Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable field of laboratory focus or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience in hands on technical laboratory experience in area of laboratory focus.
• Technical know-how of specialized equipment and laboratory techniques routinely used in the laboratory.
• Focus of knowledge and skills dependent on area of specialty (laboratory research or instructional / experimental design).
• Ability to create an environment that promotes positive attitudes, effective communications, trust, collaboration, creativity, and optimal productivity.
• Developed interpersonal skills, service orientation, ability to multi-task effectively in a varied, high-volume environment, judgment and decision-making, reasoning and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators, and administration and to work as a member of a team.
• Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective team leader and supervisor.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safety and regulatory compliance.
• High level of ethics, integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Skill in reading technical and scientific documents.
• Ability to conduct and report on scientific experiments and findings.
• Ability to evaluate performance and competency and recommend corrective action.
• Leadership skills associated with planning work assignments, establishing priorities, and scheduling instructional space.
• Knowledge of data acquisition and analysis techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of research discipline or instructional design to collaborate effectively with faculty and function as a resource to research and instructional associates.
• Knowledge of necessary lab safety procedures and requirements, as well as chemical disposal guidelines.

• Master’s degree or PhD in applicable field of laboratory focus.
• 2+ years’ experience of supervising laboratory personnel and operations.
• Organizational skills to create and maintain an organized laboratory environment as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.
• Ability to successfully recruit and retain laboratory personnel.
• Working knowledge of procurement and inventory management best practices.
• Ability to contribute to scientific writing.