Laboratory Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Wilkes University invites applicants for a Lab Coordinator in the Department of Biology and Earth Systems Science. The Department of Biology and Earth Systems Science has six faculty and averages fifty to sixty majors. The Department has a strong mentoring culture with an emphasis on research experiences. Majors housed in the department include Biology, Medical Lab Science, Geology, and Environmental Science.

The Laboratory Coordinator will work closely with the Laboratory Manager and faculty to support all teaching and outreach laboratories. Responsibilities include ensuring proper lab setup, maintaining small equipment, preparing solutions and microbiology materials, and managing the inventory of materials, equipment, supplies, and organisms for these activities. A bachelor degree is required preferably from the life sciences (e.g., biology). The ideal candidate will have prior experience working in a laboratory setting and will demonstrate excellent technical and interpersonal skills. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

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Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening. PA Act 153 requires that persons working in positions with regular and unsupervised contact with minors complete additional clearances, including FBI fingerprinting and PA criminal and child abuse clearances.