Lab Specialist Intermediate

UVAOphtomology'smission is to reduce vision-threatening eye diseases through exceptional clinical care,cutting-edgeresearch, comprehensive education, and impactful community service.We are dedicated to providing advanced and effective treatment for vision disorders for patients across Virginia and beyond.

Our experienced doctors and staff specialize in a wide range of eye disorders and sub-specialty areas including cataracts, cornea and anterior segment diseases, glaucoma, medical and surgical retina, neuro-ophthalmologic disorders,oculoplastics, pediatric eye diseases, refractive surgery, uveitis, and optometry. With this breadth ofexpertise, we are committed to providing the highest level of care for our patients.

Position Summary

The University of Virginia's Department of Ophthalmology is seeking a Laboratory Specialist Intermediate to join the Lab of Dr. Zhou. The Lab Specialist Intermediate willbe responsible forperforming the complex lab and research related tasks our Centerrequirestomaintainits business processes, especially with the expanding portfolio of our research enterprise. The Lab Specialist Intermediate will work as a lab manager overseeing writing animal welfare protocols, regulatory compliance,assistingand overseeing postdocs and lab staff with daily operations, and first line management of lab business needs.

Responsibilities

• Perform duties such as helping Principal Investigators coordinate research projects, performing experimental procedures, collecting information and data, and preparing tissues and specimens for procedures.

• Manage the animal colony: overseeingand organizing breeding, husbandry, genotyping, receiving, transferring, handling, writing animal welfare protocols, regulatory compliance, andassistingand overseeing postdocs and lab staff with daily operations.

• Communicate with veterinary staff, postdocs, students, and PIs to meet requirements and needs with respect to research animals

• Manage 1-3 support staff who willassistwith animal colony tasks, as well as general lab maintenance tasks.

• Oversee day-to-dayoperationof projects.

• Schedule andmaintainrecords of equipment/facilities.

• Maybe responsible foroperations of specialized labs or research areas within departments and/or fieldwork and related data analyses for research projects.

• May assemble, test, calibrate, clean, or make minor repairs to equipment.

• Train users in equipment operation and researchtechniques;and explain anddemonstratetechnology and equipment capabilities, operations, limitations, and outcomes.

• Determineinterview procedures, conduct interviews, andassistwith VISA processing of new and current staff.

• Work independently oncollection ofdata andanalyzeresearch results.

• Confer with PIs in developing plans for research projects anddiscussthe interpretation of results and the preparation of scientific manuscripts for publication.

• May supervise research support personnel, orient/trainnew staffand complete on/off boarding procedures

• May manage budgets, oversee first line system processes required by Workday Finance that pertain to the lab, such as account certifications and adjustments, payroll allocation and adjustments, expense reporting, and anyadditionalresponsibilities that may require lab first steps.

• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degreerequired.

• Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience.

Physical Demands

This position can spend extensive periods of time standing and squatting while conducting experiments or caring for animals.Also requires keyboarding and other bench work and animal procedures requiring finer finger manipulation.

Salary Range

• Theanticipatedhiring range is$50,949 - $57,318,commensuratewith education and experience.

Position Type & Work Location

• This isan exempt-level,benefitedposition. Learn more aboutUVA benefits.

• This is a restricted position, which is dependent on funding and is contingent upon funding availability.

• This position is based in Charlottesville, VA, and must be performed fully on-site.

About UVA and the Community

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Application Timeline

Application review will begin afterApril 13, 2026 .

Additional Requirements

• Background checks and pre-employment health screenings will be conducted on all new hires prior to employment.

How to Apply

Please applyonline, by searching for requisition numberR0081839.

Internal applicants may search and apply for jobs on theUVA Internal Careers website.

Complete an application with the following documents:

• Resume

• Cover Letter

Upload all materials into the resume submissionfield. You cansubmitmultiple documents intothis onefield or combine them into one PDF.Applications without allrequireddocuments will notreceivefull consideration.

Reference Check Process

Reference checks will be completed by UVA's third-party partner, SkillSurvey, during the final phase of the interview. Five references will be requested, with at least three responsesrequired.

Contact

• For questions about the application process, please contactJonFreeman, View email address on click.appcast.io.

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA's commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment .