Instructional Resource Coordinator; KSAS - Physics & Astronomy

We are seeking an Instructional Resource Coordinator who will provide laboratory management support to faculty and students and oversee the daily operations of a laboratory designed to train students in undergraduate and graduate schools. This position provides specialized knowledge to maximize student learning. This role implements and maintains safety protocols, tracks equipment use, schedules and performs maintenance, and regulates access to laboratory areas.

• Maintain the safety of the lab environment and of the students.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable departmental, university, federal, state, and local safety environmental regulations.
• Serve as liaison between faculty and students and JHU operations and facilities as needed to address laboratory facility issues.
• Develop and recommend processes/procedures/policies to assure efficiency in lab operations; provide training on recommended changes to relevant staff, students, and faculty.
• Provides specialized knowledge to assist students with technical and/or theoretical questions regarding equipment and experiments.
• Develop or recommend new equipment or testing techniques to improve the lab's capabilities.
• Communicate with key stakeholders such as faculty, staff, students, and vendors to resolve issues and ensure smooth operation of all lab activities in a timely manner.
• Monitor and schedules preventative maintenance on equipment.
• Oversee delivery and installation of capital equipment.
• Maintain records of all equipment and instruments and coordinate with other areas as needed for tagging, inventorying, and disposing of capital equipment.
• Triage and respond to general inquiries for faculty and students on lab safety.
• Attend required department or school meetings.
• Create/revise/implement systems or procedures to improve workflow and efficiency.
• Coordinate or self-perform inspections to make preventive and corrective actions necessary to maintain a safe environment.
• Maintain working knowledge of protocols and reporting associated with laboratory objectives.
• Coordinate ordering of supplies and equipment, interacting and negotiating with outside vendors, and internal finance staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Create and manage learning resources, design learning experiences and integrate technology into education and training opportunities; coordinates and creates new, innovative lecture demonstrations, in-class activities, and related course materials.
• Manages the department's lecture demonstration collection.
• Collaborates with the Instructional Resource Group on developing and modifying teaching instruments.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of physics topics and the practical application to lab apparatus.

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Three years of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

No preferred qualifications listed.

• Lab Equipment Management - Developing
• Laboratory Safety - Developing
• Order Management - Developing
• Regulatory Compliance - Developing
• SOP Development - Developing
• Stakeholder Engagement - Developing
• Troubleshooting and Technical Problem Solving - Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

• Classified
  
  Title:
  
  Teaching Laboratory Coordinator
• Job Posting Title (Working Title):
  Instructional Resource Coordinator (KSAS - Physics & Astronomy)
• Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MC
• Starting Salary Range: $48,000 - $84,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
• Employee group:
  Full Time
• Schedule:
  
  Monday-Friday, 7:30 am - 4 pm
• FLSA Status:
  Exempt
• Location:
  
  Homewood Campus
• Department name:
  Physics and Astronomy
• Personnel area:
  School of Arts & Sciences