PPL Lab Teaching Technician

Date Posted: 04/28/2025
Req ID: 42685
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Pharmacy
Department: Education Office
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00057904

About us:

The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto is Canada’s top pharmacy faculty and is ranked among the top in the world. We bring together Canada’s leading scientists, researchers, and educators in the heart of Toronto’s innovation and health research ecosystem. We advance professional pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical science through world-leading education and research and are recognized worldwide for our outstanding scholarship, ingenuity, creativity, and impact.

Our faculty, students, staff, and alumni come together to create a vibrant, collaborative environment rich with possibilities. We are at the forefront of redefining pharmacy’s impact in health care and developing the capacity of pharmaceutical science to pinpoint better therapeutic targets, create new ways of building medications, and ensure medication use is safe and effective. We are committed to achieving inclusive excellence and fostering an environment where each member of our community can achieve their full potential.

Learn more: www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the Assistant Director – Academic Program Administration, the Pharmacy Practice Lab (PPL) Lab Teaching Technician provides support to Medication Therapy Management and other clinical courses and initiatives by responding to faculty, staff and students in a customer service-focused manner and redirecting as required for items that need to be escalated. The PPL Lab Teaching Technician is responsible for providing laboratory support/services by scheduling lab equipment and resources, responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role, and redirecting as appropriate. The ideal candidate will also provide general lab maintenance, program support and contribute to teaching lab operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Scheduling the use of lab equipment and resources
• Liaising with the service provider to resolve issues with malfunctioning equipment
• Setting up the lab/workshop according to research and/or course schedules
• Collaborating with staff and course instructors to determine lab setup requirements
• Preparing, assembling, and setting up material, equipment, and supplies used in teaching and/or research labs
• Responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role and redirecting as appropriate
• Photocopying and/or printing and passing on course materials
• Providing program support by responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role and redirecting as appropriate

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years of experience working in a teaching lab environment, working with students and faculty as the first point of contact for all lab-related inquiries
• Experience preparing materials and ordering supplies for lab sessions
• Experience using learning management systems (ex- Quercus)
• Experience using pharmacy software such as Kroll
• Experience providing academic program support in a post-secondary institution
• Ability to take initiative, solve problems and make day-to-day decisions
• Demonstrated ability to work well as a team member and independently
• Demonstrated ability to work in a high-pressure environment and prioritize tasks
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and escalate where necessary

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience working in a health care education-based teaching lab is an asset
• Previous pharmacy, pharmacy technician or sterile compounding experience is considered an asset
• Experience in teaching/training is an asset

To be successful in this role, you will be:

• Adaptable
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Resourceful
• Team player

Notes:

• This is a term position for two (2) years.

Closing Date: 05/09/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Recruiter: Dilini Perera

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.