• Frazer Institute - The University of Queensland
• Broaden your career within one of QLD's largest employers.
• Access state-of-the-art facilities
• Partner with people educating future generations & solving the world's problems.
• Based in Brisbane

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
• 17% superannuation contributions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight.
• Health and wellness discounts - fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity

The Advance Lab Technician (HEW 6) will be a part of the System and Translational Immunology Laboratory led by Professor Di Yu to undertake internationally competitive research in the areas of immunology.

The Advanced Laboratory Technician/Coordinator provides specialist technical support and subject matter expertise in support of molecular, biochemical and cellular experiments and possibly animal models in experiments for therapeutic cytokine and antibody research. They would preferably be experienced in one or multiple of the following areas of laboratory expertise: Protein Biochemistry (including recombinant protein (antibody) production, purification and functional assessment); Molecular Biology (including molecular cloning, qPCR and sequencing library preparation); Immunology (including tissue culture, flow cytometry and ELISA). Experience with in vivo animal experimental models is preferable but not compulsory. The role will be a senior position in the Group and will involve laboratory management duties as well as providing formal training to students.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Perform laboratory experiments and generate reports in an independent manner (with limited supervision and broad guidance). Asks pertinent questions, considers the implications of the research being undertaken and considers ways to improve the experiments being undertaken.
• Assist with the training and supervision of researchers and students conducting research activities.
• Ensure a high standard of occupational health and safety, risks analysis/mitigation and standards and systems, including inductions, supervision, equipment training registers, administration of Laboratory/Facility Inventories, reporting and investigating injuries, incidents and hazards.
• Coordinate laboratory equipment requests, maintain consumables and other items required to meet planned activities and undertake inventory functions, ensuring that periodic audit items and maintenance schedules are met.
• In conjunction with discipline-based academic staff, develop and maintain undergraduate laboratory experiments to satisfy learning objectives for undergraduate courses, including determining requirements for the preparation/conduct of classes; the development and testing of new practicals and participation in tutor training.

This is a full-time (100%), fixed-term position through to 4th February 2026, commencing February/March 2024.

At HEW level 6, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $84,871 - $91,158, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $9,300 - $106,655 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases - at least once a year.

About You

We are looking for a highly experienced Laboratory Technician and Coordinator to apply their subject matter expertise and advanced knowledge to the System and Translational Immunology Laboratory led by Professor Di Yu to undertake internationally competitive research in the areas of immunology.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Completion of a higher education degree in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology or relevant fields of biomedicine with at least four years or equivalent research experience. Master by research or PhD qualifications are not essential but would be highly regarded.
• Demonstrated laboratory knowledge and skills for one or multiple in the areas of Protein Biochemistry (including recombinant protein (antibody) production, purification and functional assessment); Molecular Biology (including molecular cloning, qPCR and sequencing library preparation); Immunology (including tissue culture, flow cytometry and ELISA).
• Knowledge of relevant courses and programs of study plus an understanding of the range of research activities performed in the Facility/Laboratories, or the capability to quickly acquire such knowledge.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in interpreting and presenting data and results - professionally drawing graphs, writing figure legends and method sections to a publishable standard.
• Experience with managing lab duties is preferred.
• Experience in training or mentoring junior lab members is preferred.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
• Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Di Yu di.yu@uq.edu.au.

For application queries or a full job description, please contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply?

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Comprehensive cover letter addressing the 'About You' section
• Resume

Other Information

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Sunday 14th January 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-33026). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for week commencing 29th January 2024.

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