Classroom Assistant

Lancaster Medical School is seeking an enthusiastic and reliable Classroom Assistant to support the running of the clinical skills and anatomy and simulation teaching facilities in the Health Innovation Building, Lancaster University.  We are looking for a motivated person to join our team.  You will work in a supporting role with classroom and administrative elements to support the day to day running of the facilities and teaching delivery.  This will include set up and take down of teaching session, maintenance, care and monitoring of anatomy models and teaching equipment and consumables.  

ABOUT YOU

You will:

• Have experience of Microsoft Office packages
• Have excellent organisational skills 
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and work flexibly.
• Be a proven team player, committed to integrating into a busy teaching environment, working closely with a wide range of colleagues.
• Ideally have previous experience in a higher education or NHS background.

THE BENEFITS OF THE ROLE

• Generous holiday leave - 25 days (pro-rata) annual leave plus University closure days and bank holidays.
• Access to employee pension scheme, and annual flexible benefits scheme.
• We are committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the Faculty, supporting family-friendly and promoting a healthy work-life balance. The Faculty of Health and Medicine provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee. Our Athena Swan Charter, recognise and celebrate good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in Higher Education and research.

• Lancaster Medical School is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population and is therefore committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels.

The hours of the post will be based around preparation, take down and delivery of the teaching sessions:

Monday – Wednesday 8 – 6pm (1 hour lunch)

Thursday 8am – 6pm with (1/2 hour lunch)

And will be based on campus.

This is a permanent post and is subject to a 12-month probationary period. 

Enquiries to Naomi Bullock (naomi.bullock@lancaster.ac.uk)

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Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, all advertised roles are UK based.

The University provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, whilst promoting the importance of wellbeing for all our colleagues. We have a range of support networks available for our employees, and more information on these can be found on the ‘Working at Lancaster’ information page.

We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis. The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education.

We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.

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