Appointment Information

Working Title: Laboratory Coordinator/Manager, ARI

Division/College: 3979-RCI Research Centers and Institutes

Department: 793-RCI Aquaculture

Location: Moscow

FTE: 1

Advertising Pay Range: $27.50 per hour or higher depending on experience

Is this position contingent on work and/or funding: True

FLSA Status: Classified

Type of Appointment: Full Fiscal Year

Position Overview:

Provides functional supervision of day-to-day activities of a laboratory or field research enterprise, including directing the activities of graduate and undergraduate students, staff researchers and research support staff. Develops guidelines and protocols for lab operations. Assures quality control; maintains budget; and operates, tests, and repairs electronic and/or scientific test equipment used. Assists with the construction and modification of new and prototype scientific devices.

Duties may include:

• Providing consulting services to department management, public and private sector entities
• Providing final review of policies and procedures; recommending changes based on prevailing scientific evidence
• Supervising scientific/technical staff
• Directing and/or planning and implementing a component of the scientific program
• Directing and/or developing and monitoring research projects in conjunction with other agencies
• Directing and/or preparing reports assessing use, distribution, fate, exposure, and probability of adverse effects of chemicals and/or radiological constituents or other hazardous substances in specific use situations
• Directing and/or developing and /or providing final detailed review of risk assessments and making recommendations for improvement where risk level is unacceptable
• Establishing work priorities and performance standards; may be involved in hiring, training, evaluating staff, assigning and reviewing work
• Making managerial decisions that directly affect the efficiency, cost, reputation and service quality of the laboratory
• Developing budgets, distributing budgeted funds, and exercising the primary control over a relatively small budget

Other duties as assigned

Required Experience:

• Two years of post-Bachelor’s research work to include technical/administrative experience in research operations 

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aquaculture or a closely related field

Required Other:

• Must possess a valid driver’s license and be able to meet policy requirements for driving university-owned vehicles 

Additional Preferred:

• Masters degree in aquaculture or a closely related field
• Three or more years experience in and responsibility for fish culture, staff training and supervision, husbandry of live research animals
• Experience recognizing abnormal behavior and disease symptoms of various fish and their control; identifying and determining nutritional and growth requirements of fish and calculating their feeding rates; spawning and stocking fish
• Experience performing minor repair and maintenance on buildings, hatchery systems and mechanical equipment
• Experience operating fish transport-type equipment
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty, students, industry representatives, government agency personnel and the public
• Experience supervising and evaluating staff engaged in a fish rearing operation
• Experience training others in various aspects of a fish hatchery operation
• Experience developing and managing a budget
• Experience instructing and mentoring K-12 students and teachers
• Good verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to use various spreadsheet and statistical software applications

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to stand and work in very cold water for four to six hours per shift
• Ability to lift, carry and or otherwise move material weighing up to 60 pounds
• Ability to climb on and off fish transport trucks
• Ability to work in all types of weather conditions
• Ability to work in adverse or extreme weather conditions

Posting Information

Open Until Filled: True

Special Instructions to Applicants: This position is posted as open until filled, however, applications submitted on or before November 30, 2026, will receive priority consideration.

Applicants:
Please use your letter of qualification to explain in detail how your work experience, skills, and abilities meet both the required and preferred qualifications as listed in the position description. Your letter of qualification will be used to demonstrate your communication and writing skills to determine your ranking among the other applicants for this position.

For resources about how to write a letter of qualification, please visit:
https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/applicant-resources

To see the full job description, please visit the ORED Jobs page at https://www.uidaho.edu/research/jobs. If you have any questions regarding this posting, please reach out to the search coordinator at kskovgard@uidaho.edu.

Appropriate work authorization is required for this position. Visa sponsorship from University of Idaho is supported in limited circumstances depending on the candidate’s eligibility once an offer is extended.

Visa Sponsorship: Uncertain

Degree Requirement Timeline: Degree required at time of application