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Instructional Technologist II (Biotechnology and EST Labs)

🇺🇸 Lexington, KY 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $22 per Hour 💻 Instructional Design 🗓️ March 13th, 2026

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Bluegrass Community & Technical College is hiring an Instructional Technologist II (Biotechnology and EST Labs). The role involves supporting Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences lab classes by preparing, maintaining, and cleaning lab equipment and supplies, managing inventory and budgets, and coordinating lab safety procedures compliant with federal, state, and college guidelines.

Highlights
  • Manage lab setup, transitions, and cleanup with faculty and student support
  • Ensure lab supplies and equipment are functional and ready before classes
  • Develop, review, and update lab protocols and manuals
  • Maintain a safe lab environment by enforcing safety procedures and maintaining Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)
  • Handle inventory management and purchasing of lab equipment and supplies
  • Dispose and label hazardous materials correctly
  • Orient faculty and students in using laboratory equipment
  • Operate, clean, and calibrate lab instruments as needed
  • Oversee student workers and serve as a contact for adjunct faculty on lab matters
  • Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and two years of relevant laboratory experience; proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) is expected
  • Salary is $22.23 per hour, with a contract term length of 11 months and standard 37.5 hours per week

Instructional Technologist II (Biotechnology and EST Labs) Full Description

Title: Instructional Technologist II (Biotechnology and EST Labs)
Salary Range: $22.23 per hour
Contract Term Length: 11 Months
Standard Hours: 37.5
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
College: Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Campus Location: Bluegrass C&TC - Newtown Pike Campus
Department: Academics, & Student Services

Total Rewards
Bluegrass Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:
  • Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
  • Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
  • 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
  • Vacation/Sick Time
  • Work-Life Balance
  • 9.5 Paid Holidays
  • 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
  • Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary
The primary purpose of this Instructional Technologist II position is to support the Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences laboratory classes by preparation, maintenance, and clean-up of equipment and supplies used in the labs. In addition, the Instructional Technologist is responsible for ordering and maintaining budget and inventory records as well as coordinating laboratory experiences to ensure safety procedures are followed in compliance with federal, state, and KCTCS guidelines.

Job Duties:Manage labs, including set up, transition, and clean up, with assistance from faculty and students

Ensure lab supplies and equipment are readily available, turned on, and in working order prior to the start of scheduled labs.

Review, refine, develop and update lab protocols and manuals as needed.

Provide a safe lab environment, including ongoing development and enforcement of safety processes and procedures.

Maintain SDSs for reagents according to state and federal guidelines.

Manage the inventory of supplies and lab equipment, documenting inventory annually.

Recommend and assist with the purchasing process for lab equipment and supplies.

Store, properly label and oversee disposal of all lab-generated hazardous materials.

Orient faculty and students to the laboratory equipment.

Operate, clean and calibrate lab equipment/instruments as needed.

Manage student workers when available.

Serve as contact for adjunct faculty for questions concerning lab experiments.

Assist with set-up of lecture demonstrations.

Other duties as assigned by Assistant Dean, and/or other administration officials.
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelors degree (in a related field) or equivalent and two years of relevant laboratory experience
Preferred Qualifications:Bachelor's degree and four years of relevant laboratory experience.
Additional Skills Requested:Demonstrate evident of flexibility and willingness to change; open-mindedness, fairness and the ability to see multiple perspectives; a willingness to take risks, and a willingness to accept responsibility for professional and personal growth.

Excellent organizational skills, high attention to detail, ability to work independently, be self-motivated, ability to work at a fast-paced, changing environment.

Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, represent yourself professionally and courteously

Ability to multitask, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects with a high level of efficiency and accuracy.

Be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
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