LABORATORY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR

About this Job

• Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
• Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Developing Performance: Builds the future potential of others by supporting long-term growth, skill development, and career progression.
• Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.
• Training Others: The ability to design and deliver training experiences that build knowledge, develop skills, and improve performance.

Minimum Qualifications

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

• Supervise and coordinate daily activities of Laboratory Technical Assistants, including scheduling, workload distribution, and performance oversight.
• Train staff on animal husbandry practices and ensure compliance with standard operating procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee biohazard safety protocols and supervise diagnostic testing, specimen collection, and humane euthanasia procedures.
• Manage animal quarantine processes and enforce biosecurity standards to maintain colony health.
• Support facility operations, including equipment maintenance, sanitation protocols, and overall colony management.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.