Psychology Technician

As our student numbers increase and we continue to diversify our programmes and portfolio, we are looking for high-calibre individual to join our Psychology Lab as a Psychology Technician based at our London Bloomsbury campus. 

As our Psychology Technician you will provide the highest quality, multi-specialist technical expertise and support to students, staff and external partners for teaching related activities.  Serving as a primary source of expertise when demonstrating the safe use of specialist psychological equipment, software and techniques to students and staff.

The role requires previous experience working as a Psychology Technician in either a HE or FE environment.

As our Psychology Technician, you will:

• Lead on general management and housekeeping of laboratories
• Be responsible for the maintenance of, and arranging repair of, equipment in the experimental laboratory facilities and research suites
• Provide specialist training for up-skilling of members of the technical team, other staff and students as required.
• Lead on high-level support projects for both student projects and staff research including advice and training on experimental design, creating materials and interpreting data.
• Work co-operatively with fellow business professionals and lecturers to encourage good working relationships and maintain high levels of support and delivery.

We are looking for people who are/have:

• BSc (Hons) degree in Psychology or related discipline
• Experience of working as a Psychology Technician in HE or FE environment
• Ability to provide specialist advice and assistance to students and staff to include; demonstrating the use of equipment, statistical and experimental packages
• Knowledge of health and safety at work practices and legal requirements
• Familiarity with statistical and Psychological experimental design packages – SPSS, NVivo, E-Prime, Matlab, Superlab, Qualtrics. Psychology experiment builders, such as PsychoPy and/or Gorilla
• Any experience in supporting teaching would be desirable.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Julie.Prescott@law.ac.uk

The closing date for the position is 25th April 2024

Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, we provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 35 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes:

• Private Medical Scheme and Life Assurance
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Training and Qualifications (including Course Sponsorship/Fee Discount)
• Season Ticket Loans and Student Discounts

At The University of Law, you will work alongside other like-minded professionals who are passionate about driving innovation in higher education and delivering successful outcomes for our students.

Our Approach

We are committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population, striving to increase the representation of age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background of our employees.

We’re also committed to providing adjustments to those who may require support with the recruitment process - please contact the ULaw Talent Acquisition Team talentacquisition@law.ac.uk.

Please note: For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.

Some posts within the University are subject to a DBS check - you will be notified of this during the application process.

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