Laboratory Manager

2 months ago

Sydney, Australia The Garvan Institute of Medical Research Full time

The Oncofetal Ecosystem lab is involved in research at the intersection of cancer genomics and immunology and is committed to the development of next generation of medical therapies. The research in the laboratory involves cutting edge single-cell and spatial transcriptomics technologies, bioinformatics, machine learning and innovative approaches for mRNA vaccine development.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Laboratory Manager position is an onsite role within Garvan Sequencing Platform and will primarily be responsible for all operational aspects of the production laboratory - including management of lab staff, oversight of laboratory processes, and alignment of processes to organisational goals.

Specifically, they will ensure the quality, accuracy, relevance, timeliness and cost effectiveness of all wet lab processes, in addition to ensuring that activities, planning and challenges are well communicated to all relevant parties.

For example: The Laboratory Manager position is an onsite role which is primarily responsible for all operational aspects of the production laboratory - including management of lab staff, oversight of laboratory processes, and alignment of processes to organisational goals. Specifically, they will ensure the quality, accuracy, relevance, timeliness and cost effectiveness of all wet lab processes, in addition to ensuring that activities, planning and challenges are well communicated to all relevant parties.

Salary: Up to $96,500 + 11.5% super + salary packaging (depending on experience)

Employment Type: One 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- Fitness Passport- Discounted Health Insurance- Fitness Passport available- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The key responsibilities include:
- Supervise and manage select laboratory staff - including recruitment, training programs, project allocation and performance reviews.- Oversee the operation and administration of the laboratory to ensure service quality is maintained.- Ensure that standard operating procedures are current and reflective of the work performed, with appropriate change control implemented where necessary.- Ensure that results of work undertaken within the laboratory are accurately recorded, reviewed and reported.- Manage and control stock, equipment and services to the laboratory - including purchasing, repair and maintenance.- Communicate, ensure and review the performance and improvement of the laboratory by monitoring key indicators - including turnaround time, quality metrics and client interactions.- Contribution to team and Garvan research projects.- Assist with financial management of the Lab by working closely with the Garvan Finance team to track spending, perform budget forecasting, and creating reports.- Continuously surveying Lab operations to identify areas of inefficiency or potential risk, and work with Lab Head to address these issues.

ABOUT YOU

The key skills and experience include:
- At least 5 years of experience in a research or production laboratory strongly preferred- Expert knowledge of process improvement or experimental design required.- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as within a team environment.- Strong creative thinking and problem-solving skills.- Proven ability to cost and budget a process is desired.- Strong negotiation skills desired.- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a diverse, multicultural environment required.- Lab experience with mouse experiments, flow cytometry and histology is desired.

ABOUT GARVAN

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’

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