Memorial Sloan Kettering

Memorial Sloan Kettering

Editor/Grant Writer, Department of Surgery

New York, NY · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$77k-$119kDetected 64 days ago
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About the role

  • Contribute to maximizing external funding for the Department of Surgery's research programs

Responsibilities

  • Provide substantive, stylistic, and copy editing support to faculty across a broad range of research initiatives
  • Identify peer-reviewed funding opportunities and collaborate with investigators to match opportunities with appropriate applicants
  • Support grant development activities, including proposal coordination and submission planning
  • Partner with investigators and departmental staff to ensure timely, accurate submission of grant proposals
  • Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining high editorial and organizational standards

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree with 3-5 years of grant submission and/or project coordination experience OR
  • Demonstrated experience with grant-related documents in an academic or research-intensive environment
  • Advanced knowledge of medical terminology, technical publishing standards, and editorial best practices
  • Microsoft Word; bibliographic/reference management software (e.g., EndNote)

Nice to have

  • Experience with new media, print, and web-based writing and editing processes
  • Master's degree with 4+ years of experience in publishing, editing, or managing scholarly content (preferred)
  • Preferred: Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, QuarkXPress or InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator

Skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to diverse audiences
  • Flexibility and adaptability in response to evolving project needs
  • Ability to understand, synthesize, and communicate complex scientific and medical information
  • Strong organizational skills for managing electronic and print data and materials
  • Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Compensation

  • $77,100.00 - $119,400.00
  • At MSK, we believe in fair, competitive pay that reflects your job, experience, and skills.

Company info

  • The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.
  • Exciting Opportunity at MSK! Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Department of Surgery is a hub of innovative translational and clinical research. We are seeking an Editor / Grant Writer to join our 20-member editorial team and play a critical role in advancing the department's academic and research mission. In this role, you will partner closely with faculty to enhance grant applications, manuscripts, and other scholarly materials through expert editing, coordination, and project management.
  • The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life.
  • Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages.
  • Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it.
  • MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.
  • Exciting Opportunity at MSK!
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Department of Surgery is a hub of innovative translational and clinical research.
  • We are seeking an Editor / Grant Writer to join our 20-member editorial team and play a critical role in advancing the department's academic and research mission.
  • In this role, you will partner closely with faculty to enhance grant applications, manuscripts, and other scholarly materials through expert editing, coordination, and project management.
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Equal opportunity

  • MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment.
  • Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job.
  • Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
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