
Laboratory Coordinator (Oncology) - #Staff
Washington, DCPer Diem$17.65–31.05/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Laboratory Coordinator coordinates laboratory operations with an emphasis on administrative coordination. The role supports equipment and facility records, inventory and purchasing, budget and grant expenditure tracking, and administrative processing. It also involves maintaining standard laboratory equipment and coordinating environmental health and safety training and compliance. The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent and one year of related laboratory experience, with additional education potentially substituting for experience under the JHU equivalency formula.
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Full job description
We are seeking a Laboratory Coordinator who will coordinate operations of the laboratory with an emphasis on administrative coordination.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
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Track day-to-day operations of laboratory, schedule and maintain records of equipment/facility.
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Prepare, test, and maintain standard laboratory equipment.
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Monitor inventory of supplies and place orders to replenish as necessary.
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Perform laboratory maintenance, e.g. cleaning and/or purchasing equipment and supplies and working with vendors.
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Assemble, test, calibrate, clean, and make minor repairs to standard lab equipment.
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Track budget and grant expenditures, ensure appropriateness of charge and adherence to grant stipulations.
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Order laboratory animals, reagents, and other supplies for experiments based on funding guidelines.
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Process orders, invoices, and perform other related administrative/clerical duties under the direction of administrative/finance personnel.
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Adhere to environmental health and safety guidelines for lab, coordinate training, monitor and ensure compliance with guidelines.
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Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
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High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
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One year of related laboratory experience.
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Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Classified Title: Laboratory Coordinator
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CD
Starting Salary Range: $17.65 - $31.05 HRLY ($24.25 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Casual / On Call
Schedule: 8:30-5PM M-F
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: District of Columbia
Department name: SOM Onc Sibley
Personnel area: School of Medicine
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 458 open Laboratory Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$17.65–31.05/hr
- US median$20–24/hr129 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $24.35/hr, is 11% above the US median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Operations hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 458 open Laboratory Operations jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Laboratory Operations postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 304 postings).
- Education
- 146 of the 458 open Laboratory Operations jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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