Lab Assistant 2

Job Posting Details

Position Number: /TBD

Payroll

Title:

LAB AST 2 (009603)

Job Code: 009603

Job Open Date: 7/31/26

Application Review Begins: 8/17/26

Department Code (Name): CBER (CTR BIO&ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION)

Percentage of Time: 100

Union Code (Name): TX-Technical Professionals

Employee Class (Appointment Type): Staff:
Career

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Classified Indicator Description (Personnel Program): PSS

Salary Grade: STEPS

Pay Rate/Range: The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $27.10 to $28.29/hour. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University.

Work Location: Harder Stadium - 578

Working Days and Hours
: M-F, 8:30AM - 5PM; occasional weekends

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits

Type of Remote or Hybrid Work Arrangement, if applicable: N/A

The Vernon and Mary Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration is a center under the Office of Research. The Cheadle Center fulfills the University's mission of education, research, and outreach through its stewardship and restoration of campus lands, and preservation and management of natural history collections.

The Cheadle Center promotes teaching diverse undergraduate courses in EEMB, Environmental Studies, and Geology. It supports faculty, staff, and student research interests by providing field and lab-based resources. In addition, the Cheadle Center houses regionally focused collections of terrestrial plants, algae, and vertebrates, as well as an extensive plant anatomy collection. The Center satisfies the University's obligation to provide stewardship of campus lands, rich in biodiversity.

Through the ecological restoration program, the Center encourages land restoration on and near campus. The Kids in Nature outreach program fulfills K-12 educational goals, while staff and faculty curators provide scientific information and advise to private entities.

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Under supervision by the Staff Research Associate II (Project Manager), and LAIII (Restoration Coordinator), the Restoration Ecology Assistant will implement the routine aspects for the implementation of the North Campus Open Space Project, and other CCBER natural areas as needed. Responsibilities include training student workers, interns and volunteers, assisting with plant propagation at the restoration nursery and greenhouse, participation in site preparation, exotic weed control, planting, and other duties related to monitoring and education/outreach.

All tasks are regularly reviewed for quality and completeness.

• Bachelor's Degree
• 1-3 years of similar work experience
• Ability to identify native and non-native plants, lead student workers, interns and volunteers, assist with plant propagation at the restoration nursery and greenhouse, conduct preparation, exotic weed control, planting, and other duties related to monitoring and education/outreach.

• 1-3 years Work Experience

• Required to hold a valid driver's license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program.
• Satisfactory criminal history background check
• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

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