Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent/relevant experience, certification or license
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required
• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and operates various scientific apparatus and makes minor repairs.
• Prepares correspondence and answers phones.
• Formulates and maintains bibliographies and completes applications and forms.
• Orders laboratory supplies and maintains culture media reagents.
• Reviews and edits various materials for publication and prepares publication schedules.
• Maintains appropriate logs, records, and study notebooks.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
• Communicate professionally, verbally and in writing, with team members and colleagues.
• Exhibit the ability to take direction from peers, follow detailed and specific instructions, take applicable notes, ask pertinent questions and think critically.
• Demonstrate the ability to follow standard operating procedures.
• Operate standard lab equipment including, but not limited to, single and multi-channel pipettes, centrifuges, heat blocks, thermocyclers, etc.
• Perform quantitation and qualitation of DNA/RNA samples by nanodrop, Qubit fluorometer, Agilent BioAnalyzer/Tapestation and gel electrophoresis.
• Perform tasks with an attention to detail and a desire to achieve accurate results while minimizing human error and processing failures.
• Keep an organized and detailed laboratory notebook associated with all executed laboratory procedures.
• Possess the standard computational skills necessary to acquire proficiency in new software programs, cloud-based tools, online webforms and databases.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• tuition remission