Location: Santa Cruz
Job ID: 48936
JOB POSTING
The UCSC Department of Anthropology includes the subfields of archaeology, biological anthropology and cultural anthropology. Our faculty work on a variety of topics, from ancient DNA to anti-Blackness, from food, medicine and health to Indigenous survivance, from secularism, sexism, and capitalism to primate ecology, from multispecies entanglements to the power relations of built landscapes. Our department was identified as one of the top 100 anthropology programs worldwide in 2020 by QS Top Universities, among the top 21-35 anthropology departments in the United States.
NOTIFICATIONS
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INITIAL REVIEW DATE (IRD)
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The IRD for this job is: 02-21-2023
ABOUT UC SANTA CRUZ
UC Santa Cruz is a public university like no other in California, combining the experience of a small, liberal arts college with the depth and rigor of a major research university. It's known as an unconventional place where innovation and experimentation is part of the campus's DNA. That playful, bold spirit still thrives today, all on a campus renowned as among the most beautiful in the world.
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
The UCSC Department of Anthropology includes the subfields of archaeology, biological anthropology and cultural anthropology. Our faculty work on a variety of topics, from ancient DNA to anti-Blackness, from food, medicine and health to Indigenous survivance, from secularism, sexism, and capitalism to primate ecology, from multispecies entanglements to the power relations of built landscapes. Our department was identified as one of the top 100 anthropology programs worldwide in 2020 by QS Top Universities, among the top 21-35 anthropology departments in the United States.
More information can be found here: https://anthro.ucsc.edu
JOB SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Anthropology Faculty Lab Director and Department Manager, the incumbent will provide lab operations support, facilities management, technical support, and ensure health and safety and regulatory compliance for the Department of Anthropology.
APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Budgeted Salary: $27.94 - $33.63 / Hourly. Salary commensurate with skills, qualifications and experience.
Under California law, the University of California, Santa Cruz is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary above the posted range. The salary shown above is the budgeted range the University reasonably expects to pay.
No. of Positions: 1
Benefits Level Eligibility: Full benefits
Schedule Information:

• Full-time, Fixed
• Percentage of Time: 100%, 40 Hours per Week
• Days of the Week: Mon-Fri
• Shift Includes: Day

Employee Classification: This is a Career appointment
Job End Date: None
Work Location: UC Santa Cruz Main Campus
Union Representation: TX - Technical
Job Code Classification: 009601 - LAB AST 4
Travel: Never or Rarely
JOB DUTIES
25% - Lab Operations Management

• Oversees and maintains all shared lab facilities, teaching labs and departmental (osteological and archaeological) teaching collections.
• Manages storage and access to research specimens, shipping preparation, and transportation.
• Recruits and trains student lab assistants and volunteers in collaboration with the Lab Director to support instruction and maintenance of teaching labs and shared lab support spaces.
• Prepares quarterly budget estimates and reports, monitors support for lab personnel, service costs and supplies for teaching labs and lab support spaces.
• Provides consultation on sourcing and budgeting for purchases in support of research and technical needs.
• Arranges regular lab materials recycling pickups (pipette tip boxes, nitrile gloves, Styrofoam).
• Provides consultation for developing start-up requests and lab safety compliance for prospective/new faculty hires.
• Oversees the use of and maintenance of shared field and audio/visual equipment.
• Conducts regular equipment inspections (cleans/decontaminates, tests, calibrates, and maintains instruments such as microscopes, refrigerators and freezers, 3Dprinter, calipers, drying ovens, hot plates, etc.) in shared labs and research labs (as requested by lab PIs).
• Develops and maintains record-keeping system to monitor the check-out and return of equipment.
• Responds to inquiries from individuals and investigates claims.
• Coordinates and leads lab/collection tours for prospective graduate students, faculty candidates, and school groups.
• Coordinates APHIS permit inspection & County Waste Inspection.
• Liaisons with public/private agencies for the sharing of collections (Albion, Oakland Zoo, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department).
• Documents and shares standard procedures and protocols in shared in departmental repositories (e.g. Anthro Wiki).
• Maintains and regularly updates the anthropology laboratory web pages.

25% - Health & Safety/Regulatory Compliance

• Liaison with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S): Provide guidance and stay current on applicable UCSC health and safety rules and regulations, training and reporting requirements, and standard operating procedures associated with laboratory and building safety.
• Arranges chemical waste and biohazard waste pickups with EH&S.
• Assists with field school work planning: safety, personnel communications, and regulatory.
• Provides consultation regarding the import of sample materials from field sites including import permits, CITES, customs, etc.
• Identifies hazardous conditions or operations in departmental spaces, determine safe procedures and controls, and implement and ensure compliance with standard safety procedures.
• Provides consultation on the use of higher-risk materials, such as the use of particularly hazardous chemicals, biological agents, or radioactive materials, so that special safety precautions are taken.
• Develops, and maintains a chemical and hazardous material inventory for the shared laboratory facilities.
• As designated Laboratory Safety Representative, provides documentation by completing Appendix A of the laboratory Injury and Illness Prevention Program.
• Ensures laboratory personnel have access to and are familiar with the appropriate laboratory safety manuals (online Laboratory Safety Manual, Standard Operating Procedures, Biosafety, Radiation Safety).
• Attends quarterly EH&S meetings to keep up to date regarding campus-wide regulatory changes.
• Provides consultation to laboratory personnel on how to work safely with hazardous materials and maintains electronic records of laboratory-specific training, including informing laboratory personnel of the location and availability of hazard information such as Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Oversees and maintains all shared safety equipment (e.g., emergency showers/eyewashes, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, etc.).
• Notifies EH&S and/or Campus Facilities Management as soon as possible should he/she become aware that workplace engineering controls (e.g., fume hoods) and safety equipment (e.g., emergency showers/eyewashes, fire extinguishers, etc.) become non-operational.
• Ensures appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) (nitrile gloves, eye protection, lab coats, etc.) are available and regularly maintained (e.g. all lab coats are laundered at least once per quarter).
• Arranges purchase, repair, or replacement of shared lab equipment
• Assists faculty with the coordination of equipment repairs.
• Conducts annual inspections of all laboratory spaces and ensures that quarterly self-inspections are performed within the lab at least 2 weeks prior to inspections from EH&S, and ensures all corrective actions are completed, e.i, annual EH&S audit findings are addressed, documented and forms returned to EH&S.
• Ensures department/laboratory accidents and injuries are reported to Risk Management and EH&S promptly. Ensures serious injuries are reported to EH&S within 8 hours of the incident.
• Ensures availability of medical surveillance and / or medical consultation/examination for laboratory personnel, as required.
• Alerts facilities personnel, other non-laboratory personnel, and any outside contractors of potential lab-related hazards and how to mitigate these hazards when they are required to work in the laboratory environment.
• Maintains departmental emergency contact list.
• Coordinates APHIS permit inspection & County Waste Inspection.

25% - Collections Management

• Oversees, maintains and improves the quality of all anthropology teaching collections
• Consults with faculty regarding the osteological, lithic, and ceramic teaching collections, arranges the appropriate disposal of damaged or excess specimens.
• Provides training for anyone engaging with the teaching collections.
• Develops and maintains database to monitor the electronic check-out and return of reference collections and other specimens.
• Responsible for defleshing and degreasing fresh faunal specimens to improve the osteology collection, including training student lab assistants in this task.
• Maintains beetle colony for above skeletonization purposes if requested by faculty
• Liaisons with public and private agencies for the sharing of collections (UCSC Norris Center, Oakland Zoo, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department, Albion).

15% - Facilities Management

• Participate in planning and space utilization of teaching labs and laboratory support facilities.
• Organizes and maintains teaching labs, shared departmental spaces, shared equipment, and consumables, arranges or conducts weekly or monthly cleanings (floors swept, surfaces wiped); in high-use areas (e.g. classrooms, seminar rooms, mailing room).
• Liaisons with Social Sciences Facilities Coordinator(s): facilitates the transfer of lab/office space; maintenance, removal and replacement of furniture
• Identifies and communicates renovation needs, building maintenance and repairs
• Provides consultation for the re-design of lab spaces.
• Coordinates use of teaching lab spaces for multiple courses held during the same quarter in the same space.
• Oversees physical security in the department; Responsible for storing and maintaining inventory of departmental brass keys, checking keys out to authorized persons, maintaining the key database and using the database to collect keys when employment or assignment ends; updates user lists for electronic locks and ensures that electronic locks are functional; places work orders for repair/replacement of electronic locks.
• Oversees distribution of department mail and receives and distributes shipments of parcels and equipment; tracks mis/undelivered shipments across campus; assists with outgoing parcels.
• Ensures function and updating of electronic signage.
• Facilitates the use of department space and resources with other campus units.

10% - Course & Co Curricular Support

• Ensures regular teaching lab and other teaching/seminar room upkeep and cleaning
• Develops by-course budget for consumable course materials in collaboration with primary instructor; develops proposals for course fees, and submits annual reports of associated course fees.
• Assist instructors with setting up and removing demonstration materials for introductory (ANTH 1, ANTH 3) and lab courses.
• Provides lab safety and lab facilities orientations for students requested by faculty and lecturers.
• May assist with instructional demonstrations of lab equipment use and experimental procedures.
• Manages security & loss control of teaching materials made available to students in teaching labs.
• Provides audio/visual technical support for courses, co-curricular and public events in department spaces.
• Assists with public events sponsored by the department or representation of the department in public spaces.
• Oversees security & loss control of teaching materials made available to students in teaching labs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience handling biological, geological and cultural materials.
• Demonstrated substantive knowledge of the basic concepts and technical practices of archaeology and biological anthropology.
• Demonstrated general knowledge of the basic concepts of biological sciences, vertebrate and primate zoology, geology, and statistics.
• Demonstrated basic laboratory skills and knowledge of safe laboratory practices; mechanical aptitude and the ability to perform simple trouble-shooting procedures; familiarity with Macintosh and/or other word processing, spreadsheet and database management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to operate and maintain standard laboratory equipment (e.g., balances, microscopes, saws, calipers, tools, compasses, and optical and mechanical field equipment).
• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities; work independently; recruit, train, and supervise student and research assistants.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain organized records, with strong attention to detail; establish and maintain budgets.
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with a diverse group of faculty, staff and students.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated ability to prepare chemical solutions and resins from simple recipes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of basic inventory and accounting procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge of NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA.
• Certification in CPR and Basic First Aid.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment criminal history background check.
• Must possess a valid license to drive in the state of California.
• Ability to work long periods of time at a computer with or without accommodation.
• Ability to perform essential physical job functions.
• Must have the ability to: operate a vacuum, floor scrubber, and polisher; use cleaning chemical compounds; perform essential custodial duties including dumping bags into dumpster or moving equipment and materials with or without accommodations.
• Ability to safely perform the physical requirements necessary in storing and moving materials. The ability to lift light to moderate objects up to 40 lbs., with or without accommodation.
• Ability to maintain appearance and conduct suitable for working in a professional setting.
• The University of California has implemented a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy covering all employees. To be compliant with the policy, covered employees must submit proof of vaccination or have an approved exception or deferral, eight (8) weeks from date of hire.
• Per the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA), this position has been identified as a Mandated Reporter. The selected candidate will be required to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect as defined by CANRA and will be required to sign a Statement Acknowledging Requirement to Report Child Abuse prior to commencing employment. CANRA Penal Codes, and related definitions, requirements, and responsibilities may be obtained here.

SAFETY STATEMENT
All UCSC employees must understand and follow job safety procedures, attend required health and safety training, proactively promote safety at work, and promptly report actual and potential accidents and injuries.
HOW TO APPLY
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EEO/AA
The University of California is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. UC Santa Cruz is committed to excellence through diversity and strives to establish a climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the contributions of all students and employees.
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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. UC Santa Cruz is committed to excellence through diversity and strives to establish a climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the contributions of all students and employees.
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