CIPHER Research Assistant

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Updated: 7 days ago
Location: Charlotte, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: 22 Apr 2024

Position Information
General Information


Position Number STMP15
Working Title CIPHER Research Assistant
Division Academic Affairs
Department Coll of Computing&Informatics (Col)
Work Unit CIPHER
Work Location 9331 Robert Snyder RD
Vacancy Open To All Candidates
Position Designation Non-Student Temporary
Employment Type Temporary - Part-time
Hours per week 28
Work Schedule
Flexible shift between 8am – 5pm
Pay Rate 28.00
Minimum Experience/Education
PhD in biology, bioinformatics or a related discipline.
Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:
Experience in Biological and computational research.
Experience with isolation and analysis of DNA/RNA, and success in writing grant proposals. 
Duties and Responsibilities
The successful applicant will assist in laboratory and computation research for faculty in the Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER). These duties will be primarily related to extraction of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA), preparation of libraries, and sequencing.  This person will also prepare data for publications and contribute towards grant proposals for CIPHER Center. 
Other Work/Responsibilities
Necessary Licenses or Certifications
Proposed Hire Date 04/26/2024
Expected Length of Assignment 3 months
Posting Open Date 04/10/2024
Posting Close Date 04/22/2024
Special Notes to Applicants
*Temporary staff employees are ineligible to receive benefits (leave, health coverage, State service credit, etc.). They are, however, covered by Worker’s Compensation provisions.
However, any non-permanent employee hired to work 30 or more hours per week for three months or more (cumulative of all positions, and not designated as variable hour worker), must be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan, within 30 days of their eligibility. Any non-permanent employee hired to work less than 30 hours per week (cumulative of all positions, or designated as variable hour worker – i.e. student workers) are measured during designated measurement periods. If they average 30 or more hours per week over a designated measurement period, they will be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan, and will be notified of instructions.
*Special Notes Regarding Eligibility for the High Deductible Health Plan

  • Temporary hourly workers (eligibility based on FTE, duration of more than 30 days) FTE .75+ (cumulative of all jobs) or measured full-time, offered the high deductible health insurance
  • Temporary salaried workers (regardless of the FTE, duration of more than 30 days) Reported as full-time & offered the high deductible health insurance


https://hr.charlotte.edu/benefits/benefit-plans/health-insurance

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