Research Coordinator (Elango Lab)

Staff - Non Union
Job Category
Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants
Job Profile
Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 3
Job Title
Research Coordinator (Elango Lab)
Department
Elango Laboratory | Department of Paediatrics | Faculty of Medicine
Compensation Range
$3,982.67 - $4,703.83 CAD Monthly
Posting End Date
May 26, 2023
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.
Job End Date
May 31, 2024
This offer is conditional upon successful completion of a Criminal Record Check.
This position is located within a health-care facility, therefore, the successful candidate will be required to provide verification of full vaccination against Covid-19 provided prior to the start date, as required by a provincial health mandate.
At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.
Job Summary
This position is responsible for coordinating clinical research projects for the Principal Investigator.
Organizational Status
This position reports directly to the Principal Investigator.
Job Summary
The Research Coordinator will help coordinate research projects in the Elango Lab, which has a primary focus on maternal-child nutrition. The successful candidate will work at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute to conduct research studies, analyze samples and data in women and children that help to optimize diets. The work involved includes assisting with laboratory maintenance tasks including ordering, inventory, maintaining instruments, and orientation of new personnel.
Work Performed

• Writes reports, papers, presents research results at laboratory meetings and assists with the writing of grant applications.
• Coordinates, monitors and ensures the implementation and enforcement of laboratory safety rules and procedures.
• Plans and performs nutrition experiments, utilizing complex procedures or techniques; troubleshoots problems; collects, records, analyzes and interprets experiment results.
• Assists Principal Investigator with maintaining an isotope ratio mass spectrometer for routine analysis for stable isotope enrichments from study samples, and trouble shoots sample analysis.
• Assist in running a laboratory, performing tasks, such as, purchasing supplies and minor equipment and maintaining parts of accounts.
• Sets up, tests, operates and maintains common laboratory and other equipment, including a HPLC, Amino Acid Analyzer, Human Milk Analyzer.
• Provides training to undergraduate and new graduate students in the use of equipment, techniques and procedures.
• Performs complex technical tasks such as respiratory gas exchange analysis (indirect calorimetry), body composition analysis (bioelectrical impedance analysis) in human subjects and research participants.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Accuracy, timeliness, and sound judgment are required to maximize the effectiveness of the research being conducted. Errors in ability to perform administrative and technical tasks may lead to concerns about research credibility and integrity.
Supervision Received
Works under general supervision of the Principal Investigator; receives detailed instructions on the assignment of new duties and thereafter only on new or unusual problems.
Supervision Given
May oversee and direct the work of one or two employees at lower classifications in which case they are responsible for the accuracy, production, and control of the work unit.
Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of a relevant technical program or a university degree in a relevant discipline and a minimum three years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own.
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to exercise sound judgment
• Ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to recruit and work effectively with human participants (women and children)
• Ability to effectively use Microsoft Office at an intermediate level. (e.g., Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel)
• Ability to efficiently and effectively coordinate tasks. Ability to prioritize and work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to work with chromatography based instruments and standard laboratory instruments