Senior WriterEditor (On-call)

As a Senior Writer/Editor you will be supporting high-profile health communications projects for NIH. You will be primarily responsible for researching writing and editing fact sheets that summarize peer-reviewed scientific research on the safety and effectiveness of dietary supplements including vitamins minerals herbs and other ingredients. You will work as part of a team and may be partly responsible for writing/editing other web addition you will perform quality assurance tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research write edit and update evidence-based information on dietary supplements and their ingredients aimed toward health professionals and consumers

• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree

• 3 year of professional experience writing about and editing nutrition - or dietary supplement-related topics for health care professionals and the general public

• At least 4 years of demonstrated experience in managing multiple tasks with minimal supervision

Professional Skills

• High level of organizational skills and attention to detail

• Ability to multitask and adjust to shifting work priorities

• Excellent time management skills and ability to work well under strict deadlines and high production requirements

• Ability to work as part of a team and support other team members

• Skillset to search the biomedical literature critically read scientific papers and extract information needed to prepare dietary supplement fact sheets

• Knowledge of reference management tools such as EndNote

• Knowledge of plain language writing principles

• Ability and willingness to learn website content management systems (CMS) HTML and other computer software applications as necessary

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters or doctoral degree in nutrition or a complementary health-related field such as pharmacology

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position including but not limited to relevant work experience skills certifications and competencies that align to the specified role geographic location education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: