Lab Resource Coordinator

Position Number: 40070402

Payroll Title: SRA 2 NEX (009617)

Job Code: 009617

Job Open Date: 1/23/26

Application Review Begins: 2/9/26

Department Code (Name): EEMB (ECOLOGICAL BIOLOGY)

Percentage of Time: 50%

Union Code (Name): RX-Research Professionals

Employee Class (Appointment Type): Staff: Career

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Classified Indicator Description (Personnel Program): PSS

Salary Grade: STEPS

Pay Rate/Range: The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $30.32/hr. to $30.92/hr. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University. The full salary range for this position is $30.32 - $48.78/hr.

Work Location: Bio Sci Instruction Facility 2219

Working Days and Hours: Variable hours Monday-Friday

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits

Special Instructions:

For full consideration, please include a resume and a cover letter as part of your application.

Department Marketing Statement:

In the Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology we study how living organisms interact with their environments and with each other, shaping and being shaped by the world around them. Our research interests span biological scales from the physiology and morphology of the individual, to the behavior of groups, to the functioning of ecosystems. We examine how organisms function in their present environments, how they have been shaped by their evolutionary past, and how they may adapt to a changing world. By addressing basic scientific questions, we lay the foundational knowledge for addressing some of the world's most pressing environmental issues. We're fortunate to be based directly on the California coast, allowing us to conduct research and teach in a myriad of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments including the oceanic and coastal Pacific, estuarine, subtidal and intertidal marine coastal ecosystems, and mountain, chaparral, oak woodland, desert, island, and coastal terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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Brief Summary of Job Duties:

Under the supervision of the Lab Manager, with additional guidance provided by the Introductory Biology Program Academic Coordinator, the Lab Coordinator is responsible for a wide variety of duties in support of a large operation of bio teaching labs. These labs are for the series of courses in Introductory Biology which are composed for approximately 3,000 students during the regular academic year. The labs run over 12 hours/day, 5 days per week. The Lab Coordinator is responsible for the preparation of the solutions, media, specimens, and other materials that will be required for use in the labs, the weekly break down of the previous lab and the set-up of the current lab exercises, maintenance of cultures, and animal husbandry. These exercises cover the following topics biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, animal and plant physiology, diversity of animals, plants, fungi, protists, and prokaryotes. Other duties include being available and knowledgeable to provide materials and guidance to the graduate-student teachers for their lab sections. Also assists with oversight of, and training of graduate-student teachers regarding how to run their lab sections including how to conduct the lab exercises. Performs these duties with only a general amount of supervision and must be able to interact in a positive and helpful way with a relatively large number of faculty, staff, and students (both graduate teaching assistants and undergraduates).

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent degree in biology
• 1-3 years molecular lab experience
• Ability to work well within a diverse team

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1-3 years animal husbandry experience
• Good communication skills
• Good organizational skills

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Flexible hours including evenings, weekends and/or split shifts are required.
• Schedules are subject to change quarterly and are influenced by enrollment.
• Satisfactory criminal history background check
• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement:

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

Job Functions and Percentages of Time:

• 50% Laboratory Set-up/Operation - Prepares standard reagents and solutions, media, specimens, and other materials that are required for use in the Introductory to Biology student laboratories. This includes the weekly break down of the previous laboratory and the set-up of the current laboratory exercise. Other lab duties include the culture of fungi, plants, animals and microbes and care of museum specimens; isolation and purification of bacterial and viral DNA; cultivation and breeding of model genetic organisms in the greenhouse and in the lab; the humane care, euthanasia, and dissection of vertebrate animals; weekly set up of different laboratory exercises; and ordering and inventory of materials and equipment used in the teaching laboratory.
• 40% Classroom Preparation/Training - Assists in overseeing the operation of the numerous teaching labs. Provides materials and guidance needed by the graduate-student teachers for their classes, including replenishing the materials used by the students and maintaining the common areas of the labs (sinks, hoods, etc.). Assists with oversight and training of graduate-student teachers in how to run their classes/labs and in conducting the lab exercises. Flexible hours including evenings, weekends and/or split shifts are required.
• 10% Supplies - Assists in ordering and obtaining supplies from the storeroom.

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