Part-Time Coordinator I, Biology Lab

Lone Star College; Texas; On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Tax-deferred retirement plan

Job summary

Lone Star College-Conroe Center in Conroe, TX seeks a PT Coordinator I, Biology Lab to oversee biology labs, manage budgets for supplies, and train instructors on equipment and protocols.

Responsibilities include preparing labs, maintaining inventory, coordinating schedules, ensuring safety, and supporting geology and physics labs with budget and purchasing tasks.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and at least 1 year of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Hazard communication and safety practices knowledge is helpful

Responsibilities

• Prepare labs as requested, maintain a clean, safe prep area and reset labs for each class
• Collect and arrange lab materials for classes
• Coordinate lab schedules and communicate with instructors to ensure smooth lab transitions
• Ensure safety and proper handling of materials
• Evaluate lab manuals and budget needs for materials and equipment
• Maintain chemical inventory and proper labeling of educational materials
• Instruct and train other lab assistants
• Interact with online lab scheduling software to prepare labs and inform workers of schedules
• Process biohazard materials and waste per safety laws

Skills

Computer literate

Safety conscious

Multitasking

Diversity collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Commitment to Mission

At Lone Star College System, every employee contributes to our mission of providing transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. Guided by our vision to lead higher education through high-quality, affordable, and innovative learning opportunities, employees are expected to exemplify professionalism, integrity, accountability, and collaboration.

Through our One LSC Philosophy, we deliver excellent and uniform customer service, providing consistent information, and uniformly helping every student regardless of physical location, modality, college, campus, center, or medium.

This commitment supports Lone Star College System's strategic goals:

1. Opportunity through financial resilience
2. Leading in academic excellence
3. Strength in culture and talent development
4. Connections through bridges of prosperity

Great Colleges to Work For

Lone Star College System is proud to be recognized as a Great Colleges to Work For institution by The Chronicle of Higher Education. This recognition reflects our commitment to creating an organizational culture where employees are valued, supported, and empowered.

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-Conroe Center

With 100,000 students and counting, Lone Star College System provides transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. The two-year institution is training tomorrow's workforce today, offering more than 200 degrees and certification programs that empower students to take the next step.

Lone Star College System has eight main campuses and more than 20 locations in the Houston area. Learn more at LoneStar.edu.

Lone Star College-Conroe Center, the premier student-centered educational institution in Montgomery County, serves Conroe, Willis, and the northern county communities. LSC-Conroe Center offers college-credit courses, certificate programs and workforce training in high-demand fields such as automotive technology, professional pilot, and welding, all within a welcoming and supportive learning environment.

The address is 777 Conroe Park North Drive, Conroe, TX 77303. All applicants must reside in Texas.

Job Description

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The PT Coordinator I, Biology Lab coordinates all aspects of the laboratory experience for the biology classes, including evaluating, requesting and justifying budget funds, purchasing of all materials and supplies, maintaining an inventory of appropriate materials for each course, training the instructors as necessary on how to use the equipment or follow the protocols for each lab, directing the proper disposal of hazardous materials, assisting as required in the classroom, and coordinating lab schedules with instructors. He or She also supports the Geology and Physics departments by evaluating and justifying budgets, purchasing materials and supplies, training and assisting instructors as necessary on using equipment or protocols, maintaining their inventories, and coordinating their contracted services.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Prepare the labs that the professors request, clean glassware and make all solutions for labs, organize materials in prep area in order to maintain a clean, safe work environment, reset labs for each new class that comes into the lab, conduct setup and breakdown of labs and assist instructors as needed, take down, clean, organize, and put away lab equipment
2. Collect and arrange lab materials, in accordance with requirements set by the lab manual and syllabi, and make them available to classes
3. Coordinate lab schedules and maintain constant communications with instructors concerning laboratory issues, communicate with faculty and staff to maintain a schedule to ensure smooth transitions between labs
4. Ensure safety and good practice procedures
5. Evaluate new lab manuals (when applicable) and determine any new materials, supplies, equipment or training needed to ensure the success of the lab experience
6. Evaluate and justify budgets, communicate budgetary concerns to management
7. Identify issues that arise due to inconsistencies or changes in curriculum and make necessary adjustments to lab requirements
8. Instruct and reinforce training in other lab assistants
9. Interact with online lab scheduling software in order to prepare proper labs, update and schedule board to inform all lab workers of labs scheduled
10. Maintain a chemical inventory, keep chemicals properly labeled and stored in a safe manner, maintain inventory on educational materials necessary for labs, purchase materials and supplies and maintain inventory (receiving, labeling, proper storage)
11. Process biohazard materials and waste in accordance with state and federal safety laws
12. Set up and maintain Right-to-Know Centers and a chemical inventory/SDS
13. Update lab preparation sheets
14. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Must be computer literate
• Safety record and safety consciousness
• Flexible and creative to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work with a diverse group of faculty and staff

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:

• Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other general office equipment
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or GED and at least 1 year of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Salary

Hourly Pay Rate is $17.94

Benefits Marketing Statement

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment, excellent work/life balance, tuition waiver, participation in a tax deferred retirement plan and more.

Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions are subject to a criminal background check.