Toxicologist – On Call, Part Time

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On-call toxicologist supporting ICF’s environmental risk assessments for government and private clients. Reviewing literature, analyzing data, and developing toxicology reports and visualizations.

Responsibilities:

  • Support federal agencies such as U.S. EPA and NIEHS, state agencies, and private sector clients
  • Conduct qualitative reviews of scientific and peer-reviewed literature
  • Research environmental risk assessment topics, synthesize findings, and communicate them through reports, websites, and visualizations
  • Manage data and visualization tools, maintain rigorous databases, and create visualizations and dashboards
  • Conduct study data extraction using electronic systematic review procedures and tools
  • Perform data and statistical analysis using Excel, Access, R, SAS, Python, SQL, VBA, and/or other software
  • Participate in scientific workshops through notetaking, workshop summary reports, and event logistics
  • Follow standardized QA/QC procedures on documents and reports
  • Perform toxicology systematic review tasks, including literature screening, study quality evaluation, and study data extraction
  • Support risk assessment report development, including writing methods, results, and discussion sections
  • Review conclusions based on data and synthesize findings into weight-of-evidence analyses
  • Conduct dose-response analyses when needed
  • Work across multiple projects with staff at all levels and develop professional client relationships
  • No hands-on laboratory or field work

Requirements:

  • Master’s degree in Toxicology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or related subject, or Bachelor’s degree in one of these fields combined with equivalent experience
  • Minimum 4 years of experience
  • Ability to interact with and present project updates to clients
  • Strong data-science skills, including experience managing and visualizing large datasets
  • Exceptional research and scientific writing skills, including editing, reference management software such as EndNote, and proofreading
  • Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and visualization skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, including developing and delivering presentations
  • Ability to prioritize, multitask, and work independently, in groups, and virtually under strict deadlines
  • Experience with Excel, Access, R, SAS, Python, SQL, VBA, and/or other software
  • Experience with environmental science systematic reviews is a plus

Benefits:

  • Part-time on-call schedule of 5–30 hours per week
  • Flexible hours
  • Remote work
  • Opportunity to apply academic knowledge and gain exposure to major projects
  • Interaction with experts and clients in the field
  • Building content knowledge and consulting skills
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Reasonable accommodations for disabilities, disabled veterans, and sincerely held religious beliefs