Assistant Technician (Teaching Support)

Package Details
Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme.

This full-time (1.0 FTE) role is available from 01/06/2026 on a permanent basis.

Summary of the role:
We are pleased to offer this full-time position, supporting teaching and research as part of the wider Technical Strategy and Operations team for the Penryn Campus. Reporting to the local Technical Operations Manager, the role will cover a range of disciplines across the faculty including Geography, Geology, Ecology and Conservation, Mining and Engineering.

The role will be varied and fast paced. There will be a requirement to undertake daily tasks to support staff and students across all areas including sterilisation or equipment and waste, chemical handling and sample preparation, as well as specialist teaching or research support.

Examples of support you will offer include setting up practicals, demonstrating lab and field techniques, organising field kit for international field trips, maintaining insect populations and fish stocks, making media, sorting sediment samples, preparing polished mounts and thin sections for microscopy.

Training will be given on all specialist items of equipment you will be required to use in the laboratories as well as the opportunity to attend training relating to your role and future aspirations.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role, by clicking on the 'Apply' button.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 Days leave per year.
• Options for flexible working.
• Numerous discounts at leading retailers.
• Onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme.
• Sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy.
• Stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England.

Further information
Please contact Lucy McTaminey TS&O Business partner for Cornwall, l.m.mctaminey@exeter.ac.uk.

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If you are a migrant worker, you will need to ensure you have a visa which permits the right to work in the UK. Further details can be found on the Home Office website - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas. If you are an existing Skilled Worker visa holder, we may be able to sponsor and will review the transitional arrangements - https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/certificate-of-sponsorship-before-4-april-2024.

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