Job Description
UCLA
Internal Number: 145764191
Under the direction of the Research Administration Director (Principal Investigator) and/or Laboratory Manager, this position serves as the Lab Research Supervisor responsible for providing direct supervision to professional/skilled technical employees in highly specialized large unit. Serves as an advisor to Director and Principal Investigator, and supervises staff to ensure accountability and stewardship of laboratory resources.
Salary Range: $76,200.00 – 158,800.00 Annually
- 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.
Preferred:
- 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.
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