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Biosafety Program Manager
About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and a world leader in experiential learning. The same commitment to connecting with the world drives our use-inspired research enterprise. The university offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Our campuses in Charlotte, N.C., San Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto are regional platforms for undergraduate and graduate learning and collaborative research. Northeastern pursues advanced research in security and materials at the Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts, and in coastal sustainability at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts.
About the Opportunity:
The Biosafety Program Manager provides professional biosafety support services for faculty, staff, and students to maintain a safe and healthy working environment in academic research and teaching laboratories utilizing biohazardous materials. This manager reports to the EH&S Assistant Director for Research Safety Programs and provides guidance in the continuing improvement and implementation of the University's Biosafety Program as well as administration of the University campus-wide Exposure Control Plan for potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
Biosafety program management presents challenges where problems encountered are often non-routine, requiring detailed review of practices and precedents to recommend effective remedy. Often, risk assessments are not well defined for research safety concerns with potentially biohazardous materials. Thus, this position requires conducting independent research/analysis to identify appropriate and sometimes novel approaches to support the overall implementation of the biosafety program.
Excellent coordination and communication skills are required to effectively negotiate and appropriately influence the safety behavior of individual lab workers, principal investigators, and interdisciplinary research groups towards implementing best management practices. Proven expertise in understanding all aspects of program/project phases and effectively managing projects. This is a team effort with other lab safety program managers not only for overall safety compliance but also for promoting an enhanced campus-wide safety culture.
Responsibilities:
Safety Awareness Training:
Utilize advance knowledge of safety training requirements and familiarity of academic teaching/research programs to maintain a progressive safety training program for laboratory workers utilizing hazardous materials. Researches, analyzes, and evaluates the applicability of new techniques, procedures, equipment, and instrumentation to assist other program managers with exposure monitoring.
Biosafety Program Safety Management:
Serve as the Biosafety Officer to manage the biosafety program that provides consultation, support services, and auditing within the EH&S biological safety programs. Independently carry out duties and responsibilities to fulfill the needs of the University to meet NIH, DPH, OSHA, City of Boston and other regulatory agency requirements for the use of biohazardous materials.
Duties and responsibilities include:
Biosafety Committee
Serve as Secretary (voting member) to the Institutional Biosafety Committee that proves institutional oversight as required by the NIH for research involving recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science degree required in one of the physical sciences, life sciences, environmental science, bioengineering, applied health science or other applicable degree.
Preferred qualifications include a BS or MS degree in microbiology and a background in laboratory biosafety or related field.
Minimum of 4 years' experience working in an academic environment providing occupational and environmental health/safety services. MS degree will replace 2 years of related work experience.
Two years' experience supervising professional/support staff. Ability to lead a team, as well as participate as an active team member.
Eligibility and interest in pursuing professional certification highly desirable.
Qualifications as a Certified Biosafety Professional or a Registered Biosafety Professional highly desirable.
Knowledge of environmental health and occupational safety principles as well as ability to understand and interpret complex written regulations, technical reports, and research protocols.
Experience with OSHA requirements and best management practices for training employees and students on safe work practices when handling hazardous materials or equipment.
Experience working within laboratory safety programs such as general lab safety, biosafety, and radiation protection. Familiarity with laboratory design and code requirements for safety control systems
Ability to compile and present instructions as well as ability to clearly and concisely express ideas orally and in writing.
Excellent coordination and communication skills to effectively negotiate and appropriately influence the safety behavior of lab workers, facilities trade groups, and construction project managers towards best procedures to implement best safety management practices.
Proficient at standard computer software packages including Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Outlook in performing work assignments.
Experience with or ability to learn and utilize a Learning Management System (LMS) such as BlackBoard, Canvas, or other data management software such as BioRaft, to implement safety training and other biosafety program management needs.
Excellent customer service skills. Excellent time and project management skills, including planning, prioritizing, and scheduling multiple ongoing projects
Be medically qualified to wear respiratory protection and other personal protective equipment as well as lift to 50 lbs.
Work in a variety of physical environments where the use of biological and other hazardous materials, or equipment, are in storage or use.
Preferred Qualifications:
Salary Grade:
12
Additional Information:
Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.
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