Harvard University Cambridge , MA 02138
Posted 3 weeks ago
Basic Qualifications
Additional Information
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Position Description
Support of Research and Teaching Using Plants
Communication - interact with faculty and staff to determine project needs and responsibilities. Communicate policies, plant growth/health, and facility status.
Training - troubleshoots questions about plants, pests, and plant growth. Acts as a resource person to users regarding growing methods and techniques.
Pest and Disease Control - assess and diagnose pest control, including conducting applications of chemical pesticides as needed to keep certain plants pest-free. Conducts pesticide applications, maintains spray equipment and pesticide spray log, records, and reports. Establishes and maintains USDA/APHIS permits, records, protocols, and quarantine procedures.
Plant Facilities and Environment
Growth Facilities Management
Policies and procedures - will develop, implement, and train staff and users of plant growth facilities in proper protocols, safety procedures, and growth facility policies.
Budget/Finance - will prepare, track, and maintain budget, ensuring fiscal responsibility while striving to meet the department's goals.
Inventory - responsible for ordering and maintaining all supplies and equipment to operate growth facilities within budgetary allowances.
Space- responsible for the space allocation to each research group; maintains space allocation record. Researches and implements web-based space booking tool.
Safety/Emergency Preparedness - responsible for safety in the growth facilities. Maintains pesticide spray log, label log, records, and reports. Establishes spill procedures. Maintains chemical inventory and records.
Supervision and training
Supervision- responsible for the supervision of support staff.
Facility Users - responsible for training all facility users in plant culture and safety procedures.
Job Summary
The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology of Harvard University seeks a Plant Growth Facilities Manager to oversee, operate and maintain varied and technically complex growth facilities on the Cambridge campus. Working closely with OEB and other Harvard faculty, researchers, and staff under the supervision of the Plant Biology Committee and the Executive Director of Administration, the Plant Growth Facilities Manager will ensure the production of high-quality plants and environments for a full range of research programs and teaching via proper planning, coordination, technical expertise and staff and facility management.
The facilities currently consist of approximately 9,000 square feet of greenhouses, growth chambers, and related workspace, plus outdoor common garden space that support the research and teaching activities of multiple researchers from OEB, MCB and other departments. Our plant research community is vital and diverse in terms of research questions and plant model systems. The Plant Growth Facilities manager will play a critical role in the planned expansion of and investment in our plant growth facilities.
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