Technical Specialist

To provide instructional support to biological science laboratories.

Master's degree in the biological sciences or Bachelor's degree in biological sciences with a minimum of three years of post-baccalaureate experience providing instructional support in relevant field.

Familiarity with MS Office applications, good communication and interpersonal skills, and experience with introductory biology and physiology laboratory experiences.

Salary is complemented by a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, retirement, tuition, and paid time off.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The UNH Diversity Resource Guide with information and programming available in the seacoast area, New Hampshire, and the region can be found here:

Autoclaves, pH meters, centrifuges, glassware washers, spectrophotometers, microscopes, chromatography systems, microplate readers, gel electrophoresis systems

Prepare reagents, cell cultures, and miscellaneous lab supplies for anatomy, biology, and physiology laboratories.

Aid in the offering of instructional activities in biology and related teaching laboratories.

Assume responsibility for assigned teaching laboratories through routine maintenance, simple equipment calibrations and repairs, stocking consumable laboratory supplies, waste removal, and glassware washing.

Provide supervision and oversight of graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate lab assistants assigned to laboratory courses, including training on use of equipment, teaching lab instructional methods, and ensuring consistency of assessing student performance.

Responsibility for maintenance of autoclaves in Rudman and Spaulding. Provide periodic training for faculty, staff, and students in proper operation of autoclaves.

Ensure compliance for all EH&S policies for laboratory safety.

Maintain an inventory of laboratory equipment and supplies. Set up and break-down of equipment used in teaching laboratory.

Supervise work-study students employed in the teaching laboratories.

Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.