Lab Research Supervisor

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Posted Date

07/20/2026

Salary Range: $80700 - 168500 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

31901

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Department of Medicine is seeking a highly qualified Laboratory Research Supervisor to provide leadership and oversight for laboratory research operations within a dynamic and specialized research environment. Under the direction of the Laboratory Director (Principal Investigator) and/or Laboratory Manager, this position will serve as the Lab Research Supervisor responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the laboratory personnel and operations. The successful candidate will conduct and support laboratory research, which may include routine or non-routine laboratory operations, data interpretation, development and performance of technical protocols and procedures, design of experiments, literature studies, and preparation of scientific papers. This also involves extensive expertise working with research animals, breeding, genotyping, colony management, and associated protocols. The Lab Research Supervisor is also responsible for providing direct supervision to professional/skilled technical employees in a highly specialized large unit. They will serve as an advisor to the Director and supervise staff to ensure accountability and stewardship of laboratory resources.

Annual range: $81,600.00-$170,200.00

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in applicable field of laboratory focus or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-5 years' experience in hands on technical laboratory experience in area of laboratory focus.
• Technical know-how of specialized equipment and laboratory techniques routinely used in the laboratory.
• Focus of knowledge and skills dependent on area of specialty (laboratory research or instructional / experimental design).
• Ability to create an environment that promotes positive attitudes, effective communications, trust, collaboration, creativity, and optimal productivity.
• Developed interpersonal skills, service orientation, ability to multi-task effectively in a varied, high-volume environment, judgment and decision-making, reasoning and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to follow defined priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and financial needs of PIs and the department, while complying with University polices. Demonstrated experience and ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of staff; technical, students, faculty and administrators.
• Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective team leader and supervisor.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safety and regulatory compliance.
• High level of ethics, integrity, discretion and confidentiality.
• Skill in reading technical and scientific documents.
• Ability to conduct and report on scientific experiments and findings.
• Ability to evaluate performance and competency and recommend corrective action.
• Leadership skills associated with planning work assignments, establishing priorities and scheduling instructional space.
• Knowledge of data acquisition and analysis techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of research discipline or instructional design to collaborate effectively with faculty and function as a resource to research and instructional associates.
• Knowledge of necessary lab safety procedures and requirements, as well as chemical disposal guidelines.

Preferred:

• Master's degree or PhD in applicable field of laboratory focus.
• Ability to contribute to scientific writing.
• Working knowledge of procurement and inventory management best practices.
• Ability to successfully recruit and retain laboratory personnel.
• 2+ years' experience of supervising laboratory personnel and operations.
• Organizational skills to create and maintain an organized laboratory environment as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.