Senior Technical Officer (Pharmacology)

FTE: 1.0 FTE (37 hours per week)

Salary: UH5 £2,081 pa with potential to progress to £31,387 pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Main duties and responsibilities

The successful candidate will be providing technical support for teaching, research and commercial activities within Pharmacology, and if required, elsewhere in the school. You will be involved in preparing materials and equipment for practical classes and projects, maintenance and operation of laboratory equipment. You will help prepare laboratories for research, consultancy, short courses, other activities and suitable waste disposal. You will work with students, staff and researchers demonstrating safe laboratory practice, specialist laboratory skills, use of equipment and providing specialist and general assistance to help them complete their work. You will be responsible for liaising with estates and contractors regarding the maintenance and operation of laboratories, arranging for repairs where necessary, maintenance of stock levels, an inventory of equipment, maintenance logs and records required to comply with licenses, authorisations and regulations. You will ensure that all current Health and Safety regulations, national and local, are adhered to, completing and checking Risk and COSHH assessments as required, and ensuring researchers and students undertake their work in line with school requirements. You will support the continued development of practical classes and short courses, attend training where required and contribute to discussions around capital equipment. This role involves a degree of manual handling.   

Skill and experience required

You will have proven experience of working in a Biosciences laboratory environment, in a technical role. You will possess the ability to deal with conflicting priorities and work well under pressure, as well as being able to act independently and as part of a team, using your own initiative and being resourceful when necessary. An articulate, good communicator, with good numeracy skills and the ability to acquire new skills and techniques and demonstrate various techniques to students’ staff and visitors.

You will be able to work to deadlines, have good time management skills and the ability to multitask. Competent IT skills is essential for this role. You will be able to follow detailed instructions comprehensively, possess relevant health and safety legislation knowledge and be able to consistently implement good laboratory practice.

You will be flexible to team and workload requirements, adaptable and reliable with a proactive, methodical approach with good attention to detail.

Qualifications required

Educated with a NVQ Level 4/ HND/ Degree in a Pharmacology, Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences subject, or equivalent in-service experience and education.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made. 

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Judith Brooks, Technical Manager, j.a.brooks@herts.ac.uk, 01707 284773 or Komal Patel, Laboratory Manager, k.37.patel@herts.ac.uk, 01707 284525

Closing Date: 14 October 2024

Interview Date: TBC 

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