Logo:Posting Number:STA00967PO24
Job Family:Research
Job Function:Research Laboratory Management
USC Market Title:Research Laboratory Manager
Link to USC Market Title:https://uscjobs.sc.edu/titles/180403
Job Level:R2 - Research
Business Title (Internal Title):Electron Microscopy Center Director
Campus:Columbia
Work County:Richland
College/Division:Office of Research
Department:OOR Office of VP for Research
State Pay Band:Unclassified
Approved Starting Salary:$79,302
Advertised Salary Range:$79,302- $118,953
Part/Full Time:Full Time
Hours per Week:37.5
Work Schedule:Standard working schedule: 8:30am – 5:00pm
Must be willing to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the department.
Basis :12 months
Job Search Category:Other Professional
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Advertised Job Summary:The Office of Research is seeking to hire an Electron Microscopy Center Director to join our team.
The Electron Microscopy (EM) Center operates as a centralized facility for the University under the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and provides fee-for-service and instrument access for transmission and scanning EM analyses using biological and materials samples. The facility includes a Zeiss Gemini 500 FESEM, Tescan Vega 3 SBU variable pressure SEM, and Hitachi HT7800 TEM microscopes. The Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the EM Center. This position will oversee the Center’s budget and fee assessments, develop and implement strategies regarding the Center, and will develop new protocols to address experimental needs across the University.
Job Related Minimum Required Education and Experience:Requires a Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in area of specialty.
Preferred Qualifications:Doctoral degree in life or physical sciences, or related field. At least three years of experience in directing or working within a service core facility for EM. Experience in sample preparation and analyses for qualitative and quantitative ultrastructural microscopy. Experience with operating and maintaining electron microscopes. Supervisory experience with research staff and students.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:Expertise in operating SEM, TEM and STEM instruments including spectral analyses, ultra microtomes, sputter coaters, polishers, etc.
Job Duty:Oversee the day-to-day operations of the EM Center. This includes necessary maintenance and repair of instrumentation (either directly or in coordination with vendors’ technical support). Ensure compliance with all university policies, safety regulations, and standard operating procedures.
Essential Function:Yes
Percentage of Time:20
Job Duty:Using Agilent’s iLabs lab management system, oversee the center budget and fee assessments from both internal and external users of the EM Center’s equipment and services.
Essential Function:Yes
Percentage of Time:20
Job Duty:With Center staff, train and assist users of the Center’s instrumentation and equipment.
Essential Function:Yes
Percentage of Time:20
Job Duty:Develop and implement strategies to upgrade and advance instrumentation, including coordination of grant applications for new instrumentation with faculty and the OVPR.
Essential Function:Yes
Percentage of Time:15
Job Duty:Work with users and staff to develop new protocols/directions for EM analyses to address experimental needs across the university.
Essential Function:Yes
Percentage of Time:15
Job Duty:Develop and maintain partnerships throughout the university to achieve the center goals and objectives.
Essential Function:Yes
Percentage of Time:10
Safety Sensitive or Security Sensitive:No
Hazardous weather category:Non-Essential
Number of Vacancies:1
Job Open Date:12/13/2024
Job Close Date:01/27/2025
Open Until Filled:No
Special Instructions to Applicant:Positions are advertised for a minimum of five (5) business days on our job website. After five (5) business days, positions can be closed at the discretion of the department at any time. This employment site is updated on a regular basis. The length of the recruitment and screening process may vary from position to position, depending upon a variety of factors. Should review of your qualifications result in a decision to pursue your candidacy, you will be contacted by phone or email.
We are only accepting applications submitted by January 27, 2025.
Quicklink for Posting:https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/180891
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