GENERAL SUMMARY:
We are currently recruiting for: one - full time, Technical Research Assistants - Level I (entry level candidate) to join our happy and productive team!
Short Job Description: Perform laboratory work and office duties associated with distributing biospecimens for research to further understanding of healthy living, as well as, disease.
Where:
Channing/Harvard Cohorts Biorepository. CHCB is one of the largest, most intensively studied, longitudinal-cohort biobanks in the World. Following some participants in excess of 40 years! The biobank houses over 3 million biospecimens and distributes thousands of biospecimens annually for research studies.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, required.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills are essential.
- Comfort handling human biological and frozen specimens, strongly preferred.
- Experience with Robotics, a plus;
- Ability to lift 26-pound freezer racks is required.
SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
- Ability or desire to understand scientific terminology.
- Strict attention to detail.
- A comfort level with computers and/or databases.
- Possesses a friendly, professional personality.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Excellent communication and organization skills
- Ability to carry out careful laboratory technique.
- Must be able to lift heavy racks and push heavy equipment.
Details/Duties (we train for everything!):
- Distribution: As part of a team, execute the production and distribution of projects by preparing the necessary computer files; retrieving biospecimens from Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) freezers; printing labels; aliquoting; adding quality control samples (QCs); double checking the project; creating of ship lists; arranging for local deliveries or shipments via courier; placing the remaining samples in permanent storage and updating the electronic records; and record all the details of each project.
- Collections: Responsible on a day-to-day basis, under the Collection Laboratory Manager, for assisting when needed with incoming biospecimen collections: receiving, opening, and checking incoming collection kits for completeness; logging received kits and specimens into a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS); processing biospecimens according to standard operating protocols (SOPs); and storing these samples the LN2 freezers. Will perform testing for random quality control (QCT) tests to confirm original storage. Conduct data entry either manually or via Scantron for questionnaires and QCT data entry.
- Data Recordation: Incumbent will be trained on how to use the LIMS and UNIX System and assist upper management, regularly, by discussing the process, improvement needs, and workflow.
- Infrastructure: As part of a team, incumbent will be involved in semi-weekly monitoring: freezer health of 130 liquid nitrogen and 6 mechanical -80C freezers; the LN2 delivery system level and pressure; external bulk tank; and Dewar deliveries. Consolidate and update samples in the freezers. Assist in organization of temporary storage, quality controls, and drift pools.
- Emergency Responder: In very rare cases, incumbent is expected to assist the team when a freezer emergency occurs. May be asked to come in during the evening or on a weekend for a few hours to assist for the urgent transfer of biospecimens, which will be generously compensated.
- General: As needed, incumbent will be required to contribute to other general activities such as proofreading, contributing, and/or writing SOPs; organization and inventory of supplies; and presenting items to be ordered.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.00 - $21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Commuter assistance
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
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Ability to Commute:
- Boston, MA 02115 (Required)
Work Location: In person