Laboratory Coordinator II

“What is awesome and exciting about working with BGDL/GEO/JLR and general description of duties and potential opportunities”

The Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory (BGDL) research focuses on the interactions of the wind and carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean, global climate models, observationally-based data/model metrics, and, a global sampling network able to capture the variability of surface carbon concentration. Understand and predicting the uptake of heat and carbon by the Southern Ocean, as observed and simulated, is the core of our research program. Over the last 25 years, our understanding of the ocean’s role in the global climate of the past and present has seen a dramatic revolution in data-gathering and numerical simulation and prediction.

Prof. Joellen Russell is a Distinguished Professor and head of the Geosciences Department. This position is for a Laboratory Coordinator II to help her maintain her research, teaching and outreach duties while serving as Department Head. Her funded research projects have contributed to the improved observing system and global circulation models of the ocean that have reduced uncertainty in the future trajectory of the heat and carbon balances of the planet: we now know that the ocean has taken up about 93% of the anthropogenic heat imbalance to date – global warming is ocean warming.

The Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona is one of the best Geosciences departments in the country (4th overall in Earth Sciences). Our faculty, researchers, and students work on relevant science, from climate change to the fundamental processes governing Earth and other planets. The Dept of Geosciences values excellence through state-of-the-art research and experiential teaching. We believe that Geosciences is for all, and are committed to a just, diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for our students, faculty, and staff.

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Facilitate and coordinate the day-to-day lab needs and events. Working with Dr Russell to organize and manage weekly lab schedules, meetings and research efforts by undergraduates and lab technicians:

• Organize bi-weekly lab meetings (in person/Zoom).
• Convene monthly planning and evaluation meetings with relevant personnel. 
• Organize project teams, keep students, postdocs, colleagues on task according to relevant timeline.
• Coordinate student and inter-lab activities.
• Provide or arrange technical expertise and/or assistance as needed for projects. 
• Maintenance of data archive including quality control and data management.
• Maintain Project documents, reference lists (scholarly and Internet).
• Assist with project proposal development, grant planning and submission, and publication preparation.
• Post advertisements/notices for available undergraduate opportunities.
• Help coordinate with human resources to advertise for and hire new students as directed by supervisor. Provide input as needed. 
• Assist in recruitment and training of Lab undergraduates.
• Interface with funding agencies, non-local colleagues to ensure project meets relevant timelines. 
• Act as point of contact for students and off-site colleagues.
• Work closely with the project management and evaluation team.

Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities:

• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written, up and down the organizational food chain
• Task oriented
• Curriculum development/lesson planning
• Competent in all job functions and has general understanding of the industry practices, techniques and standards as they relate to environmental/science education
• Strong communication skills for community engagement
• Empathy, kindness and humility

• Bachelor's degree and at least 3 year of experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Certification or Acknowledgement of profession skill or accomplishment
• Experience working in an education institution.
• Experience planning and implementing education curriculum.
• Experience with statistical analysis and spreadsheet software (R, Excel, etc.).
• Experience in community engagement.
• Excellent organizational skills: experience demonstrating capability of managing several separate projects concurrently and efficiently, as well as the individuals on the teams associated with those projects.
• Excellent people skills: experience demonstrating capability of effectively managing across a diverse skill set and responsibilities (students, employees, peers/colleagues, upper-level management, etc.)
• Experience with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)