LABORATORY COORDINATOR

Laboratory Coordinator

Arizona State University

College of Health Solutions MS

Campus: Downtown Phoenix

68324BR

Job Description

Oversees and coordinates the operational activities in teaching laboratories, lecture halls, and exercise laboratories ensuring that the equipment and general facilities and teaching facilities are maintained, experiments and demonstrations are set up and functioning properly, and that teaching assistants know how to operate the equipment. Oversees physical activity in instructional facilities. Assists with and performs duties related to all CHS facilities items.

Salary Range

$37,600 - $50,000 per year; DOE

Close Date

15-June-2021

Essential Duties

·       Oversee and coordinate equipment inventory, maintenance, calibration, and ordering, as well as lab-related space management, across labs conducted in SDFC, Health North, and all other CHS space.

·       Manage lab safety and biosafety requirements/disclosure procedures, including ensuring proper safety protocols in the labs, update standard operating procedures and train faculty, TAs, and staff in standard operating procedures as needed.

·       Train PhD TA's, GSAs, FAs, AAs, and other instructors on the lab equipment (e.g., proper use, calibration) at the beginning of each semester.

·       Keep relevant software updated and stay up-to-date with licensure/cloud contracts, inform Degree/Program directors in advance when contracts need to be renewed.

·       Communicate regularly with Degree/Program Directors, faculty, and TAs/GSAs on issues related to equipment usage and updates.

·       Assist with lab set-ups, when requested, including equipment set-up, checking for charge/battery needs, ensuring equipment is operating properly.

·       Assist with all CHS facilities related items and act as backup for Business Operations Manager.

·       Work with lab and facility equipment representatives to repair equipment or coordinate repairs, as needed.

·       Assist in design for construction of new or modifications of existing facilities.

·       Monitor building facilities to ensure things are functioning correctly and recommend corrective action as needed.

·       Receive, respond to, address, and act on all facilities and laboratory related tickets: requests, inquiries, concerns.

·       Answer phone calls and respond to e-mail correspondence from faculty, staff, and students.

·       Identify and share appropriate facilities, technical, or academic resource(s) to facilitate timely and satisfactory resolution.

·       Monitor facility and laboratory projects with regards to progress and cost.

·       Inventory; requisition and restock supplies for facilities; laboratories; lecture theaters.

·       Maintain facility, laboratory utilization, and equipment maintenance records.

·       Create and maintain facilities databases and programs and develop reports.

·       Maintain organization in all storage, facilities, and activity rooms.

·       Transport laboratory and facilities equipment.\\

·       Coordinate/assist with room scheduling and key/card access across all CHS locations.

·       Serve as the UTO representative for the classroom and lab spaces as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment AND one year laboratory activities experience; OR, Five years of laboratory activities or related experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

·       Demonstrated knowledge of computerized or automated systems.

·       Demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practices of laboratory operation.

·       Experience in supervising and coordinating the work of others.

·       Demonstrated knowledge of facilities operations.

Working Environment

·       Use basic math.

·       Deliver presentations.

·       Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.

·       Ability to clearly communicate.

·       Use office equipment, i.e. printers, copiers, fax machines, telephones, calculator.

·       Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities, may include/subject to resolution of conflicts.

·       Use of software/computer equipment for extended periods of time.

·       Use critical thinking to make decisions and/or analyze and report data/results of tests conducted.

·       Use an ASU or personal vehicle to travel to different campuses. 

·       Conduct lab tests using appropriate equipment and protocols.

·       Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 50 pounds.

·       Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.

·       Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.

·       Supervise students.

·       Occasional local travel may be required for trainings, site visits, and meetings.

·       Occasional work on the weekends as needed.

Department Statement

The College of Health Solutions (CHS) is dedicated to translating scientific advances into practical interventions to improve health outcomes through education, research and service. We equip students with the knowledge and skills to influence healthier lifestyle choices; develop creative interventions to improve the health of people and populations; analyze and translate large amounts of health data into solutions; and maximize the technology, science, business and application of diagnostics. CHS research programs encompass basic, discovery science, clinical trials, intervention science and measurement of health outcomes. CHS takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the complex systems that underpin health problems. The college is highly collaborative, transparent and team-oriented with an organizational structure that includes translational teams, affinity networks and academic programs to improve the health of people and communities. 

The current training programs include behavioral health, biomedical diagnostics, biomedical informatics, exercise science, health promotion, health sciences, kinesiology, medical studies, nutrition, population health, science of health care delivery, and speech and hearing science. Our programs are offered at ASU’s Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, Polytechnic, West and Lake Havasu campuses, as well as on Mayo Clinic’s campus in north Phoenix. 

For more information about ASU and the College of Health Solutions, visit https://www.asu.edu/about/ and https://chs.asu.edu/

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Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 80,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.

To apply please go to www.asu.edu/asujobs/ see Req Id# 68324BR