Research Impacts & Engagement Specialist
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Job Summary
What We Are Looking For
The Research Impacts and Engagement Specialist primarily supports faculty in meeting broader impacts requirements for grants offering workshops consultations and coordinating outreach programs with schools museums and community partners. They connect research faculty to public engagement opportunities and contribute to programming across the Office of Research addition the role manages the Postdoctoral Scholars Program curating career development resources organizing workshops and recognition events and overseeing communications and multimedia support. This position blends faculty support community engagement and postdoc program management to strengthen Baylors research impact and visibility.
A Bachelors degree and three years of relevant work experience are required. A Masters degree and five years of relevant work experience are preferred.
A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
What You Will Do
- Work directly with Baylor faculty to provide one-on-one consultations to identify broader impacts options that meet requirements for educational plans or science outreach for research grants
- Identify activities aligned with each facultys research projects for proposal develop lesson plans and support faculty in the writing of the Broader Impacts section of proposals
- Provide Broader Impacts workshops for faculty
- Maintain and update list of curated activities used to meet broader impacts requirements for grant proposals
- Maintain database of NSF proposals and awards and Broader Impacts needs
- Update Baylor Broader Impacts Activities and associated Grant Templates
- Contact faculty who were awarded NSF grants to assist in Broader Impacts implementation support
- Develop and maintain new community partnerships and broader impacts activities.
- Collaborate with Baylors Marketing and Communication Department to develop organize and facilitate nine annual programs in area schools to highlight National STEM Day Engineering Week and World Water Day (e.g. identifying research faculty coordinating with schools or community partners identifying activities writing lessons plans)
- Serve on Transformation Wacos Advisory Committee for the Bledsoe-Miller STEAM Center
- Collaborate with the Mayborn Museum to showcase research faculty to the general public
- Write and distribute monthly newsletter to Baylor postdoc community with information on resources training opportunities and upcoming events
- Plan schedule and host monthly career/professional development workshops for postdocs. Partner with faculty and staff across the university to identify speakers and topics
- Plan annual recognition program for National Postdoc Appreciation Week including annual bowling party for postdocs and their families
- Annually update Postdoctoral Scholars Resources
- Supervise graduate student videographer position
- Work with Baylor faculty to identify video requirements for grant submissions
- Write interview questions and scripts in collaboration with faculty members for activity videos.
- Provide direction to graduate student videographer on capturing editing and distributing finished video deliverables
- Create videos of Broader Impacts events to share with community partners researchers and the public
- Schedule video shoots with faculty and assist during filming
- Work with Proposal Development Specialist to update funding lists grant toolkits and proposed/awarded grants metrics.
- Support Research Development workshops and newsletters
- Perform all other duties as assigned to support Baylors mission
- Ability to comply with university policies
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance
What You Can Expect
As part of the Baylor family eligible employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision insurance generous time off tuition remission and outstanding automatic retirement contributions. Baylor has a comprehensive benefits plan that supports you and your familys wellbeing and allows you to be a part of the life of a vibrant and active college campus. To learn more go toBaylor Benefits & Advantages.
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Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Spss
- Data Collection
- Genetics
- R
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Microscopy
- Research Laboratory Experience
- Western Blot
About Company
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