Teaching and Research Technician

Permanent role, 36 hours per week for a set number of weeks per year

Closing date: 23:59 on 24 November 2025

Interviews will be held: 5 December 2025

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. The successful candidate(s) will have to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK or be able to secure this through another means without the sponsorship of the University. Further information about sponsorship is available on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

We in Technical Services are committed to the development of our staff and we actively stive to diversify our teams. We are a founding signatory of the Technician Commitment and an Employer Champion; we are dedicated to providing all applicants equality of opportunity. We have a fantastic opportunity for a technician to join us in this part-time, permanent role. You will be working 36 hours a week for 62% of the year (across 32 weeks), starting in September and ending in mid-June to help cover our busy teaching semesters.

This role offers the opportunity to make a contribution towards the success of our teaching and research in Pharmacy and Chemistry.

Your primary duties and responsibilities will be to prepare, setup and support undergraduate practical classes, deliver critical safety training to students and undertake, as part of the team, a range of research tasks that enable quality science. Your primary focus will be leading on delivering teaching practical classes for Pharmacy and Chemistry in the Chemistry or Hopkins buildings on our amazing Whiteknights campus.

To be shortlisted for the role, detail how you meet the following essential criteria:

• Attainment equivalent to achievement of HNC, AS/ A-Level, NVQ3 in a Chemistry related subject.
• Able to train and demonstrate to staff and student, explain procedures and provide assistance with equipment and techniques where necessary.
• Significant knowledge across a range of techniques required in Pharmacy or Chemistry related activities.
• Significant experience in operating equipment used in Pharmacy or Chemistry related activities.
• Sufficient experience to monitor technical standards in own area, highlighting and prioritising any issues for further investigation.

Contact details

Contact Name: Kevin Flint
Contact Position: Technical Manager
Contact Email Address: k.m.flint@reading.ac.uk

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. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). 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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