Laboratory Coordinator I (Extended Temporary)

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This is an Extended Temporary Employment (ETE) position.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists in the planning, design, set-up and disassembly of experiments. Follows detailed protocols for chemotaxis and biochemicalassays, optimizes PCR and other molecular biology techniques to constructplasmids and bacterial strains to fit specific experiments, performs bacterialinoculations of plants and completes disease progress ratings.
• Revises and implements policies, procedures, andstandards to ensure the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality control of thelaboratory operation and compliance with federal, state, and universityregulations and standards.
• Trains other researchers on equipment usage and answerquestions regarding the experiments and the equipment being used.
• Manages the ordering, inventory, storage, andmaintenance of supplies, lab ware, and instruments essential to the operationof the lab or field research.
• Cleaning and sterilizing of labware used for research, maintenance,and growth of bacterial cultures.
• Record keeping, making observations, analyzing data, andinterpreting experimental results. Preparation of technical reports, summaries,protocols and quantitative results.
• Has a good understanding of bacterial physiology.
• Excellent note-taking skills, detail-oriented.
• Ability to perform experiments and analyze experimental data independently.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent advanced learning attained through experience required.
• 1 year of relevant work experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience transplanting and maintaining plants in greenhouse or growth chamber (those who do not have this experience should still apply).
• Prior experience culturing bacteria and with sterile technique.
• Prior experience working to manipulate bacterial genomes.
• Prior experience analyzing sequence and genomic data.

FLSA Exempt Full Time/Part Time Full Time Number of Hours Worked per Week 40 Job FTE 1 Work Calendar Fiscal Job Category Research Benefits Eligible Yes - Full Benefits Rate of Pay $47,356 DOE Compensation Type salary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE) Grade 6 Career Stream and Level PC1 Job Family Research & Lab Job Function Research Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive) Number of Vacancies 1 Target Hire Date 2/1/2024 Expected End Date 2/1/2025 Contact Information for Candidates Dr. Rebecca Schomer
rschomer@arizona.edu Open Date 12/11/2023 Open Until Filled Yes Documents Needed to Apply Curriculum Vitae (CV), Cover Letter, and One Additional Document Special Instructions to Applicant Please upload a research statement. Diversity Statement At the University of Arizona, we value our inclusive climate because we know that diversity in experiences and perspectives is vital to advancing innovation, critical thinking, solving complex problems, and creating an inclusive academic community. As a Hispanic-serving institution, we translate these values into action by seeking individuals who have experience and expertise working with diverse students, colleagues, and constituencies. Because we seek a workforce with a wide range of perspectives and experiences, we provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. As an Employer of National Service, we also welcome alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs and others who will help us advance our Inclusive Excellence initiative aimed at creating a university that values student, staff and faculty engagement in addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness.