Research Specialist-1

Job Summary

The Research Specialist I perform routine and moderately complex scientific laboratory technical work, selecting and applying laboratory procedures and techniques to assignments with clear, specific objectives. Assignments may require investigation of a number of variables and complex features. He/she works with general supervision. The incumbent is required to exercise judgment in making technical decisions related to delegated tasks and escalating complex issues.

Key Role Accountabilities

• Contributes to the delivery of departmental goals, through personal effort in own work area.
• Makes recommendations to the Investigator regarding improvements in methods and processes.
• Works under general supervision, performs all routine lab procedures, and associated responsibilities, as dictated by the workload in the rostered area.

• Solves moderately complex problems and performs a specific variety of technical assignments within broader projects.
• Modifies practices and techniques in routine situations to perform duties, adjusts and correlates data, recognizes discrepancies in results.
• Contributes to ongoing research projects in the laboratory that include taking measurements and recording observations, collecting, compiling and processing data.
• Assists in procurement of additional/new funding through contributions to technical proposal preparation and/or presentations.
• Trains junior lab technical staff in basics of research workflow.
• Adheres to lab SOPs and performs quality control checks.
• Stays current with literature in ongoing and proposed research projects.
• Assesses lab inventory and orders supplies when needed.
• Presents novel research and techniques to research group.
• Adheres to  standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
• Adheres to and promotes  Values

In view of the evolving needs and opportunities within, this position may be required to perform other duties as assigned and reporting relationships may vary