COLLEGE LABORATORY ASSISTANT I ( PHYSICAL SCIENCE) - PART TIME
MALCOLM X COLLEGE
City Colleges of Chicago's?vision is to be recognized as the city's most accessible higher education engine of socioeconomic mobility and racial equity - empowering all Chicagoans to take part in building a stronger and more just city.?
?The community college system's more than 3,500 faculty and staff serve?more than 60,000 students annually at seven colleges and five satellite sites.
Malcolm X College is seeking a part time College Laboratory Assistant to assist the physical science faculty members in all phases of laboratory procedures and/or lecture demonstrations emphasizing laboratory safety practices.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Supervise students during Physical Science laboratory classes.
* Prepare living and preserved specimens, reagents, chemical solutions, equipment and materials for laboratory procedures and demonstrations as needed.
* Perform and evaluate prospective and/or current experiments.
* Set up, operate and maintain existing instruments, audio-visual materials, procedures and equipment as requested.
* Maintain laboratories and storerooms of the physical science departments as to cleanliness, orderliness, safety, and availability of equipment and maintaining inventory using computer software.
* Assist in the student registration process.
* Adheres to CCC Customer Service Excellence Standards.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
* Minimum two years of college with course work in Physical Science (Chemistry and/or Physics).
* Knowledge of routine laboratory safety practices and the ability to perform routine chemical laboratory procedures.
* Evening and Weekend availability required
* Computer literacy is also required.
Malcolm X College has been named a 2024 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges award winner!
NISOD joins Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in recognizing Malcolm X College's best-in-class student and staff recruitment and retention practices, inclusive learning and working environments, and meaningful community service and engagement opportunities.
This position is represented by the Local 1708 union.
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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