Plant Growth Facility Technician

UE05: £24,285.00 - £27,929.00 Per Annum.

College of Science and Engineering / School of Biological Sciences.

Open Ended Contract - Permanent; Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.

We are looking for an experienced Plant Growth Facility Technician to provide specialised support in the day-to-day running of the plant growth facilities at the School of Biological Sciences.

The Opportunity:

The role is to provide comprehensive technical support to the facility users, including teaching and research staff and students.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Significant experience in growing plants under controlled conditions
• Experience of consistent and accurate record keeping
• Clear understanding of plant health
• Experience of using database software and general computing
• Excellent communication and organisational skills

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Contacts:

Sophie.haupt@ed.ac.uk

Recruiter

SBS.Contracts@ed.ac.uk

You can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.