Facility Manager and Senior Scientist

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JR25299

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** Job Category
** M&P - AAPS##
** Job Profile
** AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level C### ##
** Job Title
** Facility Manager and Senior Scientist### ##
** Department
* * LSI Leadership | Life Science Institute | Faculty of Science### ##
** Compensation Range**$7,851.50 - $12,243.25 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.###

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** Posting End Date
** July 21, 2026
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** Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
** Job End Date
** July 30, 2027

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** Job Summary
** The Experimental Modeling Facility (EMF) is a new initiative within the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) to provide specialized and humanized mouse modeling services to a variety of research groups with distinct aims and goals. The EMF Manager and Senior Scientist will play a critical role in establishing and maintaining collaborations with academic and industry partners; consulting, designing, executing, and analyzing experiments;

pursuing funding opportunities and preparing budgets; and overseeing the activities of EMF research staff.

The EMF Manager and Senior Scientist will be responsible for developing tailored experimental protocols and will organize work timelines and execute experimental designs in order to meet the project outcomes as defined by and with the principal investigator(s). The incumbent will seek opportunities for collaboration and work with a variety of investigators, research groups, and UBC animal care and LSI staff.

The role requires a creative, independent thinker with an aptitude for developing and managing research relationships between faculty and industry. As the Senior Scientist, the incumbent will be responsible for keeping up-to-date on new developments in fields related to humanized mice and specialized mouse modeling and for adapting new findings to upcoming projects. With limited instruction, the incumbent will manage the day to day administrative, financial, communication, and outreach activities of the EMF, with support available from the EMF Director.

** Organizational Status
** The EMF Manager and Senior Scientist will receive direction from and report to the Scientific Director, Dr. Marc Horwitz. Regular meetings with the Director will determine project and facility goals and assess progress. The incumbent will interact and collaborate with external and internal investigators, including industry partners, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students. They will also work closely with LSI administrators and staff, as well as UBC animal facilities and staff.

The position supervises EMF staff and work-learn students.

** Work Performed
** The key role of the EMF Manager and Senior Scientist is to establish and operate a core service facility which will provide expertise and technical services in fields related to specialized and humanized mouse modeling of immunity and disease to UBC and external researchers and staff on a fee-for-service basis.

Major responsibilities include:
** Providing scientific consult and overseeing project direction**:
* Provide expertise on and develop strategic research plans for projects…