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Job Description:
Parsons is seeking a Technical Research Administrative Support Specialist to support research-program operations for NMRC BDRD. This position will provide scientific administrative, documentation, logistics, reporting, travel, procurement, and sample-shipping support to multidisciplinary infectious-disease and bioinformatics research teams.
The successful candidate will coordinate program information and administrative activities while maintaining accurate records and complying with Government research, security, privacy, travel, and logistics requirements.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Provide administrative support for genomics, bioinformatics, microbiology, and infectious-disease research projects.
- Track project actions, milestones, deliverables, issues, and reporting requirements.
- Prepare and coordinate monthly technical and cost-status reports.
- Maintain organized electronic records, correspondence, project files, and research-support documentation.
- Assist with travel requests, preapprovals, trip documentation, and invoice-support records.
- Coordinate procurement documentation for laboratory supplies, equipment, training, and other direct costs.
- Track research supplies, equipment, shipments, and related approvals.
- Coordinate domestic and international shipment of research samples and materials in accordance with approved procedures.
- Support preparation and formatting of protocols, SOPs, technical reports, presentations, and meeting materials.
- Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, record action items, and monitor follow-up activities.
- Coordinate with scientific personnel, program management, security, travel, contracting, and logistics stakeholders.
- Protect sensitive, proprietary, research, privacy, and Government information.
- Support CONUS or OCONUS activities and travel when required.
- Perform only authorized non-personal support functions and refer inherently governmental decisions to Government personnel.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or management discipline.
- Experience administering laboratory research programs or providing research-administration support.
- Experience performing administrative duties in support of scientific research.
- Strong organizational, written communication, records-management, and coordination skills.
- Ability to track multiple actions, deadlines, reports, and stakeholder requirements.
- Experience shipping samples to overseas locations or the ability to learn applicable processes quickly.
- Foundational understanding of scientific principles sufficient to support laboratory research programs.
- Availability for domestic and international travel lasting up to two to four weeks.
- U.S. citizenship due to federal contract requirements.
- Ability to satisfy applicable background investigation, CAC, facility-access, and system-access requirements.
What Desired Skills You’ll Bring
- Experience supporting NMRC, Navy Medicine, DoD, or another federal research organization.
- Experience with international biological-sample shipping, cold chain, customs documentation, or chain of custody.
- Experience supporting laboratory procurements, ODCs, travel, and cost reporting.
- Experience with infectious-disease, genomics, or bioinformatics programs.
- Familiarity with Government records-management, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements.
- Experience coordinating human-subject or animal-use research documentation.
- Experience preparing scientific reports, SOPs, presentations, and meeting materials.
- Current Government facility or system access.
Compliance Note
This position is expected to be primarily on-site at Fort Detrick and is contingent upon contract award. The PWS does not expressly require a Secret clearance for this labor category. Applicable background investigation, CAC, system-access, privacy, cybersecurity, and sample-shipping requirements will apply. Occasional schedule adjustments may be required for time-sensitive experiments, sample processing, field activities, or emerging mission needs.
Security Clearance Requirement:
NoneThis position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $22.93 - $40.14We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or management discipline
- Experience administering laboratory research programs or providing research-administration support
- Experience performing administrative duties supporting scientific research
- Strong organizational, written communication, records-management, and coordination skills
- Ability to track multiple actions, deadlines, reports, and stakeholder requirements
- Experience shipping samples to overseas locations or ability to learn applicable processes quickly
- Foundational understanding of scientific principles supporting laboratory research programs
- Availability for domestic and international travel lasting up to two to four weeks
- U.S. citizenship due to federal contract requirements
- Ability to satisfy background investigation, CAC, facility-access, and system-access requirements
- Experience supporting NMRC, Navy Medicine, DoD, or another federal research organization
- Experience with international biological-sample shipping, cold chain, customs documentation, or chain of custody
- Experience supporting laboratory procurements, ODCs, travel, and cost reporting
- Experience with infectious-disease, genomics, or bioinformatics programs
- Familiarity with government records-management, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements
- Experience coordinating human-subject or animal-use research documentation
- Experience preparing scientific reports, SOPs, presentations, and meeting materials
- Current government facility or system access
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
