Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!.

Job Description: Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming.

Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path.

You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview): Under general guidance, process and cryopreserve Cellular Therapy products both in a laboratory and in a cleanroom (GMP manufacturing). Products may include the following: Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cells (HPCs/PBMCs), Mononuclear cells (MNC), and Packed Red Blood Cells (pRBC). Provide support, development, and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities): Bachelor”s degree in Biotech/biological science or chemistry. Medical Laboratory Technologist (ASCP) certification preferred. 3 years of commercial/clinical laboratory experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.

Preferentially, this should include either tissue culture /research in a GMP environment or blood banking and/or Hematology laboratory experience. Knowledge of applicable principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Basic proficiency in the use of Personal computers, word-processing, spreadsheet applications, and database applications when applicable. Ability to work on a team. Must be able to comply with the company”s personal hygiene standards as they apply to aseptic processing.

Successfully complete sterile gowning training/qualification and aseptic process qualification (personal media fill) as well as annual/semiannual re-qualification as a core competency requirement of employment in this role. WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications): Perform the moderately complex procedures/methods for Cellular Therapy products: mononuclear cell quantification (automated and manual/differentials), processing and cryopreservation (controlled rate freezing), liquid nitrogen storage, thawing or cryopreserved products, cell viability, product sterility testing, environmental monitoring, as well as other procedures that may be defined and performed as needed. Perform the moderately complex procedures/methods for Contract Manufacturing products: Blood product Manufacturing in cleanrooms under GMP conditions, CBC (automated), endotoxin testing, sterility testing, environmental monitoring, as well as other procedures that may be defined and performed as needed.

Arrange and follow up on the receipt or delivery of cellular therapy products from hospitals, clinical sites, to the Red Cross, or from the Red Cross, as needed. Distribute blood samples for testing to applicable internal or external laboratories. Maintain accurate inventory of Cellular Therapy product supplies as well as contract manufacturing supplies.

Review and interpret final results. May prepare and review the final reports, written or electronic. Maintain, edit and review computer and manual records to assure accurate record keeping.

Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records. Document and log accurately and concurrently laboratory activities and patient/donor testing. Perform daily equipment maintenance checks as directed.

Perform routine maintenance, troubleshooting, repair/vendor communication, and validation of laboratory equipment and software maintenance. Participate in working on special projects assigned and be responsible to analyze and summarize testing data. Assists in training personnel.

Assure that all laboratory activities performed follow the American Red Cross BSDs, state and federal regulations – including CFRs, local standard operating procedures, and FACT standards. BENEFITS FOR YOU: As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes: Medical, Dental Vision plans Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays 401K with up to 6% match Paid Family Leave Employee Assistance Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term Service Awards and recognition Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to make your career a force for good! The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws. AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce.

American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations. Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions. To view the EEOC Summary of Rights, click here: Summary of Rights Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do.

You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining ranks with welcoming team members who are elite, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity.

You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us.

As you care for others, you’re cared for with generous compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.