Laboratory Technician

Posting Information Department:
Globl Hlth and Infect Disease - 427801

Career Area :
Research Professionals

Posting Open Date:
06/02/2026

Application Deadline:
06/05/2026

Position Type:
Temporary Staff (SHRA)

Position Title :
Laboratory Technician

Position Number:
20076667

Vacancy ID:
S027580

Full-time/Part-time:
Full-Time Temporary

Hours per week:
40

Work Schedule:

Position Location:
North Carolina, US

Hiring Range:
$22.00 per hour

Proposed Start Date:

Estimated Duration of Appointment:
6 months or longer

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary:
This temporary laboratory technician will support ongoing molecular epidemiology projects at a laboratory at UNC . The individual will be responsible for running a variety of molecular assays to detect and/or quantify infectious agents from a variety of specimens. They will be responsible for extraction of the biospecimens which will nvolve work with both DNA and RNA . The individual will be responsible to managing large sets of data generated and providing summary statistics for the assays. They will also be responsible for quality assurance of the assays. The position will report to a senior lab technician, the lab manager and the principle investigator.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

Management Preferences:
-Previous experience with PCR and realtime PCR of malaria.
-Operate basic computer programs for collating and organizing data.
-Experience carrying out molecular laboratory work.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements:
The individual must be able to carry out the activities required of the position, including accessing supplies on shelves and accessing samples from freezers.

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities:

Not Applicable.

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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:
The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.