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Overall Position Summary and Objectives
Under this task order, the contractor will provide services to assist with and contribute to the mission and operational objectives of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The primary objective of this task order is to provide such services and deliverables through the performance of divisional analytical support services.
Deliverables:
Minimum Education
Master's
Additional Qualifications:
Field of Study
Software
Skills
Under this task order, the contractor will provide services to assist with and contribute to the mission and operational objectives of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The primary objective of this task order is to provide such services and deliverables through the performance of divisional analytical support services.
Deliverables:
- Work products and documents related to TWD program structure, implementation, goals, and intended impacts. - Ad-Hoc
- Work products and documents related to monitoring the progress of TWD programs in achieving immediate, intermediate, and/or long-term goals. - Ad-Hoc
- Work products and documents related to analytic support of day-to-day functions; information in support of policy and priority setting, progress updates on evaluations. - Ad-Hoc
- Work products and documents related to developing and facilitating reporting needs unique to the organization; or work products related to the conduct of research, preparation of statistical reports, and management of information requests related to data and analysis. - Ad-Hoc
- Work products and documents related to developing reports and procedures, searching records and files, developing background materials and precedent references, and/or gathering and analyzing data to respond to data requests from multiple sources. - Ad-Hoc
- Work products and documents related to the analysis and evaluation of NIGMS programs, including analyses, evaluations, and visualizations of various data. - Ad-Hoc
- Work products and documents related to obtaining information and data, reviewing and summarizing materials and data, conducting data entry and secure file maintenance, and editing and/or preparing text, data and charts. - Ad-Hoc
- Become familiar with the multiple career stages of biomedical research training and career development programs, including the structure, implementation, goals and intended impacts of various programs. 1
- Contribute to analyses of NIGMS discretionary grant programs, including analysis of applications and grants made to NIGMS, studying and quantifying the outputs of research grants such as through publications and citations, and tracking follow-on activity subsequent to initial funding. 2
- Engage with DIMA and other NIGMS staff to conduct outcomes evaluations of NIGMS programs including those managed by TWD. This task may include items such as characterizing grantee institutions, determining career and grant outcomes for individuals participating in various programs, or conducting qualitative analysis of program activities and outcomes of interest. 3
- Work with members of the NIGMS Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity (TWD) to increase understanding of TWD initiatives, programs, and policies that relate to training and development of a strong and diverse biomedical research workforce. 4
- Prepare statistical reports, respond to information requests related to data and analysis; develop periodic and special reports and procedures; search records and files, background materials and precedent references to strengthen programmatic operations, reach, and impact. 5
- Researches and evaluates the operation of the organization's scientific programs.
- Review and proofread programmatic documents describing scientific and management issues and policies related to their designated program.
- Review multiple NIH reports (e.g. Research Performance Progress Reports) to evaluate progress towards the achievement of TWD program goals and objectives; review may include, but is not limited to, gathering data from report text and data tables to gauge grantee progress toward intermediate and long-term goals such as providing training activities and career outcomes for supported trainees.
- Document and catalogue any missing, unclear, incorrect, etc. information and/or supporting documentation.
- Researches, interprets and summarizes background materials from a variety of scientific sources.
- Compiles data and creates and prepares graphs, slides and presentations.
- Develop, facilitate, and/or complete various reporting needs unique to the organization; utilize a wide range of computer-based software, in particular Excel and NIH IMPACII databases, in the completion of assigned tasks.
- Create interactive visualizations of TWD and NIGMS-related data to provide NIGMS and NIH staff actionable data to inform decisions on grant programs.
- Work with staff on gathering and analyzing data to respond to data requests related to TWD programs that come from Congress, NIGMS and NIH leadership (e.g., the Chief Officer of Scientific Workforce Diversity, the Deputy Director, and the Director of NIH) as well as internal and external expert committees, such as the Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) Working Group on Diversity or the NIH Training Committee (TAC).
- Performs logistical planning of various scientific meetings, lectures, workshops.
- Plans, organizes and participates at a senior level in technical meetings and consultations.
- Provide technical and analytic support to divisional staff during the execution of day-to-day functions in the planning and implementation of various programs, including provision of data and information to better inform policies and priorities, analyzing program outcomes, and providing status updates on evaluations.
- Reviews and evaluates the performance of the organization.
- Analyzes existing scientific programs and makes recommendations for improvement.
- Analyze program activities, via internal systems and/or NIH systems, to identify issues and develop recommendations for improvement.
Minimum Education
Master's
Additional Qualifications:
Field of Study
- Biochemical Sciences
- Biology
- Cognitive Science and Biopsychology
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Miscellaneous Biology
- Molecular Biology
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Chemistry
- Multi-Disciplinary or General Science
- Physical Sciences
Software
- PowerPoint
- Excel
- Word
Skills
- Writing
- Training, Recruitment and retention
- Portfolio analysis
- Data collection
- Data analysis
