Laboratory Manager

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Job Summary:

This position directs the technical activities, operations, planning, and policy development of a lab, including coordinating the activities of multiple, complex projects and staff to ensure quality control and compliance with regulations. Specifically, the Lab Manager will be responsible for purchasing order placement, reimbursement of P-card and lab member's travel, lab duty assignment, refilling the shared reagents (e.g., DMEM, FBS, PBS), and performing other lab routines. Also, the lab manager will help PI to prepare and submit grants and help to prepare animal and biosafety protocols and annual updates.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures in alignment with strategic initiatives and objectives

• Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing information, making recommendations to leadership, and representing the interests of the unit

• Directs and supervises the day-to-day laboratory operations, quality control programs, and/or staff of a work unit to ensure compliance with organization and regulatory agency standards

• Monitors program budgets and expenditures

• May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees

• Develops and facilitates trainings regarding scientific experimentation, technical procedures, and equipment operations to various audiences

Department:

This position will be in the CIPT Lab in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division of the School of Pharmacy.

Compensation:

Qualified candidates can expect to earn between $70,000 and $90,000. Candidates who are highly qualified may earn between $90,000 and $120,000. Please note, salaries will be prorated by FTE.

Required Qualifications:

• Laboratory operations: Knowledge of laboratory procedures, equipment, and techniques

• Safety: Knowledge of safety and animal welfare in laboratory environments

• Management: Time management, prioritization, and delegation skills

•  Communication: The ability to communicate with a variety of audiences, including PI, lab members, sales and other professionals

•  Creative problem solving: The ability to handle problems related to budget, methodology, technology, and automation

•  Excellent biological experimental skills including molecular biology, western blot skills, cell transfection, stable cell line establishment.

Education:

PhD highly desirable

How to Apply:

BOTH a resume and cover letter are REQUIRED. Please upload both documents as a SINGLE PDF file.

Please ensure that the resume and cover letter address how you meet the required qualifications and the skills/requirements outlined in the job summary. Please keep in mind, applicants need to articulate all requirements in their cover letter and/or resume. References will only be collected from finalists for the position.

The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to interviews. PLEASE upload both documents as a SINGLE PDF.

Contact Information:

For issues with your application, please contact Allison Miller at [email protected]. 

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