The Opportunity
You'll play a key role in hands-on chemistry education at UniSC. You'll collaborate with academic staff to prepare and maintain teaching laboratories for inorganic and organic chemistry courses, ensuring they are well-resourced, equipped, and compliant with WH&S standards.
From setting up experiments to developing new techniques and problem-solving lab procedures, your expertise will enhance the learning experience for students. If you're passionate about lab operations and supporting science education, we'd love to hear from you.
Your Key Responsibilities:
* Provide technical support and expertise to undergraduate laboratory-based teaching programs, including chemistry-focused courses, to facilitate a quality practical experience and ensure students' successful completion of all learning objectives and outcomes;
* Contribute to method development and problem solving of standard procedures, assisting in the development and implementation of new techniques within the teaching laboratories; and
* Contribute to safe working practices within the teaching laboratories and auxiliary facilities, including compliance with risk and waste management systems, and the routine maintenance and operation of laboratory equipment.
About You:
You are an effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment. Highly organised and adaptable, you excel at managing competing demands in a fast-paced, client-focused academic setting. Your working knowledge of laboratory technical services, including compliance with policies, guidelines, and WHS regulations, ensures safe and efficient operations.
You will possess:
* Completion of a relevant degree or a combination of relevant experience and education/training may also be considered;
* Previous work experience in providing a broad range of technical support in chemistry, teaching and/or research activities, including preparing reagents and solutions, operating standard laboratory equipment and conducting routine laboratory tests and procedures in a relevant discipline;
* Sound analytical and problem-solving skills relevant to general teaching laboratory support including the ability to analyse results of experimental trail runs, conduct quality checks on methods and investigate experimental protocols that do not give the anticipated results; and
* A current class 'C' Drivers Licence.