What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Informatics Consultant position at Boston Children's Hospital?
Research Informatics supports basic, translational, and clinical research by providing pediatric researchers with access to digital tools and technologies. We bring together a truly unique and diverse set of data science experts, including PhD-level bioinformaticians and genomics scientists, software engineers, HPC specialists. We enable and collaborate jointly with BCH physician-scientists to develop solutions in support of cutting-edge research ranging from lattice light-sheet microscopy to CryoEM, genomics, and bioinformatics.
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Research Informatics Consultant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in informatics, data science, and research methodologies. This role involves working closely with researchers to develop and implement informatics solutions that support their scientific goals.
The Research Informatics Consultant shall be responsible for :
- Collaborating with researchers to understand their data analysis needs.
- Supporting the complex portfolio of research informatics projects at BCH, including project reporting and quality control.
- Developing and implementing informatics solutions to support research projects.
- Providing expertise in data integration, visualization, and interpretation.
- Assisting in the design and execution of data workflows and pipelines.
- Helping researchers connect with the right teams and experts within our organization.
- Working with team members to refine the portfolio of our services.
- Refining and maintaining user-facing documentation pages.
- Conducting training sessions and workshops for researchers on informatics tools and best practices.
- Staying updated with the latest advancements in informatics and related technologies.
- Troubleshooting and resolving informatics-related issues in research projects.
- Documenting and communicating project progress and outcomes to stakeholders.
To qualify you must have :
Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
