Senior Teaching & Research Technician

We in Technical Services are committed to the development of our staff and we actively strive to diversify our team. We are a founding signatory of the Technician Commitment and an Employer Champion. We are dedicated to providing all applicants equality of opportunity.

You will be supervising the team in conjunction with another Team Supervisor. You will be leading on the preparation and delivery of Undergraduate and Masters practical classes, maintaining our analytical equipment and training students and staff.

We are seeking candidates who are keen to embrace and adopt new technology, instrumentation and methods to help others transition to new ways of working.

It is also important to us that applicants wish to actively contribute towards the wider activities across the function such as: Sustainably, Diversity & Inclusion, Wellbeing or The Technician Commitment.

You will have:

• The ability to delegate effectively and work in a team.
• The ability to plan and organise an area of specialist/technical support involving a range of activities, such as planning and organising resources to time and quality standards.
• Skill level equivalent to achievement of HND, Degree, NVQ4 or basic professional qualification in a relevant field such as Chemistry.
• Extensive knowledge across a range of techniques for Chemistry.
• Sufficient knowledge to identify gaps in health and safety and quality compliance and propose solutions.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Closing date: 16th August 2024
Interviews will be held: 28th August 2024

Contact Olga: Khutoryanskaya
Role: Technical Manager
Contact Email address: O.Khutoryanskaya@reading.ac.uk

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-UK candidates who do not already have permission to work in the UK should note that by reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship will not be possible under the Skilled Worker Route. There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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