Chemistry Lab Technician

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Chemistry Lab Technician (Stores)**Department/Unit**
- Chemistry**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada**Posting Number**
- S355-24**Employee Group**
- NSGEU Local 77**Position Type**
- Regular, On-Going**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**

**Employment Type**
- Full Time**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0**Salary**
- $26.56 - $33.62 per hour ($48,333 - $61,815 per annum, 35 hours per week)**Classification**
- T7**Provisional Statement**
- This is a provisional classification. Formal regular review classification procedures may be initiated at any time by the incumbent or supervisor after the incumbent has worked a minimum of six months in the role._

**About Dalhousie University**
- Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.**Job Summary**
- The Department of Chemistry provides excellent undergraduate programs, as well as advanced instruction at the graduate and research levels. Reporting to the Departmental Administrator, the Chemistry Lab Technician (Stores) will work with and dispense chemicals in a chemical stores area and provide technical support for instructional activities in the undergraduate teaching laboratories.**Key Responsibilities**
- Prepare and provide all necessary chemicals and chemical compounds for undergraduate teaching laboratories.
- Manage and maintain all inventories for undergraduate labs in the Chemistry Stores facility.
- Purchase compressed gases and manage inventories of the same in the Chemistry Stores facility.
- Maintain dry goods stockroom, which includes purchase and ordering of laboratory supplies and glassware, transporting supplies, reconciliations, and inventory of the same.
- Provide chemistry instructional and technical support to lab instructors.
- Assist in coordinating storefront operation at Chemistry Stores facility and provide some direction to a part-time student assistant.

**Note**
- Due to operational requirements, the successful applicant is required to work in-person on campus.**Required Qualifications**
- Undergraduate degree in Chemistry with three years’ related experience (or an equivalent combination of training and experience).
- WHMIS and IATA training.
- Ability to work in a diverse environment that includes research and teaching faculty, undergraduate and graduate students.
- Skills in multi-tasking and effective communications.

**Assets**
- Demonstrated experience working with software inventory and point of sale systems.

**Job Competencies**
- Respect & Inclusion
- Adaptability
- Knowledge & Thinking Skills
- Communication
- Service

**Additional Information**
- Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a defined benefit pension plan, health and dental plans, a health spending account, an employee and family assistance program and a tuition assistance program._

**Application Consideration**Diversity Statement**

Posting Detail Information

**Number of Vacancies**
- 1**Open Date**
- 11/28/2024**Close Date**
- 12/05/2024**Open Until Filled**
- No**Special Instructions to Applicant**

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