Toxicologist – On Call, Part Time

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Provide support to federal agencies such as the U.S. EPA and NIEHS, as well as to state agencies and private sector clients.

• Perform qualitative assessments of scientific and peer-reviewed literature.

• Investigate environmental risk assessment topics, consolidate findings, and present them through reports, websites, and visualizations.

• Oversee data and visualization tools, ensure rigorous database maintenance, and create visual representations and dashboards.

• Execute study data extraction utilizing electronic systematic review procedures and tools.

• Conduct data and statistical analyses using software such as Excel, Access, R, SAS, Python, SQL, VBA, and others.

• Engage in scientific workshops through notetaking, summary report creation, and event logistics handling.

• Adhere to standardized QA/QC protocols for documents and reports.

• Carry out toxicology systematic review tasks, which include literature screening, evaluation of study quality, and extraction of study data.

• Assist in the development of risk assessment reports, including writing methods, results, and discussion sections.

• Review conclusions drawn from data and integrate findings into weight-of-evidence analyses.

• Perform dose-response analyses as necessary.

• Collaborate across multiple projects with staff at all levels and foster professional relationships with clients.

• Note that there is no hands-on laboratory or field work involved.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Master’s degree in Toxicology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a related field, or a Bachelor’s degree in one of these areas combined with relevant experience.

• A minimum of 4 years of professional experience.

• Capability to interact with clients and present project updates effectively.

• Proficient data-science skills, including experience in managing and visualizing large datasets.

• Excellent research and scientific writing abilities, inclusive of editing, using reference management software such as EndNote, and proofreading.

• Strong qualitative and quantitative skills in data collection, analysis, and visualization.

• Effective written and oral communication skills, encompassing the development and delivery of presentations.

• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple assignments, and work independently, in teams, and remotely under tight deadlines.

• Familiarity with Excel, Access, R, SAS, Python, SQL, VBA, and/or additional software.

• Experience with environmental science systematic reviews is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Part-time on-call schedule ranging from 5 to 30 hours per week.

• Flexible working hours.

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Chance to apply academic knowledge and gain exposure to significant projects.

• Interaction with experts and clients in the field.

• Development of content knowledge and consulting skills.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities, disabled veterans, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs.