Laboratory Level Leader

Laboratory Level leader#

Manages the Level and computing laboratory team and resource issues
Responsible for deciding the budget for the Sections in consultation with Lab Committee and other lab staff
Responsible for signing off risk assessment forms for each laboratory activity.
Allocates duties and timetable slots to ‘Postgraduate Demonstrators’ and Staff Demonstrators
Distribute list of level laboratory staff to technicians
Allocates students to individual experiments (L1)
Arranges and/or gives student briefings
Checks and returns marks to the Secretary of BoE
Responsible for overseeing correct procedure in assessment and grading in relation to student absenteeism and illness
Responsible for updating of assessment criteria and marks pro formae
Solicits bids for laboratory development activity to be presented at the May Laboratories
Committee meeting for approval
Responsible for updating the Undergraduate Course Booklet/web page entry
Co-ordinates information on DUO for the Level
Co-ordinates material for Laboratory website and maintains the level web pages and resources.
Liaises with Laboratory Technicians to co-ordinate printing of reports.
Provision of Christmas lecture tour material.
Selects candidates for Florence Nightingale Graphical Excellence Awards from the level and passes them to laboratories committee chair.

Co-ordinates training of ‘Section leaders’, ‘Laboratory supervisors’, and ‘Postgraduate Demonstrators’ for each Laboratory activity.
Informs ‘Laboratory supervisors’, and ‘Postgraduate Demonstrators’ of compulsory attendance at training session. Collects sign-in sheets to check that everyone has been trained.
Briefs teaching staff on teaching and assessment duties.
Communicates marking norms to Laboratory Supervisors.
Co-ordinates marking with Section Leaders.