Job Description

The Wistar Institute has an upcoming opening in the Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (i.e., “Core” or “Facility”) for the Managing Director position. The Managing Director will lead the day-to-day operations of the Flow Cytometry Shared Resource of The Wistar Institute, including management of the Facility staff. The Core provides all Wistar investigators with technological resources and professional assistance for high quality, multi-parameter flow cytometry analyses and sorting. The Flow Cytometry Facility is a key component of The Wistar Institute’s NCI-designated Cancer Center Shared Resources. The Managing Director is expected to advise and coordinate work, and to facilitate projects with clients, including assisting with the design of experimental strategies, training and support, performing flow cytometry-based analysis and cell sorting, and to provide publication-quality reports with the assistance of the Core's staff in collaboration with the Core's Scientific Director.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Be on site to support users during regular working hours.
• Maintenance, repair, and upgrades of present and future equipment to ensure reliable 24/7 access to Wistar investigators. This includes arranging and coordinating service contracts and necessary repairs with contracting manufacturers or outside service as needed.
• Operational expertise of all flow cytometry and associated equipment.
• Training and ongoing support to investigators for self-performed analysis, as needed.
• Consultation with investigators in experimental design and data analysis, including the development of new techniques.
• Participation in writing grant applications involving flow cytometry or the facility.
• Supervision of Associate Director (if appointed to Shared Resource) and technical assistant(s).
• Ensures that service is provided in a timely and efficient manner, such that it meets the expectations of the contracting laboratories.
• Responsible for scheduling and daily record keeping of the activities of the facility, as well as preparation of monthly reports.
• Ensure timely submission of charge sheets for all work completed by the Core to facilitate the normal billing cycle.
• Administration and assignment of post-acquisition flow cytometry software licenses.

A bachelor’s degree in biology, or equivalent degree is required. Applicants are expected to have more than 5 years of laboratory experience in flow cytometry. Experience with managing employees and interfacing with diverse clientele is preferred.
Applicants should have experience with Flow cytometry analysis and sorting experience as well as the ability to operate multiple instruments simultaneously.
The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.
The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting-edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities.
We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.
For more information about The Wistar Institute, visit our website at www.wistar.org.

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