Job No: 506655; 12/7/2023

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND NMR SPECIALIST (REVISED) 
Instructional Support Technician III
Chemistry & Biochemistry 

Salary Range: $4,812 - $8,348/Monthly

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; temporary, expires on or before one year from start date; may be extended; may become permanent; non-exempt classification.

Essential Functions: Under the general direction of the department chair, the incumbent is responsible for preparing solutions, reagents, and general supplies necessary for the department’s laboratory courses as needed. The incumbent issues supplies and equipment to laboratories, and maintains records of disbursement and overall inventory. The incumbent works with laboratory instructors and other department staff to ensure that laboratory lockers are properly equipped and that necessary supplies have been ordered in advance. The incumbent works with the lab instructors to ensure that experiments are conducted on schedule according to laboratory course syllabi. The incumbent may work with students assistants or provide guidance to other personnel assigned to assist in preparing laboratory courses, and is responsible for setting up the routine maintenance of laboratory instruments. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that broken equipment is repaired in a timely fashion. The incumbent maintains the stockroom and teaching laboratories in a neat and orderly condition each day. The duties above will be executed with emphasis on responsibilities associated with managing the NMR facility. The departmental NMR spectrometers currently include one 400 MHz and one 600 MHz NMR instruments used for routine and select advanced applications. Duties include, but are not limited to, daily maintenance/operation/oversight of all the departmental NMR spectrometers; training of students, faculty, staff, and other NMR users to use these NMR instruments; assisting and running NMR samples for research groups, and external NMR users and provide technical support for NMR experiments and data interpretation; managing laboratory class instructions that involves NMR characterizations, including scheduling the NMR time, providing technical support, and supervising the operation and data processing during the class time and after-class support; supporting student research and faculty research activities; scheduling and monitoring the use of NMR instrument time by research personnel and laboratory classes; creating and monitoring accounts of NMR users and generating billing statements based on the departmental policy; assessing and monitoring the cryogens and gases needed for maintaining the NMR superconducting magnets and NMR experiments; ordering and ensuring the timely delivery of cryogens and gasses; managing and coordinating with other department technicians to fill the NMR magnets with cryogens when needed; managing and coordinating with other technicians to troubleshoot, repair, arrange service required for the NMR spectrometers; contacting NMR vendors for troubleshooting, repair, and upgrade of the NMR instruments when needed; and keeping abreast of the instrumental and methodological developments in the NMR field and participating in grant writing for maintaining our state-of-the-art magnetic resonance facilities. The NMR Facility manager will also be responsible for developing and implementing safety policies to create a safe environment for NMR instruments and NMR users.

Required Qualifications & Experience: A Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or related discipline from an accredited four-year college or university. Or instructional support experience and college-level course work involving extensive use of materials, supplies, or equipment in a discipline related to NMR spectroscopy. Or acceptable combinations of instructional support experience and applicable college-level course work include: the equivalent of four years of instructional support experience; the equivalent of three years of instructional support experience and two years of college with 16 semester units in relevant course work; and the equivalent of two years of instructional support experience with four years of relevant course work. The incumbent must possess a willing to learn new NMR methodology and recommend them to the NMR users. The incumbent will demonstrate good customer service skills and be able to work efficiently and independently in a diverse professional environment. The incumbent must have a demonstrated interest and/or ability to work in a multicultural/multiethnic environment. A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the California State University. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current California State University employees who may apply for the position.

California State University, Los Angeles, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California.

As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.

Desired Qualifications: MS or PhD degree in Chemistry or other related disciplines with an emphasis on NMR methodology and instrumentation. Experience contributing to NMR research and working with vendor technical support staff; working in an academic or industrial setting, training students, faculty, staff, or other NMR users in the use of NMR spectrometers; and advising new users on experimental protocols, and scheduling user time on multi-user instruments. 

Closing Date: Review of applications will begin on December 21, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled; however, the position may close when an adequate number of qualified applications are received. A COMPLETED ON-LINE CAL STATE LA EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. RESUMES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF A COMPLETED APPLICATION.

The person holding this position is considered a "mandated reporter" under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 revised July 21, 2017, as a condition of employment.

In addition to meeting fully its obligations under federal and state law, California State University, Los Angeles is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can live and work in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual. To that end, all qualified individuals will receive equal consideration without regard to economic status, race, ethnicity, color, religion, disability, national origin or cultural background, political views, sex or sexual orientation, gender, or other personal characteristics or beliefs.

Candidates must demonstrate ability and/or interest in working in a multicultural/multiethnic environment. Certain positions require fingerprinting. The University actively encourages qualified minorities, women and persons with a disability to apply.  Upon request, reasonable accommodation will be provided to individuals with protected disabilities to (a) complete the employment process and (b) perform essential job functions when this does not cause an undue hardship. We are an Equal Opportunity/Title IX Employer.

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