Department Overview

The Oregon National Primate Center (ONPRC) is located 12 miles west of the OHSU main campus, and sits on 162 acres of land featuring forested areas, research and administration buildings, indoor and outdoor animal housing, and 2-mile perimeter walking path. Our mission is to improve human health and the quality of life through the support of nonhuman primate research programs that advance our knowledge of the causes, preventions, treatments, and cures of debilitating diseases.

Function/Duties of Position

This position oversees all operations of the ONPRC Endocrine Technologies Core (ETC), which includes: manage core staff, prepare and serve as PI on NIH S10 shared instrumentation grants as necessary, maintain up-to-date knowledge of and familiarity with state-of-the-art and emerging endocrine assay technologies, serve as the primary liaison with internal and external core clients, schedule biannual oversight committee meetings and provide regular updates to same and to the Associate Director for Research.

This position also works with the ONPRC business office to develop and manage annual core operating budgets, set prices on services provided, recommend equipment replacement/upgrades, and new instrument acquisition with input from the oversight committee for Associate Director for Research and business office approval. The Core Director will present new technology development at appropriate institutional and national meetings/conferences, when applicable, and in core publications.

The Core Director will also be responsible for contributing to the P51 core grant renewal in writing the ETC section and the annual progress report.

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant post-doctoral work experience.
• Internal candidates must have completed 3-5 years at the Staff Scientist level.
• Evidence of national reputation in field and sustained scientific output as demonstrated by research products is required.
• Comprehensive experience in development, validation, and performance of a wide array of endocrine assay techniques, including EIA, RIA, and LC-MS/MS.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in chemistry, biochemistry, or related field and & 7 years of relevant post-doc or work experience.
• 5+ years of experience working in endocrine or clinical labs.

Additional Details

Regular 8:00am-5:00pm, 40-hour work week with some weekend/outside of regular business hour work to meet deadlines.

Exposure to nonhuman primate samples potentially harboring SIV or herpes B virus.

Benefits

• Healthcare for full-time employees covered 100% and 88% for dependents.
• $50K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee.
• Two separate above market pension plans to choose from.
• Paid time off - 208 hours per year, prorated for part-time.
• Extended illness bank - 64 hours per year, prorated for part-time.
• 9 paid holidays per year.
• Substantial Tri-Met and C-Tran discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Childcare service discounts.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts to local and major businesses.