and publication expectations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public health, biomedical sciences, English, health sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Four years of professional experience in scientific communications, grant writing, manuscript development, research administration, academic medicine, public health, or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience writing and editing federally funded grant applications.
- Experience coordinating complex, multidisciplinary writing projects involving multiple contributors.
- Experience developing scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, Communications, Journalism, Public Administration, Health Sciences, or a related field.
- Experience supporting NIH, NCI, CDC, PCORI, DoD, NSF, ACS, or foundation grant submissions.
- Experience working within an academic medical center, comprehensive cancer center, research institute, or university setting.
- Experience supporting center grants, program project grants, SPOREs, P01s, U-series awards, training grants, and large collaborative research initiatives.
- Familiarity with cancer research, population sciences, clinical research, implementation science, community-engaged research, and health disparities research.
Responsibilities
- Develop, write, edit, and coordinate high-impact scientific communications.
- Lead the preparation of competitive grant applications, scientific manuscripts, reports, programmatic publications, research dissemination materials, and stakeholder communications.
- Translate complex scientific concepts into compelling written products for scientific, clinical, community, and funding audiences.
- Support multidisciplinary research initiatives, center grants, program project grants, training grants, cancer center activities, and faculty scholarship.
- Independently manage multiple complex communications projects and provide editorial leadership.
- Ensure communications products meet sponsor requirements, institutional standards, and publication expectations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
