Scientific Project Manager

Remote role. Our client is seeking a Scientific Project Manager. This is a non-profit scientific association based in Washington DC.

Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $50 - $60 / hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Project Management – Green Chemistry for Sustainability
• Identify key performance metrics, analyze data, and make recommendations
• Strategy development and implementation
• Ability to work with other teams within ACS and third-party vendors
• Development, implementation, and review SOPs
• Identifying opportunities to develop new partnerships and willingness to take initiative to move potential collaborations forward
• Point of Contact for Website Development and Design vendors
• Identify and prioritize bug fixes and updates to platform and websites
• Coordinate work with technical teams
• Coordinate design improvements with design team
• Coordinate priorities with partner organizations outside of ACS
• Weekly meetings with technical and design vendors
• Review and testing of deployments
• Communication & Community Building
• Surveying community, website usability testing
• Administering/moderating community-generated content
• Support in preparing communications relevant to Platform and other initiatives
• Outreach at chemistry events
• Management of social media channels, including engagement with other accounts. Assessment of how social media is meeting organizational or program objectives
• Proofreading/reviewing communications
• Working with partners and community members to coordinate content promotion and increase engagement with the Platform
• Responding to community member questions, feedback, and concerns and elevating requests when appropriate
• Graphic design support for communications materials, including social media posts (nice to have)
• Reviewing and updating content on other websites
• Including acsgcipr.org, learning.acsgcipr.org, reagents.acsgcipr.org, and acs.org/gci
• Management of SharePoint filing system
• Generating reports

Experience Requirements:

• Years of Experience: 5 years
• Level of Education: BS/BA or equivalent in technology or science-related field
• Passionate about and capable of excellent organization and time management
• Self-starter with a customer-service focus
• Excellent people skills. Able to work well with internal and external stakeholders, including technical and industrial professionals.
• Proficient with technology, willing to troubleshoot IT systems and websites
• Background in sustainability, green chemistry, scientific and/or mission-driven issues
• Ability to review and edit scientific content is desirable.
• Software Details: Required proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Drupal, Wordpress, and/or other CMSs. Use of task management software helpful.
• Willingness to learn new software platforms utilized by both internal and external stakeholders required. Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (esp. Photoshop, Premiere, and InDesign), Canva, and Social Media tools a plus

Education Requirements:

• Level of Education: BS/BA or equivalent in technology or science-related field

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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