BACKGROUND

Are you a biologist turned manager interested in computational biology? We are looking for a motivated and highly organized individual to help manage a bioinformatics and genomics software development project and coordinate community outreach and training.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Helping to lead a small bioinformatics team, the incumbent will provide project management, community outreach and training for our web-based bioinformatics tool targeted at biologist and computational biologist users. The candidate will be responsible for project management (i.e., recruiting; reporting; prioritizing software features; user testing of software; organizing and chairing meetings), training (i.e., creating education material; organizing online and in-person tutorials and workshops), and community outreach (i.e., presenting at conferences; identifying and reaching out to scientist users; soliciting, responding to and tracking user feedback, advertising the project by writing website content, tracking usage statistics, working with relevant organizations like biological standards organizations and model organism database groups) to coordinate development.

REQUIREMENTS

M.Sc. in a biology (or a related field), preferably in genomics or bioinformatics, and teaching experience or an M.Sc in education with experience in genomics or bioinformatics.

PREFERENCES

We are looking for someone who is an organizational genius, who has a go-getter personality, excellent communication, public speaking, writing, project management and leadership skills.

TERMS

Candidates must have legal status to work in Canada

LOCALE

This research project is situated in the newly built Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, a major international centre of excellence in genomics, proteomics and systems biology research, in the heart of the exciting cosmopolitan city of Toronto.

COMPENSATION

Initial contract is for one year with the expectation of renewal. Salary will reflect experience and skill set.

HOW TO APPLY

Email resume, a short cover letter and details of three references to:
ccbr [dot] software [dot] jobs [at] gmail.com

DEADLINE

April 11th, 2008