University of Idaho
Instructional Laboratory Coordinator
🇺🇸 Moscow, ID
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $50K
💻 Other
🗓️ August 21st, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Coordinate preparation of undergraduate teaching laboratories and support first-year lab courses.
- Supervise undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants to ensure university and department safety standards.
- Order lab supplies and maintain scientific and electronic test equipment.
- Develop guidelines and protocols for instructional lab operations and assure quality control.
- Maintain budgets related to laboratory courses.
- Required education: Bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, or related field.
- Preferred qualifications include laboratory teaching experience, program planning, leadership, project management, and a Master’s degree.
- Experience with safety compliance, training personnel, budgeting, and developing standard operating procedures is advantageous.
- Physical requirement includes ability to handle materials up to 50 lbs and occasional work with hazardous chemicals.
- Compensation starts at $49,816 annually, commensurate with experience.
Instructional Laboratory Coordinator Full Description
Posting Number | SP004989P
Position Title | Instructional Laboratory Coordinator
Division/College | College of Science
Department | Biological Sciences
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement |
Position Overview
Coordinate the preparation of undergraduate teaching laboratories in the Department of Biological Sciences. Provide instructional support in first-year undergraduate laboratory courses. Supervise undergraduate/graduate student teaching assistants to ensure compliance with university/department laboratory safety standards. Order supplies and maintain equipment necessary for teaching laboratory courses. Ensure and monitor safety practices in the laboratory courses. Develops guidelines and protocols for instructional lab operations. Assures quality control, maintains budgets, and operates, tests, and repairs electronic and/or scientific test equipment. Other duties as assigned.
Unit URL | https://www.uidaho.edu/sci/biology
Position Qualifications
Required Education | Bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, or a related field.
Required Other |
Additional Preferred | Undergraduate laboratory teaching experience, experience with standard testing, quality control, safety practices, and applicable laws. Experience with program planning and implementation. Experience working with students. Demonstrated leadership and project management experience. Master’s degree in biology, chemistry, or a related field. Research or teaching laboratory management experience including monitoring safety compliance, training personnel, and budgeting and procuring necessary supplies/equipment. Experience developing and revising standard operating procedures.
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | Some situations may require work with toxic, volatile, and corrosive chemicals or carcinogenic substances; Ability to lift, carry and/or otherwise move 50 lbs.
Degree Requirement | Listed degree qualification is required at time of application
Employee Category | Exempt
Pay Range | $49,816 annually or higher commensurate with experience
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding |
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 08/20/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | Open until filled. priority given to those who apply by September 3, 2025. Please include in the letter of qualification how you meet each of the required qualifications and any of the additional preferred qualifications.
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Resume/CV
- Letter of Qualification
- * Were you referred to this employment opportunity by a current University of Idaho employee? If so, please provide their name and department.
(Open Ended Question) - * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Academic Careers
- Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)
- Chronicle
- Disabled in Higher Ed
- HigherEd/Academic Impressions
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Idaho Department of Labor/Job Service including Job Central or Idaho Works (Idahoworks.gov)
- Indeed.com
- Inside Higher Ed
- Newspaper
- Other Venue
- Professional Listservs (Ex: NACUBO, AAAE, ISMC, etc.)
- University of Idaho Website
- University of Idaho Daily Register
- University of Idaho Employee
- Veterans in Higher Ed
- Word of Mouth
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