Posting Number: S11815P
Working Title: Lab Manager
Department: VetMed-Infectious Diseases
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Posting Type: External
Retirement Plan: TRS or ORP
Employment Type: Employee
Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible
Full/Part time: Full Time
Additional Schedule Information: None
Advertised Salary: 50,000
Posting Date: 03/19/2024
Open until filled: Yes
Proposed Starting Date: 04/08/2024
Location of Vacancy: Athens Area
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Classification Title: Research Professional AD
FLSA: Exempt
FTE: 1.00
Minimum Qualifications: Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.
Position Summary: The Filariasis Research Reagent Resource Center (FR3), run by the Moorhead Lab, is seeking a highly motivated and team-oriented individual for the full-time position of Laboratory Manager. The overall objective of the NIAID/NIH-funded FR3 is facilitate and stimulate research in filarial diseases and has served as a unique supply source of filarial research materials, and technical information, for investigators who are not able to cyclically maintain these parasites. In addition to managing the daily operations of the FR3, the laboratory manager is to help plan, organize, and conduct filarial research focusing on host specificity and provide technical training to students, employees and volunteers in the lab. Other duties include maintaining standard operating procedures and compliance training for all laboratory members, manage supply inventory, supply ordering, and lab finances, and perform general laboratory duties and maintenance.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies: Excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective and harmonious work relations with lab personnel. Strong organizational skills, precision, self-awareness. Ability to work in team setting or independently, use good judgment, multi-task and prioritize work assignments with little supervision, and trouble-shoot technical activities. Ability to coordinate logistics within lab group and with research collaborators, maintain accurate documentation, pay attention to detail. Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats (e.g., research reports, protocols). Maintain a high degree of confidentiality. Willing to work with small animals. Perform basic equipment and instrumentation set up and operation. Ability and motivation to learn new research technologies applied to our projects. Physical Demands: Lifting up to 35lbs, standing or sitting for extended period. Is driving a responsibility of this position?: No
Is this a Position of Trust?: Yes
Does this position have operation, access, or control of financial resources?: No
Does this position require a P-Card? : No
Is having a P-Card an essential function of this position? : No
Does this position have direct interaction or care of children under the age of 18 or direct patient care?: No
Does this position have Security Access (e.g., public safety, IT security, personnel records, patient records, or access to chemicals and medications): Yes
Credit and P-Card policy: Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.
Duties/Responsibilities: Manage and conduct research projects created by the lab, in collaboration with another academic group, or sponsored by another institution. Other research tasks include data management, data analysis, contributing to writing scientific papers, and regular meetings with their supervisor and lab group to discuss research results. Percentage of time: 20
Duties/Responsibilities: Train and supervise Research Technicians, temporary employees, and student workers. Percentage of time: 30
Duties/Responsibilities: Coordinate and supervise preparation of shipments of parasite materials to researchers. Percentage of time: 20
Duties/Responsibilities: Supervise the maintenance of the life cycles of parasites and vectors, including animal handling and venipuncture for sample collection. Percentage of time: 20
Duties/Responsibilities: General lab management, including ordering consumables, maintaining reagents, organizing sample inventories, equipment maintenance, and management of safety training requirements of lab group. Percentage of time: 10
Contact Details: For questions concerning this position or recruitment progression, please refer to the Recruitment Contact listed below.
Recruitment Contact Name: Elyssa Campbell
Recruitment Contact Email: Recruitment Contact Phone:
