Lab Operations Manager

2 months ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Garvan Institute of Medical Research Full time

About the Role

The Lab Manager is a key position in our team, responsible for the day-to-day operations and strategic activities of the Genomic Medicine Lab. This role will work closely with colleagues in the lab, program, and institute to support our research efforts.

Main Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Develop and amend submissions to Human Research Ethics Committees.
  • Support the production of scientific manuscripts and presentations, and funding applications.

About You

  • You will have a Bachelor's degree or higher with at least two years of lab or project management experience.
  • Exceptional time management and organisational skills are essential, as well as excellent attention to detail.
  • You will have a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects on time and on budget, with a high degree of independence.

About Garvan

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent medical research institute in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis. We are proud to be one of Australia's largest and most highly regarded medical research institutes.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact human health, 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 for patients with rare diseases and complex, common diseases.



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