Teaching Technical Specialist - Civil/Mechanical

The University of Manchester (www.manchester.ac.uk) is one of the largest single-site universities in the UK, with one of the biggest student communities. In total, 25 Nobel Prize winners have worked or studied here and 93% of our research was ranked as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ by the Research Excellence Framework in 2021. Furthermore, more than nine out of ten of our recent graduates go straight into employment or continued studies. The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) comprises two multi-discipline Schools; the School of Engineering and the School of Natural Sciences, each led by a Head of School and Head of School Operations. The School of Engineering is made up of seven academic departments and the School of Natural Sciences is made up of five academic departments. For more information please visit https://www.se.manchester.ac.uk/.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Teaching Technical Specialist to join our dynamic technical operations team, which strives to provide a sector leading technical support for FSE and the wider University. With a commitment to customer service excellence and a passion for science and engineering, Teaching Technical Specialist will provide an agile technical support service to staff and students to support teaching, research and professional services. FSE’s research and teaching quality is recognised globally; this is an exciting opportunity to join us in Manchester and contribute to the provision of a sector leading technical service. The post holder will:

• Manage and coordinate technical support for teaching related to your specific discipline.
• Manage all discipline related teaching space and all associated equipment ensuring that all H&S obligations are met and up to date.
• Work closely with other discipline technical leads to form a Teaching Technical Specialist team to coordinate, support one another and share best practice for technical teaching support across the faculty.
• Work closely with timetabling to ensure classes are suitably timetabled and resourced.
• Work directly with Department Head of Education and laboratory tutors to advise on experiment design and the technical resource required for its delivery.
• Maximise the utilisation of teaching technical spaces across the faculty.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme.
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays.
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period.
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here.

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Martin Coram (Technical Operations Manager)
Email: martin.coram@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:
Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:
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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars including job description and person specification are available on the University of Manchester website - click on the 'Apply' button above to find out more.

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