Information Specialist - Novartis

Location: Cambridge, MA
Categories: All Categories
Website: http://www.nibr.novartis.com

Position Description

The Novartis Knowledge Center (NKC) supports the Global Novartis User Community’s business processes by identifying, acquiring, and providing fast and easy access to high value external Scientific Technical, Medical (STM) and Business News Information resources. We are currently looking for an Information Specialist at our research headquarters in Cambridge, MA. Your opportunities and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Establish solid relationships between NKC and key scientific user groups to determine needs
- Organize customer information enabling programs focused on scientific information
- Lead independent knowledge and information projects and services requiring the application of advanced information management skills
- Provide leadership in solving specific project/technical problems and initiate development of new information products and services in chemistry, biology or medical disciplines
- Represent department at internal and external meetings
- Monitor quality of NKC Products & Services and ensure a high standard of value-added services
- Evaluate and recommend new information resources, platforms and search tools
- Communicate knowledge policies associated with external content, e.g. copyright compliance
- Support scientific information retrieval & provide first line support for NKC resources with expert searches from a staffed Information Desk
- Leverage the resources available from MIT Libraries
- Maintain professional knowledge of information and e-library science and subject discipline by attending professional information management meetings and conferences
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Minimum requirements BS/BA in Chemistry or Biomedical Science; MLS or equivalent experience required, higher scientific education in chemistry/Biology/Medicine preferred. 5+ years of experience in R&D Information Management. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral required. Strong knowledge about publicly accessible and commercially available scientific and business related databases. Previous experience with literature and internet searching, visualization/interpretation and knowledge in patent and/or market and business analysis would be an advantage.

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing and leveraging diverse backgrounds. M/F/D/V

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please go to www.novartis.com and search for Job ID 40861BR. Please note that you need to search under language =English (U.S.).