Biosafety assistant

CP02 Chatham College for Work Study Students; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Chatham University is seeking a biosafety assistant to support the Biological Safety manager in maintaining safety standards across biology labs. You will compile and maintain biosafety spill kits, perform weekly UV sanitizing of goggles, wash glassware, and assist with inspections and record-keeping.

As a student employee, you must follow campus work rules: no more than 20 hours per week combined with other campus jobs and up to 980 work hours per calendar year.

Qualifications

• Must be a current student employee.
• Must adhere to campus work-hour limits (≤20 hours/week).
• Must not exceed 980 work hours per calendar year.

Responsibilities

• compile and maintain biosafety spill kits in all biology labs
• weekly uv sanitizing of goggles
• washing glassware
• assist biosafety manager with inspections and record-keeping

Skills

Biosafety practices

Lab safety

Record keeping

Job description

The biosafety assistant works with the Biological Safety manager to ensure biology labs maintain safety standards. They are responsible for the following:

• compiling and maintaining biosafety spill kits in all biology labs
• weekly uv sanitizing of goggles
• washing glassware
• assist biosafety manager with inspections and record-keeping

All current student employees should notify their other manager(s) if you work multiple jobs on campus at the same time. Additionally, students may not work more than 20 hours per week (combined between all campus jobs) during the academic year. Students may not exceed 980 work hours per calendar year. Student jobs do not automatically roll over to the next academic year or summer.

Chatham University strives to promote a campus environment that understands and embraces multiculturalism while increasing individuals' intercultural competence. We actively work to build and sustain a diverse and culturally vibrant campus, which promotes employee and student success and retention.

Chatham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity.

Chatham University does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, age, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital or family status, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.