Laboratory Technician

Responsibilities

• Assisting course instructors with the design and preparation of student lab activities
• Serving as first point-of-contact for lab emergencies and urgent needs
• Performing routine field techniques during the collection of plant and animal materials
• Maintaining inventory of lab materials and consumables
• Rearing insects and aquatic invertebrates in containment facilities.
• Organizing and cataloguing preserved fish, amphibian, reptile and bird specimen collections
• Preparing, assembling and setting-up material, equipment and supplies used in teaching and/or research labs

• Bachelor's Degree in biological sciences, with a focus on ecology or evolutionary biology, or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of previous experience supporting teaching labs and undergraduate courses, including technical, administrative and clerical support. Preferably in the field of Ecology, Evolution, Plant Biology, and/or Environmental Biology
• Demonstrated knowledge of laboratory equipment, such as spectrophotometers, balances, microscopes, centrifuges, pH meters, autoclaves, etc.
• Demonstrated experience generating and maintaining an inventory of lab consumables and schedule of routine lab maintenance activities
• Demonstrated experience capturing experiment images and creating eContent for eLabs
• Demonstrated experience maintaining live exotic animal colonies
• Demonstrated experience curating preserved animal specimens
• Ability to lift heavy lab equipment, up to 30lbs, on a regular basis
• Ability to work outdoors (e.g. student field trips, field collections)
• Ability to operate the department vehicle to collect materials for teaching labs. Valid G class driver's license is required
• Demonstrated problem solving skills with the ability to proactively recognize issues
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational and time management skills, and tact and diplomacy in dealing with others
• Willingness to work evenings occasionally to support labs as determined by class scheduling
• Strong creativity

• Experience with field work and/or field collections strongly preferred
• Knowledge of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology courses

• Adaptable
• Meticulous
• Multi-tasker
• Possess a positive attitude
• Responsible
• Self-directed
• Team player

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2

SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.