Job Description

Closing Date 2025/02/25
Reference Number EDU250220-3
Job Title Campus Laboratory Manager
Job Type Permanent
Campus Tyger Valley
Department Academic - Lecturing (Applied Sciences)
Number of Positions 1
Location - Town / City Tyger Valley
Location - Province Western Cape
Location - Country South Africa
Minimum Education Level Masters Degree
Job Category Education
Job Advert Summary
Eduvos is looking to employ the services of a Campus Laboratory Manager to be based at our Parc du Cap / Tyger Valley campus.
Type of position:
Permanent
The Position:
To manage the day-to-day operations of a campus laboratory / laboratories, thereby creating a learning environment for lecturers and students in which experiments can be performed within budget and at high quality levels.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum qualification:

• A Masters qualification in biological sciences is required.

Experience:

• At least five years experience in a professional role in a laboratory environment
• Managerial experience will be advantageous

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities: * Accountable for the overall performance of a specific campus laboratory / laboratories :

• Quality of practicals

• Labtech evaluations
• Student feedback
• Adherence to academic and laboratory guidelines and module guides
• Process compliance

• Timeous / turnaround times for example, timeous start and end times of practicals
• Full delivery according to schedules / timetables
• Compliance to:

• Academic support and laboratory housekeeping roles
• Relevant laboratory procedures and regulations.
• Waste management
• Safety / OHS
• Relevant national and internationally regulatory guidelines for example OHSA
• Support for practical lecturers in addressing student queries
• Maintenance and availability of laboratory assets / equipment and consumables
• Campus Laboratory Budget managed
• Community of practice member

• Quality of contribution

• Level of participation
• Management
• Laboratory expense management
• Operational day-to-day planning for the laboratories e.g.

• Provide input to National Lab Manager and/or Timetabling tea on lab timetabling and planning
• Designate the roles, responsibilities of the laboratory team according to the communicated academic schedule and laboratory housekeeping needs
• Manage the various forms of waste generated in the laboratory and ensure that collection, storage and disposal of wastes complies with national regulations
• Adjustment / input of timetable
• Operational implementation and execution monitoring and reporting - control, corrective action
• Problem solving and decision quality, including escalations, queries and complaints
• Resource and capacity management for the labs (people, equipment, consumables, workload and workflow monitoring between teams) e.g. procurement as delegated scope and requests for resources to National Lab Manager
• Provide input National Lab Manager regarding operational efficiency - processes, policies and procedures (SOPs), methodologies, performance standards e.g.

• Compile and maintain a laboratory manual outlining the policy and procedures to which all laboratory users must comply to ensure a safe and functional working environment.
• Write, edit and disseminate laboratory and general safety policies, assist with standard operating procedures.
• Work-flow co-ordination of laboratory technicians and ensure their compliance with all laboratory procedures.
• Governance and compliance / Risk management e.g.

• Ensure that all students within the laboratory comply with the relevant laboratory procedures and regulations
• Leadership

• Communicate Eduvos values, strategy, direction to lab employees
• Talent acquisition and onboarding processes appoint technicians
• Individual performance enhancement - role clarity and objectives; reviews; feedback; corrective actions
• Skill levels - training & development / coaching & mentoring of lab technicians
• Culture and climate (motivation; energy; retention; support; communication and information sharing; engagement; discipline; recognition; empowered; care)

Functional and Behavioural Competencies
Functional and technical competencies:

• Proficient in using and maintaining laboratory equipment and instruments
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong understanding of SOPs, and lab safety protocols, and regulatory requirements (e.g. ISO 17025, 14001 and 9001)
• Have knowledge of the operations related to different levels of BSL laboratories

Behavioural competencies:

• Action orientation
• Leadership
• Collaborative relations and teamwork
• Effective communication
• Analysing and problem solving
• Planning and organising and time management