LABORATORY MANAGER

LABORATORY MANAGER

Posting Number: SRGV5380
Number of Vacancies: 1
Location: Edinburg, Texas
Department: College of Health Professions / Health and Biomedical Sciences
FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job:
Provide administrative and technical skills necessary to operate and manage a laboratory engaged in teaching .

Description of Duties:
• Manages all operations aspects and teaching activities of a laboratory involved in teaching activities.
• Responsible for facilitating teaching activities in the assigned laboratory.
• Establishes goals, and schedules and coordinates laboratory administration, including purchasing, inventorying, and maintenance of laboratory equipment and supplies.
• Ensures that all activities follow organization goals and applicable regulations.
• Estimates personnel needs to obtain lab teaching objectives.
• Management duties include interviewing, selecting, and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary.
• Management responsibilities also include the authority to make recommendations to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given weight.
• Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change.
• Performs other duties as assigned.



Supervision Received:
General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:
Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in a related scientific field.

Preferred Education:
N/A

Licenses/Certifications:
Use of standard office equipment. Use of laboratory equipment.

Required Experience:
Five (5) years of experience with increasing responsibilities that are directly-related to the teaching or research laboratory, including two (2) years of supervisory experience.

Preferred Experience:
N/A

Equipment:
None.

Working Conditions:
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Laboratory Environment; some travel and weekend work is required. Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of personal protective equipment.

Other:
Exceptional planning, time management, communications and organizational skills.

Physical Capabilities:
Employment Category: Full-Time
Minimum Salary: Commensurate with experience
Posted Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date: 10/05/2021
Grant Funded Position: No
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EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964, the title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: *Date of Birth *Gender *Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days. If you have any questions, please visit our Careers site at https://careers.utrgv.edu for detailed contact information.

Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer.

To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/30677

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