SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is a non-profit organization federating 70 Swiss research and service groups of experts in bioinformatics. SIB's 800 scientists join forces to empower advances in life sciences and health by providing life scientists and clinicians with state-of-the-art bioinformatics resources, services, expertise, and Training.

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To reinforce our team in Geneva, Switzerland, we are seeking a a project coordinator.

Project Coordinator

Employer

SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Work Location

Geneva, Switzerland

Employment fraction

100%

Type of contract

temporary

Job description

Are you looking for a position where you can have an impact on the life of patients? As part of participating in providing tools to improve clinical interpretation, are you looking for a dynamic and flexible working environment? Then, this position is for you.

This Project Coordinator will be part of our Clinical Bioinformatics group. This dynamic and cutting-edge team focuses on the development of harmonized, state-of-the-art bioinformatics tools for the analysis and interpretation of clinical -omics data, covering a wide range of medical fields. These tools contribute to facilitating patient management, as well as diagnostic and treatment decisions in hospitals throughout Switzerland.

We are currently seeking a project coordinator to monitor operations related to the development and maintenance of Clinical Bioinformatics' projects, under the supervision of the lead project managers.

This person’s mission will be to:

Monitor the projects' timelines in support of the lead project managers.
Monitor administrative timelines (grants, reporting…)
Monitor internal deliverables and milestones timelines
Anticipate and escalate planning deviations
Ensure the technical and scientific user support for Clinical Bioinformatics collaborative platforms
Participate to users’ needs collection and documentation (e.g. tools functionalities, ontologies, bioinformatics) for those platforms
Participate in projects' meetings, including with external partners
Travel within Switzerland as required to foster interactions and collaborations with hospitals and other SIB groups (mostly day trips)

Start date: 01 Jul 2022

Profile requirements

Essential:

Good knowledge in information technology and computational biology/bioinformatics
Understanding of the specificities of bioinformatics applied to clinical practice
Knowledge of bash and Python
Rigorous and strong organisational skills
Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills
Excellent English, written and spoken

Asset:

Some practical experience in project management in multi-disciplinary teams
Experience in fields related to microbiology, oncology or medical genetics
Experience in multi-site projects
Basic knowledge of databases

How to apply

SIB is committed to ensuring and fostering diversity and equal opportunities in the workplace as well as in the scientific ecosystem.

If you are interested in this challenging and highly interesting position, please submit your application including CV and letter of motivation through our online portal by clicking the "Apply" button.

Application deadline: 15 Jun 2022

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