Physics Education Lab Manager 🔍School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States📁Research📅Feb 29, 2024 Post Date📅102412 Requisition #
Physics Education Lab Manager
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 23 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university's largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. Graduate students work alongside world-renowned faculty to pursue and shape foundational research that leads to breakthroughs and discoveries that shed new light on the past, influence the present, and shape the future. Together, faculty and students in H&S engage in inspirational teaching, learning, and research every day.
Stanford's Physics Department is a teaching and research department in the School of Humanities and Sciences.For undergraduates, we offer Physics majors and minors with a variety of pathways.For graduate students, we offer a Physics Ph.D. program. The department has approximately 50 faculty members, over 200 graduate students, over 70 undergraduate students, and approximately 30 staff members. Website: https://physics.stanford.edu/The Department of Physics is seeking an Education Lab Manager to support multiple aspects of the Department's educational mission, under the general supervision of the Associate Chair of Physics for Undergraduate Education.Primary responsibilities will include management and curation of apparatus for advanced teaching labs in consultation with course instructors, as well as some of the following, depending on the successful candidate's skills and interests: advising and education of undergraduate students, training of graduate teaching assistants, assisting with the undergraduate summer research program, management and development of lecture demonstration experiments, and directing work of other staff.Specific duties may evolve over time as the educational needs of the Department change, so flexibility is essential and interest in ongoing learning is welcomed.We are looking for a person with physics knowledge, at least equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Physics, and experience and enthusiasm for working hands-on with experimental hardware. Candidates should ideally be skilledwith at least one of the following categories of instrumentation commonly found in physics experiments and specifically in our instructional labs: electronics, optics, vacuum systems, and low temperature (cryogenic) systems.This position will involve education of both undergraduate students and graduate teaching assistants, and close coordination with instructors, so good communication and pedagogical experience are important.
This is a 100% FTE, continuing, exempt position. This position will be based on the Stanford campus.
If you believe that this opportunity is a match for your knowledge, skills and abilities, we encourage you to apply. A resume and cover letter are required. Thank you for considering employment opportunities with the School of Humanities and Sciences.
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*Other duties will likely also be assigned, possibly including
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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The expected pay range for this position is $97,000 to $128,000 per annum.
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