Role Overview

Role type: Full time; Continuing Faculty in the School of BioSciences (School of BioSciences). Salary: UoM 4: $80,400 - $85,328 per annum plus 17% superannuation.

Responsibilities

- Prepare, set up, and dismantle practical classes, including materials, equipment, and waste disposal across teaching laboratories.
- Attend laboratory classes to support students, demonstrators, and academics, troubleshooting equipment and practical issues in real time.
- Maintain laboratory equipment, bookings, and inventories, ensuring consumables, chemicals, and specimens are available and correctly stored.
- Follow and help review OHS procedures, risk assessments, and SOPs, serving as first aider and floor warden.
- Engage in continuous improvement and professional development, contributing ideas to enhance practical classes and the student experience.

Qualifications

- Hold a degree in Science with a major in Botany, Zoology, Genetics or Ecology.
- Bring experience preparing and supporting biology laboratory classes, ideally across multiple first-year subject areas.
- Demonstrate competence in several techniques, such as media preparation, aseptic methods, dissection, or molecular biology.
- Apply strong organisational and time‑management skills to balance competing deadlines in a busy teaching environment.




- Understand laboratory safety requirements and follow OHS procedures when handling chemicals, equipment, and biological materials.
- Use accurate record‑keeping and basic IT skills, including Office365, databases, spreadsheets and online teaching platforms.

Advantages

- 17% superannuation.
- Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services, including Bupa health insurance.
- Access to employee assistance and well‑being programs.
- Inclusive flexible work arrangements and progressive leave provisions, including parental leave, gender affirmation leave, and cultural leave.
- Career development opportunities, including access to tailored programs such as Academic Women in Leadership and LinkedIn Learning.

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child‑safe organisation. The diversity of our community enriches us all, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We warmly encourage applications from people with disabilities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to connect with our Indigenous Employment & Development team at

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📌 Laboratory Technician (Australia)
🏢 The University Of Melbourne
📍 Australia