Oakwood School seeks a Science Laboratory Assistant to manage our academic science laboratories (5) and stock rooms (2) at the Secondary School campus. Responsibilities include collaborating with the science teachers to set up materials for student labs, assisting with laboratory investigations, keeping inventory of equipment and supplies, and breaking down and cleaning up labs according to set protocols.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepares labs for teaching and learning according to Oakwood and laboratory learning protocols.
• Collaborates with teachers in planning and conducting lab investigations.
• Maintains an organized inventory of lab equipment, chemicals, solutions, and stock room supplies. Notifies department chair of supplies with low inventory levels.  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree with extensive lab coursework and 1-2+ years of lab experience  
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills 
• Proficient computer skills with the Google suite - Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Microsoft Windows office products - MS Word and Excel and the internet.
• Excellent organizational skills including having experience working in academic labs with middle and high school students.
• Must be able to prioritize and carry out assignments with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness.

Oakwood School is a K-12 coeducational day school in North Hollywood, California that opened its doors in 1951. The school has remained faithful to its original mission ever since: to create a diverse educational environment where young people are partners with the adults who teach them and learn from them; where the best means of preparing students for the future is to immerse them in the present; where a healthy learning environment requires joy and humor as well as rigorous intensity; and where students’ intellectual and aesthetic depth – along with their capacity for empathy and moral courage – emerge out of authentic engagement with their teachers, one another, and the world around them.

Oakwood School is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultural diversity in our workforce. With purpose, Oakwood celebrates and affirms diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, faith, family structure, socioeconomic background, age, and ability.