- Job Type: Support Staff - Union
- Bargaining Unit: SSA
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Standard Work Schedule:
- Building:
- Salary Range: $56,489.86-$56,489.86
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research seeks a full-time Technician B to support nutrition research studies in the Human Nutrition Research Core (HNRC). The Technician B assists with study meal preparation, participant support, laboratory operations, and nutrition-related data collection.
Responsibilities
- Provides food preparation for research participants using precise, accurate, and food safe methodologies.
- Assists with meal delivery and retrieval for inpatient and outpatient research participants.
- Sets up, calibrates, and maintains laboratory equipment, including calibration and temperature logs.
- Prepares and tests protocol-specific recipes developed by the Research Assistant
- Provides participants with protocol-specific meal pickup and food handling instructions (non-clinical), as directed.
- Collects and records meal preparation, weigh-back, and dietary intake data.
- Flags data discrepancies to the Research Assistant for resolution.
- Assists with ordering, inventory management, and storage of food supplies and equipment; maintains established cleaning schedules.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in nutrition/dietetics or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of various related laboratory procedures and techniques preferred.
- One year of related experience preferred.
- Food Protection Certificate or equivalent food safety training.
- Experience in a research kitchen, metabolic kitchen, laboratory, clinical research, or food service environment.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact professionally with research participants and staff.
- Experience maintaining accurate records and following standardized protocols.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.