Description
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Lab Manager.
About the Opportunity
As a Lab Manager, you will provide guidance and direction to the instructional laboratories and their instructors; to ensure the pedagogical effectiveness of the laboratories in the education of the students enrolled in them.
We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including :
- 37.5-hour work week
- 13 paid holidays ( staff holiday calendar )
- 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year ( employee leave )
- 18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments.
Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
- WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
- 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks.
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Wellness programs
What You'll Do
Lab management : Oversee the introductory laboratories. Maintain an inventory of equipment. Purchase disposable supplies and replacement equipment.
Monitor equipment to ensure all are functioning properly. Manage or perform weekly setup and break down of the introductory labs.
Coordinate with physics and astronomy personnel to create new laboratory material as needed. Oversee weekly laboratory meetings for courses without course coordinators.
Monitor safety standards of laboratory spaces and experiments. Ensure needed maintenance of laboratory spaces and equipment is performed.
Be available to fix lab equipment problems during business hours.
Teaching Assistant (TA) Management : Make TA teaching assignments. Manage emergency changes in TA assignments. Develop and administer a TA training program consistent with best practices.
Develop and administer a TA evaluation plan. Be available to assist with instructional problems during business hours.
Demonstration management : Maintain an inventory of the demonstration collection. Repair or replace any broken or damaged equipment.
Develop instruction for safely using each demonstration. Manage the delivery and setup of demonstrations in classrooms. Develop an outreach demonstration collection.
Train volunteers in the use of demonstrations for outreach events. Develop new demonstrations as needed for instructional purposes.
Teaching : Teach one class per semester generally in the introductory sequence using research-based methods.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in physics.
- A minimum of one (1) year of experience :
- Working in laboratory setting
- Planning & Lab Operations
- Pedagogy / physics education research
- Safety : fire, emergency, laboratory, chemical, regulatory
- Any equivalent combination of related education and / or experience will be considered.
- All qualifications must be met by the time of employment.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Organizational : planning, budgeting, scheduling, training, inventory maintenance and control.
- Personal : problem / complaint resolution (students, teaching assistants, faculty, other staff, parents), ability to interact in normal communications with previously mentioned groups, time management
- Content-specific : The candidate is expected to have or develop an understanding of research-based methods in classroom, laboratory, and demonstration education.
Toward this end, the candidate is expected to involve themselves in the relevant communities or practice both within WVU and outside WVU.
- Teaching : training of teaching assistants through yearly workshops and regular meetings during the academic year. Periodic teaching of a course at the introductory level or a laboratory section.
- Functional : ability to use a variety of electrical and electronic instruments, (including computers) and mechanical equipment (hand and power tools).
Maintain and, to the level of a semi-skilled worker, repair same. Knowledge of safety in the teaching and use of equipment.
Knowledge of applicable regulations, standards, and laws.
- Knowledge of electronics, computers, interfacing, networking, use of tools.
- Knowledge of physics.
Preferred Qualifications
Supervisory & training (native as well international Teaching Assistants).
About WVU
West Virginia University is a place of purpose and community. We take pride in our profound impact on the state of West Virginia and are committed to the personal and professional growth of our employees.
From the groundbreaking R1 research at our flagship campus in Morgantown to the career-oriented programs at WVU Potomac State in Keyser, and the technology-intensive programs at WVU Tech in Beckley, the contributions of WVU employees resonate across the state, touching lives and shaping futures.
At WVU, you will discover a supportive community that champions work-life balance and fosters a collaborative atmosphere.
Our core values - service, curiosity, respect, accountability and appreciation - unite us as Mountaineers.
We are dedicated to creating an inclusive and engaging working environment and actively seek candidates who bring diverse ideas, approaches and experiences.
Join us at West Virginia University, where your work will make a lasting impact. To learn more about WVU, visit wvu.edu .
West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and received an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity.
We value diversity among our faculty, staff and students and invite applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.
Job Posting
Oct 15, 2024
Posting Classification : Non-Classified
Exemption Status : Exempt
Benefits Eligible : Yes
Schedule
Full-time
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