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Job Summary:
Support the Laboratory Supervisors in the science department.

Primary Duties & Global Responsibilities:

• Provides assistance to laboratory supervisor to set up teaching labs in science departments.
• Maintains lab equipment, facilities, and records.
• Responsible for orderliness and cleanliness of lab areas.
• Maintain inventory of laboratory equipment and supplies.
• Demonstrate and/or explain to student assistant(s) proper laboratory procedures.
• Supervise student employees.
• Other related duties as assigned.
• Secondary Duties & Responsibilities:
• Answer student inquiries.
• Provides general clerical work including copying, typing, phone, mail, fax etc.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• High school graduate.
• Demonstrated experience to successfully work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience to successfully maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
• Demonstrated experience to successfully operate office equipment.
• Demonstrated experience to successfully provide quality customer service.
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience to successfully work independently, organize own work and coordinate work activities of others.
• Demonstrated experience to successfully use various computer software applications.
• Demonstrated experience to successfully maintain satisfactory work performance and attendance records.

Desired Qualifications:

• BS in a science discipline or integrated sciences
• Higher education experience.

Supervision Received:
Supervised by a designated supervisor, but is generally expected to work independently and apply appropriate policies and procedures within the assigned area of responsibility.

Supervision Exercised:
Hire, train, supervise, schedule and coordinate the work of student employees.

Revised Date: July 2009 For questions regarding employment, email Human Resources Employment Information. TDD Callers: Call Michigan Relay Center 1-800-649-3777.