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Laboratory ManagerInsideHigherEd • Stanford, California, United States
Laboratory Manager

Laboratory Manager

InsideHigherEd • Stanford, California, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Laboratory Manager🔍School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States📁Research📅Aug 18, 2023 Post Date📅99088 Requisition #The Südhof Lab (https://med.stanford.edu/sudhoflab.html ) in the Stanford Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology and Neurosurgery is seeking a Lab Manager who will support the cutting-edge research approaches and discovery.

The position offers the opportunity to provide an array of conceptual, organizational, and technical support to work with the PI and lab members. You will be part of a highly interactive, supportive, and inclusive team of researchers investigating how synapses form in the brain and how their properties are specified, which together organize neural circuits. The Südhof Lab studies how synapses become dysfunctional in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders to pave the way for better therapies.

This position will serve as the lab manager for a large and complex lab. The primary function of the lab manager is to ensure the research lab adhere’s to Stanford research policies and procedures which include – health and safety protocols, chemical inventory, animal protocols, space and capital equipment inventory. This position is responsible for orienting new lab members to the Sudhof lab and teaching necessary techniques and ensuring compliance with all health and safety protocols for a large and complex lab. This position is also responsible for supervising one lab technician and lab administrator and is responsible for hiring, performance, and training duties.

Duties include:

    Maintain core technical approaches for the lab by mastering core methods, teaching these methods to lab members, and ensuring experimental standards. This includes developing and implementing new techniques or technical innovations based on literature research or interactions with vendors.Manage all data depositions, including those to SDR (Stanford digital repository) and including the digital notebooks of lab members.Perform all regulatory procedures for the lab, including submission of regulatory applications such as animal use protocols or chemical safety protocols, managing the approval process, ensuring personnel training, and organizing the inspections for the various regulatory agencies.Manage the chemical database for the lab as required to maintain Stanford policies.Organize the space use of the Sudhof lab, including allocation of bench space, equipment placement etc.Organize the lab duties of Sudhof lab personnel to ensure safe and efficient running of routine procedures.Manage the Sudhof lab mouse colony together with the lab administrator.Perform equipment and supply inventory checks.Train lab members in core lab techniques, including formal training to fulfill lab requirements and consult lab members on project work.Contribute substantively to the preparation of papers for publication, especially in the results section. May be a co-author on publications.Supervise lab administrator and lab technicians, overseeing equipment maintenance contracts, supplies, equipment purchases, and lab organization performed by the lab administrator.Oversee the operation and management of a research or teaching facility; schedule and coordinate use of equipment and/or facility.Negotiate and monitor equipment service contracts and warranties with vendors.Determine equipment needs, authorize purchase of equipment, and oversee installation of equipment and instruments in collaboration with facilities services staff.Perform and/or coordinate preventative maintenance and repair of all equipment; determine proper method of repair.Oversee layout, allocation, and tracking of space among multiple labs; manage logistics of laboratory moves; implement plans for renovations of equipment and or/facilities in collaboration with facilities services staff.Administer health and safety programs and ensure safety compliance; act as resource on safety procedures; provide instruction on routine basis; liaise with school and/or university health and safety office as appropriate.

    * - Other duties may also be assigned

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

Bachelor's degree and two years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

    Understanding of academic research facility needs.General background in a discipline related to the work of specific lab(s).Demonstrated supervisory experience.Demonstrated experience managing multiple budgets.Knowledge and experience in managing facilities, operations, maintenance, space, and equipment administration in a research or teaching setting.Excellent communication and customer services skills.Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects in a complex and technical environment.Familiarity with health and safety compliance regulations.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

    Frequently stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, squat, grasp lightly, use fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, perform desk-based computer tasks, use telephone, write by hand, lift, carry, push and pull objects weighing over 40 pounds.Occasionally sit, kneel, crawl, reach and work above shoulders, sort and file paperwork or parts.Rarely climb, scrub, sweep, mop, chop and mix or operate hand and foot controls.Must have correctible vision to perform duties of the job.Ability to bend, squat, kneel, stand, reach above shoulder level, and move on hard surfaces for up to eight hours.Ability to lift heavy objects weighing up to 50 pounds.Ability to work in a dusty, dirty, and odorous environment.- Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

    WORKING CONDITIONS:May at times be required to work with or be in areas where hazardous materials and/or infectious diseases are present. Specific hazards include, but are not limited to, chemicals, pesticides, and solvents, allergens, blood bourn pathogens.May require work in an environment where animals are used for teaching and research.May be exposed to radiation or electromagnetic fields.Must perform tasks that require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses and shoes, protective clothing and gloves, etc.May work extended or unusual work hours due to research or project requirements and peak work cycles. After hours on-call availability required.

WORK STANDARDS:

    Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

The expected pay range for this position is $82,000 to $94,000 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Additional Information
  • Schedule: Full-time
  • Job Code: 4946
  • Employee Status: Regular
  • Grade: H
  • Requisition ID: 99088
  • Work Arrangement : Hybrid Eligible
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