Regular Full Time
Open Positions:1
Posting Date:June 29, 2017
Closing Date:July 09, 2017
Union affiliation:SSUO
Job Reports To:Chair of the Department
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Position Purpose
Supervises, coordinates and manages undergraduate chemistry teaching laboratories, operating budget, and new experiment design and implementation. Ensures that necessary equipment and material are available, functioning properly and ready for use at all times, to foster a positive student learning experience. Teaches the equivalent of a three-unit (credit) course per year.
Essential Qualifications
PhD in chemistry
Demonstrated knowledge of advanced instrumentation used in physical, analytical, inorganic and organic chemistry teaching labs
Three years’ experience in staff supervision and management
Demonstrated experience in designing, modifying or optimizing upper-year undergraduate laboratory experiments in physical, analytical or inorganic chemistry
Knowledge of safe working practices (e.g., WHMIS) and lab safety
Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and set priorities
Ability to work within a budget
Experience in teaching (lectures or laboratory courses)
Computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, online ordering, Internet)
Excellent time management skills
Ability to understand texts of considerable difficulty requiring knowledge of concepts, procedures or systems
Ability to write technical documents describing internal procedures and instruction manuals
Bilingualism — English/French (spoken and written)
Demonstrated knowledge of advanced instrumentation used in physical, analytical, inorganic and organic chemistry teaching labs
Three years’ experience in staff supervision and management
Demonstrated experience in designing, modifying or optimizing upper-year undergraduate laboratory experiments in physical, analytical or inorganic chemistry
Knowledge of safe working practices (e.g., WHMIS) and lab safety
Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and set priorities
Ability to work within a budget
Experience in teaching (lectures or laboratory courses)
Computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, online ordering, Internet)
Excellent time management skills
Ability to understand texts of considerable difficulty requiring knowledge of concepts, procedures or systems
Ability to write technical documents describing internal procedures and instruction manuals
Bilingualism — English/French (spoken and written)
Key competencies required at the University of Ottawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
Note
All qualified candidates are invited to apply; however, preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The University of Ottawa is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any particular adaptive measures you might require.
Applications from employees belonging to the bargaining unit SSUO will be considered first. Priority will be given to employees who have an entitlement as defined by their collective agreement or university policies. The University also accepts external applications; they will be selected in second place. Schedule with an average of 35hrs/week. Workshops offered by Leadership, Learning and Organizational Development that you have taken may be considered an asset if you apply for a position at the University. Don’t forget to list them on your CV. We thank all candidates for applying. We will only contact candidates selected for further consideration. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Remember to upload a copy of your diploma(s) or a certificate of merit as well as a current version of your CV into the My documents section of your career profile (please include the job ID number, i.e. J0000-0000, in the title of your document).
Applications from employees belonging to the bargaining unit SSUO will be considered first. Priority will be given to employees who have an entitlement as defined by their collective agreement or university policies. The University also accepts external applications; they will be selected in second place. Schedule with an average of 35hrs/week. Workshops offered by Leadership, Learning and Organizational Development that you have taken may be considered an asset if you apply for a position at the University. Don’t forget to list them on your CV. We thank all candidates for applying. We will only contact candidates selected for further consideration. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Remember to upload a copy of your diploma(s) or a certificate of merit as well as a current version of your CV into the My documents section of your career profile (please include the job ID number, i.e. J0000-0000, in the title of your document).
