Technical Specialist - Behavioural Neuroscience

We are deeply proud of our academic community. Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a diverse and dynamic learning environment, defined by a shared sense of respect for all its people. Our mission is to be bold, to do the right things and to change lives.

We secured a ‘Gold’ rating in the government’s Teaching Excellence Framework; received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our pioneering research; and in 2018, we were the first UK university to sign the Social Mobility Pledge, further demonstrating our commitment to ensuring ‘success for all’. NTU is a university at the peak of its powers, but we know we can still go even further. That’s why we’re now looking for new, passionate, ambitious people to join our community.

As a part of NTU Psychology, you will be joining a very large, lively, diverse, collegiate and ambitious group with an excellent reputation for its theoretically informed impactful and applied research and its teaching provision at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

NTU Psychology was the largest research unit in the NTU submission to REF2021. 65% of our research outputs were identified as internationally excellent or world leading and 100% of our research impact and research environment was recognised as internationally excellent with 60% of impact and 35% of environment described as world leading.

We are the largest provider of full-time undergraduate degrees in psychology in the UK. Our pre-covid NSS scores for overall satisfaction was above 90% for eight years and in 2022 was well ahead of the sector average at 84%. We lead in the University on issues of diversity and inclusion and have achieved Athena SWAN recognition at the department level.

We are seeking to appoint a technician specialising in behavioural neuroscience. The appointed candidate will be the primary support for the department’s EEG laboratories, but will also assist in the support of teaching and research across all the department’s specialist facilities. The successful candidate will have significant experience of working in a neurophysiology laboratory environment, specifically in the measurement of ERP, as well as knowledge and experience of using computer programming languages such as Python and MATLAB in experimental programming and signal processing. They will be educated to degree level in Psychology or a related discipline, ideally with a postgraduate qualification in behavioural neuroscience or cognitive psychology. Outstanding problem-solving and communication skills are essential to the role.

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact Steven Scott, Technical Team Leader – steven.scott@ntu.ac.uk, 0115 848 2052. www.ntu.ac.uk

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