The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

We are hiring immediately for a Scientific Editor to join the UTHealth Houston Department of Neurology in Houston, Texas 77030. In this role you assist in all phases of preparation and issuance of grants, contracts and manuscripts. The ideal candidate for this role will have experience in scientific writing for neuroinformatics, knowledge/expertise in clinical informatics, health data science/Big Data, AI and machine learning applications in biomedicine, and ontologies and metadata manegement.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees 
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) 
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 

• Free financial and legal counseling 
• Free mental health counseling services 
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
• Resources for child and elder care 
• Plus many more! 

Position Summary:

Provides substantive and developmental editorial and writing services at an advanced level for all phases of the preparation and issuance of grants, contracts and manuscripts with heavy emphasis on publications and funding opportunities.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Prepares and edits grant proposals, contracts or other science related documentation ensuring compliance with necessary standards.
• Assists investigators with proposal editing and writing to secure extramural funding via the outreach program.
• Provides support for the annual reporting to granting agencies, ensuring accuracy of the information and data.
• Assists faculty with grant renewal and extension editing and writing.
• Assists faculty with external publication document editing and writing. Provides major reorganization/ reconstruction of documents and/or extensive rewriting to enhance logical presentation, coherence and clarity.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Science or related field

Minimum Experience:

• Five years of writing/editing science related grants, publications, etc.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.