Laboratory Manager

Job Summary:

The Lab manager will direct the technical activities, operations, planning, and policy development of the lab, including coordinating the activities of multiple, complex projects and staff to ensure quality control and compliance with regulations.

The candidate will be responsible for the lab maintenance, clinical trial protocols, and management of research specimens. The candidate will also conduct research experiments with limited supervision. Provide technical support with some degree of independence for research projects under moderate supervision.

Responsibilities:

Directs the technical activities, operations, planning, and policy development of a lab, including coordinating the activities of multiple, complex projects and staff to ensure quality control and compliance with regulations.

• 20% Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures in alignment with strategic initiatives and objectives
• 20% Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing information, making recommendations to leadership, and representing the interests of the unit
• 10% Directs and supervises the day-to-day laboratory operations, quality control programs, and/or staff of a work unit to ensure compliance with organization and regulatory agency standards
• 10% Monitors program budgets and expenditures
• 10% May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
• 10% Develops and facilitates trainings regarding scientific experimentation, technical procedures, and equipment operations to various audiences
• 20% Manages research workflow components, interfaces with CRCs , including IRB, collects, prepares, processes, and submits participant data and samples to appropriate entities, adhering to research protocols

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Education:

Preferred
Bachelor’s Degree

Qualifications:

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $79,521 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/).
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Additional Information:

The selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations. The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please click on the “Apply Now” button. You will be asked to upload a current resume/CV and a cover letter briefly describing your qualifications and experience. You will also be asked to provide contact information for three (3) references, including your current/most recent supervisor during the application process. References will not be contacted without prior notice.

Contact:

Heena Kansara
[email protected]
608-262-9397
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Laboratory Manager(RE032)

Department(s):

A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/DERMATOLOGY/DERMATOLOG

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

305975-AS

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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