Physics Lecture Demonstrations Manager Full-time

Physics Lecture Demonstrations Manager

We are seeking an individual to perform, coordinate, and direct the activities of our physics lecture demonstration classrooms and demonstration preparation rooms.

Responsibilities include:

• Hire, train and supervise Demo Office support staff, including maintaining payroll records conducting training sessions for staff and faculty, and providing overview of each week's demonstrations
• Maintenance of the lecture demonstration collection, including construction, repair, and refurbishing of Physics demonstrations used in the Painter classrooms. Designing, building, or purchasing new instructor-recommended demonstrations or supplies. Reporting of problems concerning the physical condition of the Painter classrooms and the classroom multimedia system.
• Maintenance of the Lecture Demonstrations website to include updating HTML documents and an online inventory of demonstration-related photos, videos, links to videos; also, updating the web-based system for requesting demonstrations in the Painter Hall classrooms.
• Delivery of lecture demonstrations for classes taught in Painter Hall.
• Delivery and performance of lecture demonstrations for updated videos, to include both brief instructional and longer pedagogical videos of each demonstration.
• Prepare and perform the traditional Physics Circus as an outreach activity, including several special days per year (Parent's Day; Explore UT Day; Physics High School Teachers Workshops), without interfering with availability of demonstrations for the core classrooms taught in the Painter Lecture Halls.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree in Physics or related field. Mechanical and electrical skills. Experience supervising student employees. Excellent communication and supervision skills.

Preferred qualifications include a Master's or Ph.D. in Physics or a related field. Demonstrated expertise in physics experiments or demonstrations, including mechanical, electrical, thermal, magnetic, optical, vacuum, and cryogenic techniques.

Salary range is $50,000 depending on qualifications.

Working conditions include:

• Work in an academic laboratory and lecture-room environment
• Use of manual dexterity
• Work around mechanical and electrical hazards

Required materials include:

• Resume/CV
• Three (3) work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest