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Job Type:
Employee
Duration in Months(for fixed-term jobs):
12
Job Family:
Research
# of Open Positions:
1
Faculty/Service - Department:
Marc-André Langlois Lab
Campus:
Roger Guindon Hall
Union Affiliation:
N/A
Date Posted:
July 03, 2025
Applications must be received BEFORE:
July 14, 2025
Hours per week:
35
Salary Grade:
Non-Union Grade NR5 - 35 hrs
Salary Range:
$67,700.00 - $84,625.00About the Faculty of Medicine
Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists. Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.
Purpose:
Oversees the day-to-day technical and administrative operations of a laboratory, including conducting some of the scientific activities and experimentation of the laboratory, ensuring the safe and proper use, care, calibration and maintenance of the laboratory’s equipment and other scientific resources such as databases, animal colonies, sample collection, etc,). Administers the laboratory’s day-to-day operations including inventory maintenance, ordering of supplies, tracking expenditures against project budgets, and assisting with administration of laboratory personnel.
Typical tasks and duties:
Laboratory and Operations Management
Manages and oversees the daily operations and finances of a laboratory or technical operation for a department, including responsibility for budget, purchasing, inventory, maintenance of financial reports, and administration of staff.
Ensures the safe and proper use of laboratory’s equipment.
Ensures appropriate maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment.
Financial Operations
Tracks expenditures against project budgets.
Advises Principal Investigator of significant budget deviations.
Attributes to research grant and contract accounts, with appropriate documentation and justification as may be required.
Personnel supervision
Supervises operational activities of staff and students working in the laboratory.
Provides guidance and expert advice to staff and students on technical issues, safety procedures and regulatory compliance matters within the laboratory. Monitors operations to ensure compliance.
Instructs and demonstrates analysis techniques and procedures to laboratory staff and students.
Ensures that new students or employees are familiar with laboratory operational requirements.
Scientific Operations
Performs background research and literature searches as needed, evaluates results and formulates recommendations as needed. Researches and determines the applicability of new technology and systems related to work.
Develops new, or modifies existing specialized techniques, test procedures and standards under general direction from senior professional staff. Monitors safety and provides guidance on safe use of equipment.
Researches, designs and analyzes the results of novel experiments. Selects and uses appropriate procedures, equipment and standards to produce required data; assists in analysis and interpretation.
Sets up, tests, and calibrates testing equipment.
Assists professional staff in diagnosing causes of system, equipment or material failures. Identifies possible solutions to problems.
Ensures that all data and analytical results are maintained in a satisfactory manner.
Works with internal and external partners to ensure effective implementation of joint experimental programs in support of collaborative research projects.
Regulatory Management
Ensures that security and safety protocols regarding Occupational Health and Safety codes are followed.
Ensures adherence to all applicable regulatory requirements, including those applying to human and animal subjects, hazardous materials, radiation, controlled goods, etc, all technical and operational staff, students and authorized equipment users.
Other
As assigned and under the direction of the Principal Investigator, conducts independent research activities in support of laboratory operational requirements.
Any other related duties required by the research projects or management of the research laboratory or analytical facility.
Knowledge, skills, education and experience:
M.Sc. in a relevant discipline and three to five years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and educational qualifications.
Experience in research and /or laboratory operations.
Ability to work safely with reagents, hazardous and biohazardous materials.
Excellent technical skills, analytical ability, judgment with a strong operational focus.
Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
Excellent communications skills.
Excellent interpersonal, technical, scientific and communications skills (written/oral).
Advanced written and verbal skills in English or French. Bilingualism, spoken and written, is preferred.
Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.
If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.
