Technical Services Officer
Job No.: 670003
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $80,603 - $92,585 pa HEW Level 05 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Join our team as a Technical Services Officer and play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our teaching laboratories at the BDI. You will provide professional, high-quality technical services to staff and students, assisting in day-to-day lab operations, experiment preparation, and equipment maintenance. This position requires discipline specific technical knowledge in microbiology and molecular sciences to support practical teaching in the biomedical sciences.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and manage specimens, samples, and materials for practical classes
- Set up and maintain laboratory equipment for experiments
- Oversee lab safety, tidiness, and inventory management
- Provide technical support and guidance to staff and students
- Ensure compliance with Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and PC2 standards
- Stay updated on the latest lab technology, methodology, and best practices
Key Skills:
- Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in microbiology/molecular sciences
- Growing bacteria, cloning, protein expression, gene libraries, sequencing DNA and proteins, blotting
- Techniques in recombinant DNA, PCR, restriction enzymes, digest and transformations
- Safe handling of microorganisms, identification of common species of bacteria and fungi and growing microbial cultures
- Aseptic technique and its application
- Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Experience with lab equipment, software, and laboratory procedures
Make a difference in the learning experience of students by providing crucial technical support. Apply now to join our dynamic team!
About Monash University
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We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Ann-Maree Jefferis, Laboratory Operations Team Leader, +61 3 9905 3727
Position Description: Technical Services Officer (Laboratory)
Applications Close: Sunday 3 November 2024, 11:55pm AEDT
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