Description
The Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Lab Manager.
About the Opportunity
As a Lab Manager, you will provide guidance and direction to the instructional laboratories and their instructors; to ensure the pedagogical effectiveness of the laboratories in the education of the students enrolled in them.
We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:
37.5-hour work week
13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
24 annual leave (vacation) days per year (employee leave)
18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ's.
Wellness programs
What You'll Do
Lab Management:
Oversee the introductory laboratories in PHYS 101/102/105/111/112.
Develop and maintain knowledge of current research trends in introductory physics laboratory education and work with course instructional personnel to ensure new laboratory experiences are developed as best practice evolves.
Develop an inventory system for laboratory equipment. Maintain an inventory of all laboratory equipment.
Purchase disposable supplies such as batteries, wire, magnets, radioactive sources, spectrographic tubes and replacement equipment for introductory lab spaces.
Monitor equipment such as power supplies, lab interface devices, scientific probes, and advanced lab equipment such as spectroscopes and photoelectric effect devices to ensure all are functioning properly.
Manage or perform weekly setup and break down of the introductory labs.
Coordinate with physics and astronomy personnel to create new laboratory material as needed.
Oversee weekly laboratory meetings including all graduate course TAs for courses without course coordinators.
Monitor safety standards, including electrical current and voltage limitations, storage of radioactive sources and hazardous gasses and chemicals, and required safety protective equipment, of laboratory spaces and experiments.
Ensure needed maintenance of laboratory spaces and equipment, including fixed lab equipment and wiring is performed.
Be available to fix lab equipment problems during business hours.
Teaching Assistant (TA) Management:
Create TA teaching assignments for all courses each semester.
Develop and administer a TA training program, including intensive training at the beginning of the semester and regular training throughout, consistent with best practices. Maintain a knowledge of best practices so that the program can be updated as needed.
Develop and administer a TA evaluation plan including Student Evaluation of Instruction and TA course observations.
Manage any emergency changes in TA assignments due to student illness or For full info follow application link.West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.
