Position Number: 0039576
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Department/School: School of Chemistry
Salary: UOM 6 – $96,459 – $104,413 p.a. plus 17% super
- Oversee the smooth operation of first-year undergraduate chemistry labs, including managing staff and class demonstrations.
- Lead a team of technical and demonstration staff to ensure effective lab operations in a dynamic academic environment.
- Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!
About the Role
The Laboratory Supervisor (1st Year Labs) in the School of Chemistry is responsible for overseeing the smooth operation of first-year undergraduate practical classes in Level 1 laboratories. This role manages an average of two sessions per day, each accommodating over 100 students, and includes supervising laboratory staff and rostering demonstrators. The supervisor will support lab activities and ensure effective operations, managing a small team of technical staff and casual demonstrators. Reporting to the School Operations Manager, the position may also involve contributing to broader school activities.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supervising a team of technical staff to ensure that the first-year teaching laboratories operate efficiently to provide practical classes for undergraduate students in accordance with the set curriculum.
- Ensure accurate and timely provision of timetabling, course information and results entry.
- Provide safe working conditions by ensuring that safety procedures and equipment are in place for each practical class.
- Recruit, train, roster and manage demonstrating staff required to run 1st year labs. Staff may be a combination of Graduate Researcher Academic Associate and casual demonstrating staff. This includes the management of casual demonstrator timecard approvals.
- Liaise with stakeholders with a view to continuously improve specialised Laboratory technical supervision as well as innovate new demonstrations.
Who We Are Looking For
You will have a calm and patient demeanour, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, including first-year students. You will also be highly organised and adaptable, efficiently managing your time and contributing to student advising. A high level of initiative, flexibility, and self-motivation will be essential for identifying needs, setting up systems, and improving processes.
You will also have:
- Completion of a degree in science and subsequent relevant experience or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and training.
- Significant experience in the operation of scientific laboratory facilities, including experience in UV-VIS spectrophotomers.
- Demonstrated ability to act with a client-focussed approach and deliver a high-quality level of service.
- Demonstrated high level of understanding and experience in environment and safety procedures.
- Ability to supervise and motivate staff in a complex and changing environment including experience in staff performance management and conflict resolution.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your New Team – “The School of Chemistry“
The School of Chemistry at The University of Melbourne is one of the largest and oldest in Australia with a distinguished history in teaching and research. The first lectures in chemistry in The University of Melbourne were given in 1856, only three years after the University was founded. Since then the School has grown and developed and there are presently over 2500 undergraduates enrolled in Chemistry subjects, with more than 150 BSc (Hons), MSc and PhD research students. Teaching and undertaking research in the School are 23 continuing research and teaching staff, and over 30 research only staff, supported by a team of technical and administrative personnel.
The School has an excellent international reputation in research and an outstanding record of achievement in attracting external research funding. There is an ongoing program to keep its research facilities at world standard and to focus our research efforts. This has involved progressive upgrading of the School's laboratories, the purchase of state-of-the-art instrumentation and recruitment of academics with a strong research profile. The successful candidate would be located in the Melbourne Centre of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and will be eligible to access to the University’s high- performance computing infrastructure..
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!
About the University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
- The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)
^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Oliver Bukasa via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
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Position Description
