Laboratory Coordinator- Term

Laboratory Coordinator- Term

Date Posted: 11/04/2026
Req ID: 50913
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Chem/Phys. Sciences
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00013185
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity:

Chemistry and Physical Sciences (CPS) is an interdisciplinary science department comprising Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences, and Astronomy. Our vibrant research labs examine questions such as how cells are programmed, how proteins function, how we develop materials for human health and sustainable future, how Earth’s climate and biosphere change over time, how we monitor and predict natural hazards, and how students learn to approach these challenges. We offer undergraduate programs in Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences and Astronomy as well as interdisciplinary specializations in Biological Chemistry, Biomedical Physics, and Environmental Geoscience.

Our students have access to state-of-the-art teaching laboratories, are involved in cutting-edge research projects in our research labs and pursue internships at a broad range of technology companies across the GTA. Few departments can offer as wide an array of experiences as can CPS, from mapping in the Andes to simulating protein folding, to building a laser trap. Our department is home to 25 full-time faculty, including award-winning educators and researchers, who supervise a total of 90 graduate students and 16 postdocs in the CPS research labs. About 40% of our faculty have been hired in the last 10 years, the result of a recruitment and renewal drive that is ongoing.

The Laboratory Coordinator position is an integral role in supporting our students in their lab work. The Coordinator will have a wide range of duties such as executing the operational needs for one or more daytime and evening labs/workshops, providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students and/or employees on lab techniques, experimental procedures and protocols, liaising with colleagues to encourage the use of best practices and consistent programming, assessing student experiential learning needs, and providing safety training and ensuring compliance of lab procedures and standards.


Your responsibilities will include:

Performing lab experiments that requires great precision and attention to many detailsEnsuring that the material needs of laboratory exercises and/or courses are availableCoordinating routine maintenance of lab equipmentProviding safety training and ensuring compliance to lab safety procedures and standardsApproving purchases within established limits

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.Minimum three years of experience in a wet lab environment.Carrying out all experiments to be done by students and documenting the results and provide the course instructor with data to facilitate grading of student lab reports.Adapting/modifying experiments in collaboration with the course instructor. Researching and validating new lab techniques and experiments.Costing out reagents for each experiment.Creating and updating standard operating procedures for lab experiments and equipment.Act as a first-aid responder ensuring the health and safety of students and lab personnel.

Assets (Nonessential):

First Aid CPR, WHMIS, and Bio-Safety certification and training.Master's degree in chemistry would be an asset.

To be successful in this role you will be:

AccountableCommunicatorMulti-taskerOrganizedProblem solverTeam player

**** PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A TERM POSITION ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 2028 ****

Closing Date: 11/13/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 11 -- $79,640 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $101,845. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Divisional HR Office Email: hrserv.utm@utoronto.ca

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

Indigenous Substantiation Process

The University of Toronto has implemented a process to substantiate Indigenous Membership/Citizenship/Enrolment for candidates who identify as Indigenous. For more information about this process, please refer to the Indigenous Substantiation Website.

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