The Organization:

Addgene is a thriving nonprofit life sciences organization that supports and accelerates important research and discovery for scientists all over the world. Since its founding in 2004, Addgene has grown and innovated in order to assist the research community by archiving and sharing useful research materials and resources (such as plasmid DNA samples, viral vectors, and recombinant antibodies) with scientists worldwide. Broad availability of these unique research materials promotes the advancement of research in a wide variety of disciplines, including cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders, while increasing collaboration within the scientific community. Learn more here from one of our founders, Melina Fan.

In joining our team as an “Addgenie”, you will work with multidisciplinary internal teams to help fulfill this mission, including scientists, software engineers and product developers, renowned customer support teams, marketing gurus, and business development professionals. Together, Addgenies create and enhance opportunities for research scientists to deposit their materials, find products and resources easily on our website, and receive unparalleled support in receiving and expertly using our materials in their own experiments.

To Succeed in this Role, You Will:

• Support the Executive Director and Senior Executive team as a trusted partner to facilitate information flow in a timely and accurate manner
• Coordinate Board of Directors and Board committee meetings including scheduling, preparing and gathering documents for review, and distributing materials
• Perform administrative tasks including drafting letters, memos, invoices, reports and other documents
• Manage the Executive Director's calendar and assist in scheduling meetings and travel
• Organize office wide events including trainings, celebrations, team lunches, All Addgene meetings, etc.
• Attend meetings as requested, including taking and publishing minutes
• Assist organization quality assurance efforts by maintaining training records
• Be an Ambassador of Addgene headquarters, creating a warm, welcoming environment to guests, vendors and employees.
• Open, sort and distribute incoming mail
• Provide a supportive and positive environment and pitch in when necessary, modeling a spirit of collaboration
• Want to learn new things and be flexible in taking on additional responsibilities

Skills and Competencies

• Extremely proficient with Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
• Tech-savvy in general - especially around organization of files, working with various document types (PDF, Word, Google Doc, Excel), and creating slides for presentations
• Independent employee who takes initiative, and is able to suggest improvements as well as develop creative solutions
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and maintains discretion in handling confidential information
• Strong attention to detail and follow through
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Ability to shift, focus, and prioritize when necessary
• Proactive and able to regularly anticipate needs

Life at Addgene:

Addgene prides itself on being a truly special place to work. We are an inclusive and welcoming group of people from many backgrounds and perspectives, and we believe in flexibility and strong work/life balance. Our staff are engaged in multiple professional development opportunities, and give the company their ideas and feedback regularly. We also never pass up an opportunity to have a little fun, whether it be popping popcorn for our outdoor movie night, dressing up as Schitt’s Creek characters for our Halloween costume contest, or sharing hilarious pictures of our fur babies on our Slack #pets channel. Whether you’re a bookworm, an athlete, or an interior design connoisseur, there’s a place for you to step away from your daily work and connect with your colleagues.

Addgene also provides very competitive benefits and continuously works to maintain an inclusive culture:

• Benefits for Full-Time Employees: Addgene puts its people first. We offer a comprehensive 100% company-paid benefit package that includes health, dental, life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance. In addition, employees are encouraged to participate in an individual 403(b)(7)-retirement account. The cost of public transportation is fully paid by the company.
  • Part-Time Employees also enjoy benefits such as Pet Insurance, Onsite yoga classes, and yearly one on ones with a financial professional. Addgenies working 20 or more hours per week in a non-temporary capacity are automatically enrolled at a 3% deferral, and those working 4 or more days per week are eligible for a MBTA/ commuter rail pass.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Addgene: Addgene is committed to creating and fostering a diverse, supportive, and inclusive working environment. All of our initiatives benefit from the diverse and open worldwide scientific community that we work with, and we believe that the best innovations and discoveries come from diverse teams. Addgene will continue to build these diverse teams, as well as continue to do the hard work of examining how Diversity, Equity and Inclusion can be meaningfully woven into our work life, foremost and always to combat bias of all kinds. We are looking forward to continuing to get to know and celebrate a variety of perspectives and backgrounds as we grow our teams; and in doing so, we will bring more scientists together to share their resources in order to change the world.

Addgene is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, active military or veteran status, age, handicap, or any other characteristic protected by Federal, State or Local law.

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