Snow Laboratory And Operations Manager

The Opportunity.

We are looking for a Snow Laboratory and Operations Manager to join our team and be part of a cutting-edge Snow Medical funded research program. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and delivering high-quality technical services to support the operations of the Knott Lab.

The Knott Lab is a young, energetic, and multidisciplinary research lab that discovers novel CRISPR systems and associated tools with a goal to transform RNA biomedicine and biotechnology. We believe that the revolutionary biotechnologies of the future are encoded within the genomes of the microbial world. By understanding how these complex machines work at a molecular level, we are looking to harness them as programmable editing machinery for biotechnology. From discovery to application, our team combines metagenomics, bioinformatics, high-throughput screens, biochemistry, structural biology, and engineering to develop the next-generation of CRISPR-based biotechnologies and beyond.

Our team is generously supported by the Snow Medical Foundation ($8M) to drive a program of research that is at the cutting-edge of the field. With this enabling support, successful applicants will have the job security to pursue exciting questions, the support to think big, the time to make transformative impacts, and dedicated professional development that ensures they are well positioned for the next stage of their career. We want to train the scientific leaders of tomorrow and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive research environment.

Reporting to Gavin Knott, you will be expected to:
Manage the operations of the lab and to contribute to its research
Performs a range of significant and complex technical activities
Oversee and undertake exciting and innovative research, data analysis, supervision, mentoring, equipment maintenance, research laboratory management, developing operating procedure
Manage operational and budget planning, while ensuring a compliant and safe operating environment
Contribute intellectually and drive innovation across our research and lab processes

As the successful candidate you will have a degree qualification in a relevant field with extensive relevant experience; or extensive experience and management expertise in technical or administrative fields; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training

If you believe you can fulfil these requirements, you are strongly encouraged to apply.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to “How to apply for Monash Jobs”.

We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.

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Enquiries

Dr Gavin Knott, Lab Head, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, +61 3 9905 4399

Position Description

Snow Laboratory and Operations Manager

Closing Date

Sunday 8 January 2023, 11:55pm AEDT

Please note: Monash University will be closed from Thursday 22 December 2022 until Monday 2 January 2023 inclusive

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