BACKGROUND:
About BSC:
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 460 staff from 44 countries.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Context and Mission:
Within the Life Sciences Department, we are looking for a Laboratory Manager. Under the Department Direction, the Lab Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department. The selected candidate will take responsibility to provide scientific and administrative guidance in relation to lab management, in accordance with established lab policies and practices and in conjunction with the department identified goals.

Key Duties:

• Establishes quality standards, supervises quality control, inspects staff work and adjusts lab policies and procedures if needed
• Provide recommendations to group leaders with respect to daily operations, lab staff training status, and compliance with study protocols and center's policies and procedures
• Review and oversee research protocols of internal and external research groups in an effort to stay abreast as to what research projects are occurring in the lab at any given time
• Implements new programs, tests, methods, instrumentation, and procedures by investigating alternatives; preparing proposals; developing and performing parallel testing; monitoring progress
• Anticipate the needs of the lab and prepare accordingly (order supplies, maintain inventory, consider budget implications, and coordinate equipment use)
• Maintains the department productivity by monitoring workload of functional areas; identifying peak and slack periods; making operational or staffing adjustment
• Maintains the department staff by recruiting, training, counseling and appraising activities results
• Troubleshoot problems and recommend solutions to technical problems of extensive scope
• Scientific and Administrative Department Point of Contact
• Attend international conferences representing the department and committees meeting
• Plan and schedule work activities to ensure adequate space, use of equipment, and coordination with other project activities within the lab
• Perform other related duties and tasks as required or assigned

REQUIREMENTS:
Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, Biomedicine, Bioinformatics or related discipline

Knowledge and Professional Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been attained
• Experience in Computational Biology/ Bioinformatics, Genomics and Machine learning methods

Competences:

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills, strong detail orientation and ability to adeptly manage multiple deadline dependent
• Capacity to interact and build strong relations with a diverse members/stakeholder/staff base
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively in verbal, written and presentation formats
• Must be able to work cross functionally with other groups to achieve common goals
• Excellent leadership and team building skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

TERMS:
Conditions:

• The position will be located at BSC within the Life Sciences department
• A competitive salary will be provided, matched to the cost of living in Barcelona, depending on the value of the candidate
• Duration of the contract: 2 years (with possibilities of extension)
• Schedule: full time
• Starting date: ASAP

COMPENSATION:
30-40k

HOW TO APPLY:
Center's Website: https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-offers/job-offers-list/18lscvlabman

All applications must include:

• A motivation letter
• A full CV including contact details

DEADLINE:
Monday, 13 March, 2017

POLICY:
Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment:
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.