Laboratory Support Assistant

4 days ago

Sydney, Australia Children's Cancer Institute Full time

We’ve come a long way from our humble beginnings 40+ years ago. However, for 4 decades, our vision has been the same — to save the lives of all children with cancer and improve their long-term health through research.

To accomplish our vision, we’re seeking someone who lives our values: owning and delivering meaningful work, collaborating to drive impact, challenging the status quo to create a better future, and balancing logic with empathy. Let’s achieve more, together.

The Technical Services team is responsible for maintenance of laboratory equipment and technical infrastructure, and the provision of basic laboratory services and consumables to researchers in the laboratories within CCI. This position assists Technical Services in various aspects of laboratory operations including but not limited to the support of all researchers through maintenance, supply management and waste disposal.

The Laboratory Support Assistant works within a support team, collaborating closely with various stakeholders throughout the Institute and affiliated partners.

**As our Laboratory Support Assistant you purpose will be to**:

- Provide operational support to the various laboratory services, including but not limited to ordering supplies, managing inventories, operation of equipment for the sterilisation of reusable products, manufacture and aliquoting of basic research reagents and waste management/general laboratory housekeeping
- Maintaining records and generating reports as needed relating to the operational activities of the laboratories
- Maintain and further develop the sustainability of the laboratory operations
- Contribute to the broader Core Services team including assisting with internal equipment maintenance and supporting the animal facility as needed
- Other laboratory support duties as requested.

**To succeed you will have...**
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Demonstrated initiative
- Excellent attention to detail
- Time management and prioritisation skills
- Flexible attitude to work
- Science Degree or technical qualifications preferred

**We will support you to be your best with benefits that include but are not limited to**:

- Focus on employee wellbeing, including up to 5 gifted wellbeing days off (paid) per year
- Access to Fitness Passport, with access to an extensive choice of fitness facilities across Sydney at discounted rates
- Corporate discounts and discounts on education through UNSW

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