Temporary-Laboratory Research Technician I

Nova Southeastern University; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative institution dedicated to academic excellence and research. This role involves supporting researchers by maintaining laboratories and ensuring safety protocols. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and a basic understanding of English, alongside critical thinking abilities. You will contribute to meaningful research activities while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package, including a tuition waiver and excellent medical plans. This is an excellent opportunity to grow in a supportive environment that values health and welfare.

Benefits

Tuition waiver

Retirement plan

Excellent medical plans

Dental plans

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of English and ability to communicate effectively.
• Skills in critical thinking, active listening, and reading comprehension.

Responsibilities

• Assist researchers by collecting, analyzing, and processing laboratory samples.
• Maintain laboratories and ensure a safe work environment.

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Active Learning

Judgment and Decision Making

Speaking

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

We are excited that you are considering joining Nova Southeastern University!

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation. Nova Southeastern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more. NSU cares about the health and welfare of its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors and is a tobacco-free university.

We appreciate your support in making NSU the preeminent place to live, work, study and grow. Thank you for your interest in a career with Nova Southeastern University.

Primary Purpose:

Contributes to research by assisting researchers. Supports academic excellence by ensuring the proper maintenance of laboratories for the use of students, faculty, and researchers.

Job Category: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $13.45

Pay Basis: Hourly

Subject to Grant Funding? Yes

Essential Job Functions:

1. Contributes to basic and applied research activities; collects, analyzes, and processes laboratory samples or research data; performs a variety of tests, using routine and/or special techniques and methods.
2. Cleans, maintains, and prepares supplies and work areas.
3. Sets up, adjusts, calibrates, cleans, maintains, and troubleshoots laboratory and field equipment.
4. Orders and inventories materials to maintain supplies.
5. Provides and maintains a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
6. Completes special projects as assigned.
7. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements:

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Knowledge:
1. English Language – Working knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills:
1. Reading Comprehension - Basic understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
2. Active Listening - Basic skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
3. Critical Thinking - Basic skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
4. Active Learning - Basic skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
5. Judgment and Decision Making - Basic skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
6. Speaking - Basic skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.

Abilities:
1. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
2. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
3. Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
4. Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
5. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Physical Requirements:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
3. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
4. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
5. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, mobile devices, and computer keyboards.

Required Certifications/Licensures:

Required Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Major (if required):

Required Experience:

Preferred Qualifications:

Is this a safety sensitive position? No

Background Screening Required? No

Pre-Employment Conditions:

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.