Research Associate I

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• The incumbent may be asked to perform other function-related activities in addition to the below mentioned responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs.
• Performs minimally complex experiments with input from supervisor.
• Understands experimental goal and may provide input to the experimental design.
• Analyses data from individual experiments with input from supervisor and documents work in laboratory notebook or report.
• Able to summarize a group of experiments.
• With instruction from supervisor, may write study protocols and reports to support V&V studies.
• Effectively communicates with peers and supervisor.
• Able to present data in group meetings.
• Willing and able to work with Universal Precautions when handling different specimen types including, but not limited to blood, stool, urine, respiratory swabs, vaginal swabs, etc.

Physical Demands:

• Sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting/moving and carrying products weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts, vibration and/or moderate noise levels.
• Exposure to hazardous chemicals or other materials.
• Exposure to blood.

Education:

• B.A./B.S. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field.

Experience:

• 0 – 2 years post-baccalaureate laboratory experience in academia or industry
• M.S. without thesis.

Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:

Demonstrate drive and commitment:

• Shows reliability and commitment amongst manager and peers.
• Exhibits focus and determination in tasks at hand.
• Establishes support for objectives; drives and produces results.

Work efficiently and effectively:

• Effectively manages time and priorities by focusing on highest priority tasks and working efficiently.
• Effectively recovers from mistakes.
• Completes projects on time.

Team membership:

• Interacts within a team environment based on shared values.
• Knows when and how to use a team approach to solve problems.
• Seeks the contributions of all team members.
• Shares credit with others.

Adapt and learn:

• Works efficiently in situations involving ambiguity, shifting priorities and rapid change.
• Demonstrates resilience and composure in difficult circumstances.
• Deals constructively with mistakes and setbacks and learns from them.
• Continually learns to grow and improve skills to meet organizational goals.