Laboratory Coordinator

About the role

The Laboratory Coordinator for the Physics Instructional Resource Team oversees and coordinates the operational activities of lecture classrooms and the physics demonstration preparation room. This position ensures that all instructional equipment and requested demonstrations are properly set up, functioning, and ready for use in lectures, supporting a seamless and engaging teaching environment.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and/or oversees the setup of classroom lecture equipment prior to lectures.
• Bases on communication with instructors plans and allocates demonstration resources to meet the requirements of the instructors.
• Recommends, modifies, or purchases demonstration equipment to meet the requirement of presenting instructors.
• Supervises, schedules, and trains student workers in the basic setup of lecture equipment, safety procedures in the demonstration lab, and demonstration equipment maintenance.
• Maintain the lecture demonstrations, catalog and store demonstrations according to the PIRA Demonstration Bibliography, instruct professors in the proper and safe use of new demonstrations.
• Maintain a current and accurate demonstration inventory in the online database.
• Will be responsible for chemical and hazardous waste inventories and for maintaining university laboratory safety requirements in lecture areas.
• Inventories, orders and restocks supplies used by instructors during classroom presentations as needed.
• Will be the liaison between the department and university support when a problem arises in the classroom related to university equipment or environmental conditions.
• Prepares and coordinates department public event (Night of the Open Door), which included training the presenters, set up the demo program, works with the department to purchase materials for the event.
• Participates in collective PIRT projects such ad Freshman Welcome, Homecoming Red Carpet Day and etc.
• Works with SPS students to prepare demonstrations for outreach program, trains SPS students to present them.
• Works with the professors to prepare for an outreach events.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting laboratory, classroom, or instructional environments.
• Experience coordinating or setting up instructional demonstrations, laboratory equipment, or classroom technology.
• Experience supervising, training, or coordinating student workers or support staff.
• Experience maintaining inventories, equipment records, or laboratory materials.
• Demonstrated knowledge of laboratory safety practices and procedures.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.
• Experience using Windows and Apple operating systems.
• Experience using image or video processing software such as Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere, or similar programs.
• Experience using basic hand tools, power tools, and electronic testing equipment such as multimeters or oscilloscopes.
• Experience supporting outreach programs, public events, or educational engagement activities.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in a higher education environment.
• Knowledge of physics demonstrations and instructional support practices, including experience working with demonstration inventory systems or similar resources.

Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to quickly change priorities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits

• No benefits are mentioned in the job posting.

Pay

$51,500.00 — $58,684.00 per year

Schedule

Full time