Laboratory Manager (Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology)

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 57,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is seeking a Laboratory Manager for the Hopper Lab to oversee scientific and administrative activities of one or more related laboratories. The role requires coordinating objectives, supervising data collection, managing staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, and handling facility concerns, equipment purchases, and lab renovations in collaboration with PIs.

Starting Salary Range: $57,195–$100,040 Annually, with a targeted $78,620 and commensurate w/

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.
• Five 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, conduct, and manage research projects.
• Coordinate own objectives and those of laboratory team members.
• Supervise data collection and verification using related specialized skills and knowledge.
• Manage staff including involvement in training, oversight, hiring, and performance management.
• Approve significant grant expenditures and approve significant equipment purchases in collaboration with PI(s) and financestaff.

Skills

Data Management & Analytics

Lab Equipment Maintenance

Project Management

Regulatory Compliance

Scientific Interpretation & Consulting

Staff Training & Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field

Five years of related experience

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first researchuniversity and home to nine world-class academic divisions workingtogether as one university.

The Hopper Lab is seeking a Laboratory Manager whois responsible for the scientific and administrative activities ofone or more related laboratories. The Laboratory Manager appliesextensive knowledge of the laboratory's research interests to meetthe overall objectives. Partners with Principal Investigators (PIs)to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatoryrequirements.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop, design, conduct, and manage research projects.
• Coordinate own objectives and those of laboratory teammembers.
• Supervise data collection and verification using relatedspecialized skills and knowledge.
• Manage staff including involvement in training, oversight,hiring, and performance management.
• Serve as a resource for all faculty, learners, and staffworking in the laboratory.
• Responsible for facility-related issues and management ofprojects, e.g., lab renovations, equipment purchases, work withcontractors, associated costs, etc.
• Approve significant grant expenditures and approve significantequipment purchases in collaboration with PI(s) and financestaff.
• Create and implement new protocols, oversee assay validationsin conjunction with PI(s).
• Responsible for overall operational elements of laboratoryunder general supervision of faculty researchers.
• Responsible for systems used to track and analyze results.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties above

• Provide support to teams within the Hopper lab conductingresearch across multiple Hopkins campuses related to animalbehavior, cognition, and welfare.
• Coordinate, and participate with, research activities,including planning lab meetings, coordinating data collection,onboarding and supervising students and veterinary fellows, andoverseeing data management, curation, and analysis.
• Track nonhuman primate breeding colony census and produceregular reports on breeding production, population structure, andother colony and clinical data reports to inform researchoperations and for regularory and grant reporting purposes.
• Collect data on, and manage electronic data records for, avariety of research animal species including nonhuman primates,swine, and dogs.
• Provide administrative assistance, including ordering supplies,coordinating with vendors, writing/reviewing SOPs, and preparingresearch protocols.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.
• Five years of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience andadditional related experience may substitute for required educationbeyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extentpermitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory or lead experience in a laboratory
• Excellent driving record

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Data Management and Analytics - Advanced
• Laboratory Equipment Maintenance - Advanced
• Project Management - Advanced
• Regulatory Compliance - Advanced
• Scientific Interpretation and Consultation - Advanced
• Staff Training and Development - Advanced

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

Classified Title: Laboratory Manager
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD
Starting Salary Range: $57,195 - $100,040 Annually ($78,620targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am05pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Comp Med Comparative Pathology
Personnel area: School of Medicine

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to apre-employment background check.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition ofemployment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employeeswho provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care orclinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination orpossess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meetthis requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas,laboratories, working with research subjects, or involvingcommunity contact requires documentation of immune status againstRubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella(chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received theTdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may includedocumentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicellavaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratorytesting. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases areordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunizationdocumentation from their own health care providers. Anyvaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no costin our Occupational Health office.

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