Laboratory Assistant # JN -072021-67238

Title :  Laboratory Assistant

Location: Cambridge, MA

Job Type: Long Term Contract

Job Description:

• Teach established hands-on lab experiences for middle and high school students.
• Maintain an orderly Community Lab space and prepare, order and keep track of reagents and documents (set-up and clean-up).
• Communicate with teachers and community groups and actively maintain the booking calendar.
• Collect basic data on Community Lab usage.
• Coordinate employee volunteers.
• Manage common email boxes.
• Assist with employee engagement programs (examples: volunteer efforts, employee matching gifts and local museum memberships).

Required Skills :

• Bachelor’s degree is required preferably in the life sciences.
• Background in the biological sciences with demonstrated laboratory experience and strong understanding of the life sciences industry and key technologies and methods used in it.
• Strong understanding of the education, nonprofit and community landscape in the Boston Metro area
• Passionate and dynamic personality.
• Enthusiasm for working with middle and high school students.
• Team player and collaborative while able to lead independently and effectively prioritize workload.
• Excellent oral and presentation/teaching skills with preferred classroom/teaching experience.
• Demonstrated self-starter with excellent follow-through, attention to detail, organizational skills and high sense of urgency.
• Creative, pioneering, agile and flexible. Possesses a natural curiosity and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.