Post University

Job Description

The Lab Assistant Student Worker provides administrative and clerical support to the associates of the Biology Department at Post University. This position requires approximately 10 hours per week.

Location: Post University Main Campus – MacDermid Hall

Supervisor: Xiangru Xu, Program Chair of Life and Physical Science

Rate of Pay: Minimum Wage

This is a 2025-2026 academic year-round opportunity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of the Lab Assistant is to assist with the daily operations of the Post University Biology Department which include, but arenot limited to:

• Assist Faculty in the set up and preparation of materials for biology, chemistry, physics, and environmental science labs both in the laboratories and field.
• Clean up laboratory, laboratory equipment, and glassware.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Skills, Training, and Attributes

• Student must have successfully completed at least one high school lab course PLUS be currently enrolled in a college lab course; ideally, student shall have successfully completed at least one college lab course
• Students must be responsible and able to focus on the task at hand
• Student must be comfortable working with laboratory glassware and general lab equipment
• Student must communicate and coordinate with supervisor, multiple instructors, and other student lab assistants
• Ideally, student should be a Biology major or minor.

How This Position Will Benefit You as a Student

This position will give a student an opportunity to work behind the scenes and better understand laboratory setup, equipment setup, equipment use, and proper laboratory etiquette and procedures. Students working for the Science department will set up laboratory and field experiments and gain comfort in a laboratory or field setting.

This opportunity is open to Post University students only