Northern & Central California, California
New York, New York
Cincinnati, Ohio
Posted: 04-Mar-23
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 534348
- Job Type: Officer of Administration
- Bargaining Unit:
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Salary Range: Minimum: $65,000 Maximum: $78,000
Position Summary
The Department of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health seek a candidate for Project Coordinator II for the Laboratory of Precision Environmental Health. Our laboratory conducts large scale environmental and epidemiology studies to investigate environmental programming and mechanisms of human disease. We use state-of-the-art technologies in epigenetics to identify novel disease mechanisms or molecular records of past environmental exposures and life experiences. The highly dimensional data generated in the lab are handled through advanced approaches in computational epigenomics to analyze the complex relationships between genes and their environment, as well as basic biological and quantitative science. Through a collaborative and transdisciplinary approach, we carry out advanced genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, mitochondriomic, epitranscriptomic, proteomic, and microbiome techniques applied to population studies.
Under minimal direction, the Project Coordinator serves to coordinate a wide range of research and administrative tasks. The Project Coordinator is responsible for administering procurement and purchasing, account receivable, and vendor management. The Project Coordinator is expected to work closely with the Principal Investigator, postdocs, and grant administrators to manage the lifecycles of sponsored awards. Major duties will include overseeing pre-award and post-award managing, maintaining and updating the laboratory website, organizing team meetings with lab members and external collaborators, assisting lab members with the reimbursement process, and other research activities.
Responsibilities
- Assist principal investigator, postdocs, and grant administrators to manage the following aspects of sponsored awards. 40%
- Responsible for account payable and receivable related activities. 25%
- Serve as liaison amongst departmental administrative team, faculty and lab members, and collaborators. 15%
- Maintain and update the content of the laboratory website. 5%
- Responsible for coordinating and scheduling meetings for lab members and collaborators. 5%
- Assist with additional requests as needed. 10%
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus three years of related experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor???s level degree in public health, environmental health sciences, or related field preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrate initiative and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills in order to deal effectively with varied internal and external collaborators.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, standard platforms for website building.
Other Requirements
- Type other requirements and/or special indicators if CUIMC
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