Senior Technical Writer - Melanoma Medical Oncology

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. It was named the nation's No. 1 hospital for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report's 2018 rankings. It is one of the nation's original three comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.

The Sr Technical Writer provides technical writing and editing of grants and publications. Impacts the visibility of melanoma research efforts and scientific advances developed in the department and the Melanoma Moon Shot Program.

KEY FUNCTIONS

Grants and Contracts Controls
•Independently compose and manage multiple projects concurrently and, through excellent communication skills, deliver high-quality technical content for both internal and external publication.
•Prepare multidisciplinary and multi-collaborator grant and contract proposals for submission to a wide range of funding agencies, organizations, industries and foundations.
•Generate letters of intent, research proposals and supporting documents, such as progress reports, for NCI, DoD and other non-profit and for-profit organization awards.
•Collaborate with department faculty and Melanoma Moon Shot scientists on generating figures, illustrations, and tabular material needed for publications and presentations.
•Utilize intuitional and departmental databases to perform data retrieve for analysis.
•Utilize institutional and departmental databases to perform data retrieval for analysis.
•Submit well-researched and well-written proposals within tight time constraints.
•Maintain copies of grants and contract proposals, and comply with reporting grant deliverables and deadlines

Collaboration with Other Organizations
•Understand the department and Moon Shot Program's research activities and goals to create effective cover letters, project narrative and supporting information for collaboration with intra- and extramural entities.
•Interact with clinicians, scientists and laboratory researchers to gather and relay information.
•Ensure that information collected is accurate, reflects the requested information, and is provided in accordance with specified guidelines.
•Provide reports to department chair, faculty, grant program managers, financial analysts and department administrator regarding grant status as needed.
•Represent department in a professional and appropriate manner within the institution as well as externally.

•Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION
Required: Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Preferred: Doctorate (Academic)

EXPERIENCE
Required: Four years experience in communications, writing and editing technical/scientific material in a medical, academic or research setting. With preferred degree, two years of required experience.
Preferred: Experience with writing and submitting grants and contracts.

CERTIFICATION
Required: None
Preferred: Certification or advanced certification through the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) or the American Medical Writer's Association (AMWA)

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html