Laboratory Manager I - Ibb Core Facility (Onsite)

Job Title:Laboratory Manager I - IBB Core Facility (Onsite)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 268773
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Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1.Students are our top priority.

2.We strive for excellence.

3.We thrive on diversity.

4.We celebrate collaboration.

5.We champion innovation.

6.We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7.We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8.We act ethically.

9.We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.­ Department Information

The Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB, https://research.gatech.edu/bio) is located in Georgia Tech's thriving Biotechnology Complex was launched in 1995. IBB serves to catalyze new research and education initiatives at the interface of bioengineering and bioscience and integrate the broad range of bio-related activities throughout Georgia Tech and its partner institutions.
This position is within IBB's Molecular Evolution Core Facility. To learn more, please go here - research.gatech.edu/bio/research/core-facilities. The role will work on programs such as the Biotechnology Skill Development and TipCycle Programs (https://tipcycle7.wixsite.com/tipcycle).

As part of the Biotechnology Skill Development Program, this role will include responsibilities such as:

Program Leadership:

Spearhead the program¿s strategic vision and implementation.
Establish a collaborative roundtable for interdisciplinary mentors, fostering knowledge exchange and innovation.

Corporate Relations:

Serve as the liaison between the program and industry partners.
Cultivate strong relationships, ensuring alignment of objectives and cross-functionality.

National Advocacy:

Present and pitch the program across the nation.
Showcase its impact and unique value proposition.

Talent Acquisition:

Recruit talented students passionate about biotechnology and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Shape a diverse cohort of participants.

Program Ambassador:

Act as the face of the initiative as a successful program graduate
Inspire other students and highlight program achievements

Student Management and Expansion:

Schedule student shifts, aid in training, organize essential student projects such as web development, media design, & performance tracking/optimization.
Drive customers acquisition endeavors to popularize services across campus and partners.

Job Summary

Provide functional oversight to operation of an instructional or research laboratory. Activities include instruction in lab procedures and safety, development of lab procedures, conducting experiments, budgeting and purchasing, equipment and inventory maintenance and maintaining records. May provide work direction to student assistants. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: academic and/or research faculty members, staff and students, vendor/suppliers. This position typically will advise and counsel: lab users, students, tudent assistants. This position will supervise: NA

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -
Provide instruction to lab users on proper use of lab equipment, lab safety, protocols and procedures related to conducting experiments
Job Duty 2 -
Prepare and administer laboratory budget; purchase supplies and equipment and maintain related records
Job Duty 3 -
Maintain laboratory facility in safe, clean and organized manner
Job Duty 4 -
Coordinate scheduling of lab usage
Job Duty 5 -
Develop and implement laboratory policy and procedures; incorporate best practices as appropriate
Job Duty 6 -
Calibrate lab instrumentation and maintain lab equipment
Job Duty 7 -
Direct scheduling and work of student assistants, as required
Job Duty 8 -
Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in scientific field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Experience
Four to five years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Use of required skills practiced in a university environment is preferred
Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS
This job requires working knowledge of instructional or research laboratory operation to include equipment calibration and maintenance, laboratory processes and procedures and lab safety rules and practices. Skills in communication, customer service, work guidance and instruction are required as is the use of specialty and general computer applications.

Equal Employment Opportunity The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

All members of the USG community must adhere to the USG Statement of Core Values, which consists of Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values shape and fundamentally support our University's work. Additionally, all faculty, staff, and administrators must also be aware of and comply with the Board of Regents and Georgia Institute of Technology's policies on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. More information on these policies can be found here: Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).Other Information

Job Grade: S7

Salary range: $69,026 to $70,000 depending on experience level.

This role is primarily dependent on sponsored research. All employment and assignments are ultimately contingent upon funding.

Due to the responsibilities of this position, this role requires 100% onsite presence on Georgia Tech's Atlanta campus.

Requires lifting, pushing, or pulling of objects up to 50 pounds.

Must be comfortable driving a club cart.

Background Check Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit¿¿ http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening