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As part of its NASA Research and Education Support Services II (NRESS II) contract, Agile Decision Sciences, LLC is seeking a Support Scientist to support program activities in the NASA Space Biology Program (https://www.nasa.gov/spacebio), the NASA Human Research Program (https://www.nasa.gov/hrp), and the NASA Task Book (https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/welcome.cfm). Applicants should familiarize themselves with these programs prior to applying.

Role/Responsibilities:
Included, but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for performing support activities related to the development and administration of solicitations and peer review activities;
• Responsible for the planning, organization, performance, and results of the technical aspects of solicitation and peer review support during the life cycle of a task;
• Administers conflict of interest (COI) processes and procedures, and assures that contract task activities and support comply with COI policies and practices;
• Advises Task Leads about panel operations, progress, technical results, and assures that panel proceedings comply with established NASA science or technical protocols and policies;
• Works in conjunction with Task Leads to administer proposal review;
• Prepares solicitation documentation and proposal data in required formats;
• Helps organize panels and ad-hoc reviews; ensures that meeting logistics and IT needs are met;
• Monitors and reports to the Task Leads about the progress of activities relative to solicitation deadlines and is responsible for identifying and reporting to the Task Leads about significant slippages, delays, or impediments;
• Supports the Task Leads in developing and producing summary statistics and analytics, process improvements, and NASA work plan requirements;
• Works closely with the NASA Task Book editor on post-award reporting (https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/welcome.cfm).
• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in the biological sciences including but not limited to physiology, microbiology, genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and other areas of NASA interest (https://www.nasa.gov/spacebio, https://www.nasa.gov/hrp);
• At least 5 years of experience (including graduate-level work) in a scientific or technical field relevant to the Biological Sciences.
• High degree of communication, organization and multitasking skills;
• Intermediate or better Microsoft Office and Windows OS skills.

• Must be a US citizen or permanent resident with the ability to pass a Government background investigation for admission to a federal facility.