Lab Manager

7 months ago

Sydney, Australia The Garvan Institute of Medical Research Full time

The Genomic Medicine Lab (led by A/Prof Owen Siggs) is a dynamic team with expertise in clinical medicine, genomics, and computational biology. The foundation of all of our research is genomics, which we use to better understand, predict, diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. We have key expertise in diseases of inflammation, ageing, and blindness, where we perform high-quality genomic research to enable clinical impact. We are part of the Garvan Genomics and Inherited Disease Program, the Centre for Population Genomics, and are supported by generous and long-term funding from Snow Medical.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Lab Manager will work closely with colleagues in the Genomic Medicine Lab, Genomics and Inherited Disease Program, Garvan Professional staff, and key external stakeholders to support our day-to-day operations and strategic activities. This role will support and report directly to Associate Professor Owen Siggs (Head, Genomic Medicine Laboratory; Co-Director, Genomics and Inherited Disease Program).

**Salary**: $97k + 11% super + salary packaging (depending on experience)

Employment Type: 2 year term contract with possibility to extend

SNAPSHOT OF BENEFITS- Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15,900 general expenses + $2,650 meals/accom)- Ample opportunities for on-going training and development- Stimulating, diverse and highly international research environment- Flexible work arrangements e.g. start / finish times- 18 weeks paid parental leave for both parents including paid superannuation- A range of additional leave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave, conference leave, community service and study leave- Discounted Health Insurance- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO- Manage Lab operations, workflows, and resources (including clinical and genomic samples and data).- Maintain compliance with relevant institutional, ethics, and grant reporting requirements.- Support the financial management of the Lab by working closely with the Garvan Finance team to track spending, perform budget forecasting, and generate reports.- Develop and amend submissions to Human Research Ethics Committees.-
- Support participant recruitment and consent, and the collection, processing, tracking, and storage of clinical samples.- Coordinate submission of clinical samples to the Garvan Sequencing Platform and other service providers, and support the secure transfer, storage, and exchange of datasets.- Provide support with the onboarding and supervision of junior staff and students.- Continuously surveying Lab operations to identify areas of inefficiency or risk, and work with the Lab Head to address these issues.

ABOUT YOU- Bachelor’s degree or higher with at least two years of lab or project management experience.- Exceptional time management and organisational skills, with evidence of an ability to manage a complex and dynamic workload.- Excellent attention to detail.- A demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects on time and on budget, with a high degree of independence.- Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to work effectively with a diverse range of individuals including researchers, professional staff, clinicians, and patients.-
- A demonstrated commitment to continuous quality improvement.- A strong command of online collaborative tools (e.g. Airtable, Slack, Google Workspace).- Highly collaborative, and able to build and maintain relationships within and between teams.

ABOUT GARVAN

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
- Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively._

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