Instructional Lab Assistant, Senior

About the role

Coordinates and manages a specified laboratory in direct support of the instructional program. Provides instructional services for students and assists them in mastering skills required for success within a course of study.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, and coordinate lab activities to support classroom instruction.
• Provide direct instruction to students to assist their learning of specified instructional programs and labs.
• Hire, schedule, evaluate, and supervise full-time and part-time instructional assistants, student lab assistants, and aides as needed.
• Approve timesheets for payroll processing.
• Maintain tools, equipment, and the lab facility in a clean and proper working condition; perform minor maintenance and repairs; notify appropriate personnel of major maintenance and repair needs.
• Maintain an adequate inventory of supplies and materials and reorder as needed.
• Ensure lab safety and security procedures are adhered to.
• Supervise student procedures, monitor student progress, and review lab assignments for correctness and completion.
• Answer students’ questions about subject matter.
• Maintain and track laboratory expenditures against the budget.
• Provide instruction and/or demonstrations to orient students to the use and care of lab equipment and supplies.
• Attend departmental and instructional meetings; organize and attend special events campus-wide to inform students of available services.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.
• Teaching experience.
• Supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Possess certain registrations, licenses, or certifications (e.g., CPR, First Aid, Allied Health, Registered Nurse, Registered Dental Hygienist, Microsoft Office applications, Apple, hazardous waste disposal), or possess proof of training in areas relevant to the subject matter to which assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the discipline assigned.
• Knowledge of the rules, regulations, and procedures of the area of assignment.
• Knowledge of the operation and proper and safe use of a variety of tools, equipment, hardware, and software.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally, in writing, and in front of groups.
• Ability to deal effectively with students, faculty, and supervisors.
• Ability to teach effectively.
• Ability to work effectively in the community and meet student needs.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. The employee will routinely operate standard office equipment including but not limited to computers, keyboards, mouse, phones, photocopiers, printers, scanners, filing cabinets, and fax machines. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Typical physical competencies include but are not limited to frequently remaining stationary, moving, reaching, positioning self, and occasionally ascending/descending, lifting/moving objects weighing between 5–15 pounds. This job also entails frequently communicating, discerning and exchanging information, detecting and perceiving objects up close, at a distance, and the ability to adjust focus.

Cognitive abilities include but are not limited to frequently using discretion, judgment, reasoning, memory, learning, maintaining confidentiality, comprehension, problem solving, and decision-making.

The College has a process to identify and make available reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.