Assistant Laboratory Director

Assistant Laboratory Director Reporting to the Instructional Faculty, the Assistant Laboratory Director directly supports General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and other laboratory offerings from the Department of Chemistry's undergraduate curriculum. In support of and, in collaboration with faculty instructors, this individual is accountable managing undergraduate laboratory sections and is responsible for ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient operation of teaching laboratories. This role may be responsible for supervising laboratory staff. Responsibilities include designing, constructing, and maintaining labs each quarter, developing new labs and revising existing ones, preparing lab manuals, developing and supporting lecture demonstrations, defining resource and operational objectives for the teaching laboratories and lecture demonstration facilities, training and managing graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants as well as laboratory managers and technicians, developing lab curriculum for general and organic chemistry, overseeing lab sections and preparing lab materials, assisting with the pedagogical development within the Chemistry department, providing administrative support for general and organic chemistry courses, overseeing the preparation of chemical solutions and other materials needed for experiments in the teaching laboratories, preparing the laboratories for class each day and overseeing proper setup, overseeing and generating assignments for Laboratory Manager direct reports, preparing and testing lecture demonstrations to ensure consistency with course content, acting as a resource for and instructing faculty on the proper usage of technical scientific apparatus, and performing other related work as needed. Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in a related field and 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree in chemistry or a related field, research laboratory experience, relevant experience handling and managing chemicals, background managing chemical inventory and purchasing, and background managing laboratory technicians. Preferred competencies include excellent verbal and written communication skills, the ability to work proactively to anticipate future needs, the ability to gather feedback and adjust as needed, and the ability to stay organized and manage and prioritize work. University of Chicago