Research Associate

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

The Andermann lab consists of a vibrant and diverse group of 20 scientists (undergraduates, graduate students, research assistants, and postdocs, who are excited about discovering how the brain works, and how their discoveries can improve human health. We believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We aim to create a positive, respectful, happy environment to work in and to learn from each other. Our work focuses on the neurobiology of eating and eating disorders, stress, mating drive, visual perception, and the neurobiology of daydreaming. We use cutting-edge techniques including two-photon calcium imaging to track the activity of hundreds of neurons across weeks in behaving mice.

Job Description:

The candidate will be expected to manage the mouse colony, maintain laboratory equipment and safety, write mouse experimental protocols and amendments, coordinate projects and workflow with collaborators as well as order/maintain inventory for the lab

Essential Responsibilities:

• Independently responsible for the daily operations of the laboratory including administrative duties, ordering and reimbursements, and partial oversight of undergraduate students and technicians; oversees mouse colony maintenance with assistance from a technician; in charge of mouse animal protocol write-ups and amendments, and adherence of protocols.
• Helps with research projects as time permits
• Coordinates and oversees the work of research personnel; implements research schedules and ensures the quality of lab procedures.
• Remains current in the technologies used in the lab and participates in improving operations of the lab, both administratively and scientifically. Recommends and implements changes.
• Supervises, orients, and trains staff; ensures compliance with lab safety guidelines and accurate record keeping.
• Oversees lab equipment needs, inventory, and the ordering of common lab supplies.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related field required. Master's degree preferred.

3-5 years related work experience required.

Bachelor's degree and four years experience. Or, a Master's degree and two years experience.

Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Competencies:

Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.

Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.

Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.

Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.

Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.

Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.

Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.

Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Physical Nature of the Job:
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

Pay Range:
$27.00 - $47.62

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled