What are the responsibilities and job description for the Student Laboratory Assistant position at Diné College?
(2) Student Laboratory Assistant
1-Tsaile Campus and 1-Tuba City Campus
School of STEM
Student Employment
Tsaile & Tuba City Campus
Duty Schedule:
- As per Supervisor's and Student's Mutual Schedule. 20 hours per week.
Summary/Objective of Position:
Assist Supervisor Dr. Shazia Tabassum Hakim (Tuba City) and Dr. Karen Hannah (Tsaile) in Laboratory preparations, assistance, office work (copying, printing, distributing material), cleaning, and organizing labs before and after laboratory sessions.
Description of Essential Functions of the Position
Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
The position description and duties include essential functions, and they are:
- be a self-motivated worker and make an independent judgement,
- ability to multi-task,
- set work priorities,
- problem-solve,
- practice Confidentiality & discretion,
- coordinates communication among personnel and students,
- coordinates laboratory sessions alongside the faculty supervisor,
- participates in Career Days and REgistration,
- flexible, goal-oriented, and cooperative,
- ready to spend extra time cleaning up the lab upon completion of sessions,
- distributes inter-office and U.S. postal mail,
- photocopies material as requested,
- maintains electronic filing for division documents and correspondences.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience
Minimum:
Preferred:
- Undergrad (Junior or Senior Year).
Knowledge:
- Basic fundamental knowledge of biology, chemistry, and computer literate (Microsoft 365).
Skills:
- Technically savvy, computer literate, interested in learning new experiments, like to work with different scientific instruments, their calibration, and operation.
Abilities:
- Should be respectful to everyone around the campus, ready to help, and pleasant. Love for gardening is a plus.
- Should be able to lift to 25 lbs.
- Will need to transfer material and supplies from support services to the lab as needed.
Physical Requirements, Work Environment & Travel:
- Ready to take care of greenhouse, and help in organizing and arrangements of lab equipment as needed.
Other Requirement(s):
- Team player and eager to learn.
