Administrative Coordinator - Thoracic Head & Neck Medical Oncology JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES Maintenance and Management of Kurie Lab Program
-Coordinates Kurie Lab program objectives and progress to milestones generated by pre-doctoral students, post- doctoral fellows, and other junior research personnel.
-Point person for PI to coordinate, track lab objectives and milestones to provide cohesive overall laboratory plans and progress.
-Unites personnel to common project goals.
-Serves as primary contact for Kurie lab.
-Represents lab in department meetings.
-Provides oversight to ensure a well-functioning lab.
-Prepares budget and invoicing processing for all Kurie research laboratories studies.
-Kurie Laboratory recovery team member as part of ride out/recovery
for THNMO. Laboratory Compliance
-Record keeping and data maintenance of Kurie Lab research studies.
-Prepares, manages and tracks protocols placed and approved with IBC and IACUC, liaise with MTA and IRB office.
-Coordinates and sends outgoing material/samples to institutional, state, and/or federal agencies.
-Coordinates the laboratory supply and equipment ordering, as well as distribution, storage and inventory of laboratory supplies.
-Coordinates the maintenance of liquid nitrogen and freezers, performs annual inventory check for laboratories.
-Custodian of Laboratory departmental shared equipment.
-Oversight of Kurie Lab EH&S safety requirements and compliance with good laboratory practices.
-Prepares and ensures laboratory is compliant for annual EH&S laboratory inspection.
-Maintains compliance of hazardous chemical items and controlled substances. Tissue and Cell Line Development and Oversight for Kurie Lab
-Maintain all program stock cancer cell lines for cell culture including: growing, expanding, freezing, and utilizing sterile techniques.
-Serves as resource and Instruction Lead to provide training and up-to-date protocol information.
-Oversees lab member's animal, cell line, tissue experiments ensuring priority of studies through the Principal Investigator.
-Supervise lab members with various experimental techniques.
-Instructs, and demonstrates to new personnel and post-doc/students the proper performance of all animal standard operating procedures such as lung orthotopic injection and mouse intra-tracheal delivery.
-Carry out Mouse experiments with knowledge of safety and within appropriate institutional and regulatory guidelines.
-Performs mouse IV, IP, and SQ injections, sacrificing and necropsies, as well as processing tissues.
-Other duties as assigned
Other duties as assigned.
Education Required - High school diploma or equivalent.
Experience Required - Seven years of administrative or related experience. With preferred Associate's degree, five years of required experience and with preferred Bachelor's degree, three years of required experience.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
Additional Information
Requisition ID: 167559 Employment Status: Full-Time Employee Status: Regular Work Week: Days Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 51,000 Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 64,000 Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 77,000 FLSA: non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay Fund Type: Soft Work Location: Onsite Pivotal Position: No Referral Bonus Available?: No Relocation Assistance Available?: No Science Jobs: No #LI-Onsite
