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Position Number: 001057

Department: Coll of Computing&Informatics (Col)

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months Per Year: 12

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the operations, personnel, and budgets of the Bioinformatics and Genomics shared laboratory resources.
• Provide expertise in the design and use of standard and state-of-the-art molecular biology laboratory protocols.
• Identify and apply improvements to procedures and protocols.
• Train researchers, graduate students, and department staff in the operation of specialized equipment and the performance of complex protocols.
• Ensure services provided by the department staff meet high standards of scientific rigor with appropriate quality control.
• Ensure data produced from services by the department staff is of high quality and efficiently transferred to requesters.
• Establish and maintain priorities and mechanisms for the allocation of technician services to researchers in consultation with the Department Chair.
• Provide oversight of shared equipment and spaces, including recommendations for space organization, service schedules, and equipment replacement.
• Work with Facilities and EHS on equipment certification, repair, and maintenance.
• Develop new services for the Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics by maintaining awareness of emerging technologies and assisting researchers in the development of funding proposals to obtain new instrumentation.
• Assist researchers in developing statements of work and budgets for contracts that make use of departmental shared resources.
• Develop, track, and report metrics and quality control measures to evaluate the success and opportunities to improve departmental services.
• Pursue laboratory certifications to improve the competitiveness of departmental researchers for grants and contracts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Experience / Education:

• 4 years degree with a minimum of five years related research laboratory experience.
• Minimum of three years of leadership and supervisory experience in a research setting.
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience will be considered.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of high throughput sequencing and molecular detection technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in protocol design and optimization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact with collaborators at all levels, including departmental and college leadership, researchers, graduate students, and scientific support staff.
• Ability to prioritize and provide clear direction to team members.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for challenging problems and innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, motivation, and build trust with a diverse team.
• Demonstrated ability to work within time and budget constraints to drive projects to completion.
• Strong time management, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.
• Master's degree is a plus.
• Minimum of five years of related research laboratory experience.
• Minimum of three years of leadership and supervisory experience in a research setting.
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience
  will be considered.